In this installment, multicultural band Quetzal performs in a downtown bus station where migrant workers and international travelers first experience the sprawling city.
Amidst bodies dissolving in acid, beheadings, and mid-day shootouts, Tony Gallardo's orchestrations that meld tropical inflections, pop hooks and treble-heavy techno, rumble above the violence in Tijuana.
Artists Mark Farina and Matthew Horne converted a radio telescope to absorb the sun's rays, transforming the waves into audible sounds, high-pitched blips to Yoko-esque wails to white noise like the ocean. It's sun music for desert lands.
Jeans Wilder makes hazy, swaying rock, soaked in shadows and sunshine. Listen to his warped "Wall of Sound" style on his new album "Totally," streaming in its entirety on Artbound.
The Berkeley-born David Wittman aka DJ Dave is a musical virtuoso skilled in composing, drumming, DJing, rhyming and producing. Following the success of the YouTube hit "Whole Foods Parking Lot," he's looking to expand his craft.