☟ BELOW are JUST some of MY past DJ gigs ♫
Event: “MOPLA Closing Gala & LIVE Auction”
Company: Lucie Foundation, MOPLA & LA Times Photography, Video+Multimedia
Type: Private
Location: H’wood
Brief Description: DJ Pelau, atop the newly renovated Siren Studios rooftop overlooking Sunset Blvd and the H’wood Hills, rocked ‘familiar’ mash-up-blends of Fleetwood Mac to Sting over hip-hop beats. Providing the perfect atmosphere in spring for MOPLA’s 7-10p ‘Closing Party’, his earlier set of lounge music prior to the live auction piped into the room below for guests enjoying complimentary Tito’s Handmade Vodka cocktails, Lagunitas Beer and appetizers by Bread & Butter catering. All the invited tastemakers, artful aficionados and industry-insiders also enjoyed the evening by posing for their shots taken in the Los Angeles Times Photography, Video+Multimedia photo booth…
Event: “Official MOPLA Event: Wish You Were Here”
Company: Lucie Foundation & MOPLA
Type: Public
Location: ‘DTLA’
Brief Description: With the sound-curator vibes provided by DJ Pelau, DTLA rocked @MOPLA’s Wish You Were Here photo-postcard show from 7-10p. Music ranged from the lounge remixes of Emeli Sandé, to the up-tempo energy of Major Lazer, while the artful crowd purchased their postcard of choice, snail-mailing it right from the pop-up gallery!!
Event: “Official MOPLA Event: Loss – The LA Auto Dealership Series”
Company: Lucie Foundation & MOPLA
Type: Public
Location: ‘DTLA’
Brief Description: The concept’s not so hard to imagine. Car dealerships, w/out the cars! But w/the variety of sounds provided by DJ Pelau, these photos mostly depicting a ‘lack’ or a ‘loss’, came to life as the minds of the young n’ old passing through on a warm Friday night, became alive! As part of MOPLA’s Loss – The LA Auto Dealership Series happening DTLA from 7-10p, drinks and conversation blended w/an intoxication of beats n’ flicks…
Event: “LeRoy Jenkins Pop-Up Shop”
Company: LeRoy Jenkins Limited
Type: Public
Location: West Hollywood, CA
Brief Description: It’s a wonder how not many folks know of this one-of-a-kind street brand, the first modern street brands to confidently plaster floral prints for men. For 3 days on an Easter weekend, w/beats, grooves + sounds provided by DJ Pelau @Legend’s Barbershop, LeRoy Jenkins gave their fans an opportunity on Fairfax – in that hipster heaven strip – to jump off their iPad, smartphone or PC, to physically shop at a Pop-Up Shop for some LJ gear, a brand even Jay-Z seems to ditch his own to wear.
Event: “ROC THE CROC”
Company: Lacoste & Los Angeles Magazine
Type: Public
Location: Costa Mesa, CA
Brief Description: Happy Holiday shopping wouldn’t be the same w/out music, especially by the sounds provided by DJ Pelau, who spun @South Coast Plaza’s Lacoste Store from 2-6p, playing everything festive n’ w/great doses of energy for patrons swiping that plastic or unfolding their rolls of ca$h on that hectic Saturday before Xmas!
Event: “Wine Into Water”
Company: The Thirst Project
Type: Public
Location: Hollywood, CA
Brief Description: The Thirst Project’s gala to encourage donations to increase clean water supply to those in need across the world. Held @The Avenue in H’wood, there were 20 wineries on hand, treating over 200 attendees to the best reds, whites n’ bubblies. Oh, of course the beer brews were flowing too, and so were the sounds provided by DJ Pelau, who spun poolside from 6-10p, diving into everything from drum n’ bass, to 80s funk, to freestyle n’ hip-hop, to delightful sexy soulful house, lounge n’ other perfect wine-tasting gems of even more intoxication! What an incredible evening, n’ for a great cause!
Event: “Cameron Talent Agency Launch Party”
Company: Cameron Talent Agency
Type: Private
Location: Venice, CA
Brief Description: Cameron Talent Agency celebrates their 2-year anniversary by the ocean, literally. The exclusive invitation for this private event @Focus Studios went out to all of their talented clients of actors, comedians, recording artists, on-camera n’ off-camera personnel, w/a sponsored bar of vodka cocktails, incredibly catered appetizers n’ of course music provided by DJ Pelau, who at times turned the volume up to some Rick Ross n’ earlier set the atmosphere w/some beachside grooves of RHYE…
Event: “Rubix Hollywood”
Company: Los Angeles Magazine & Rubix Hollywood
Type: Private
Location: Hollywood, CA
Brief Description: Los Angeles Magazine hosted the official opening of Rubix Hollywood – a luxury style private residential complex – by throwing an exclusive poolside bash, w/the edible help n’ entertainment from The Foundry, Geisha House, Burger Lounge n’ of course music provided by DJ Pelau, smoothing-out the soundtrack of poolside grooves, sexy house music, ‘back-N-times’ soul & funk, while special invited guests out-ate each other, sipped cucumber mojitos, amongst other cocktails for a lovely warm spring evening…
Event: “Private Industry Showcase – Kes The Band”
Company: Questionmark Entertainment & Sayers Club
Type: Private
Location: Hollywood, CA
Brief Description: In the heart of Hollywood, hosted by Questionmark Entertainment, Sayers Club’s Jason Scoppa, DJ Pelau, Dana Shayegan and sponsored by Angostura Rum, Kes The Band from Trinidad & Tobago put on an incredible showcase of their island pop originals, classic covers n’ of course – energizing soca music – much to the ultimate delight of a mostly music industry crowd of professional publicists, music execs, Djs, producers, press n’ the list goes on.
Event: “The Mediterranean Collection”
Company: Zanne Jewelry
Type: Public
Location: Eleven Sound Studios Santa Monica, CA
Brief Description: Downtown Santa Monica got some sparkling jewelry added to its surroundings, n’ DJ Pelau wasted no time in beautifully decorating the atmosphere w/musical gems that can only be described as ‘pretty’. Guests sipped on U’Luvka Vodka cocktails, while the Pnut Butter Bar food truck laid in the cut outside welcoming the majority of females entering the swanky Eleven Sound Studios!
Event: “Divine Denim After Dark”
Company: St. John
Type: Private
Location: Beverly Hills, CA (Beverly Hills Boutique)
Brief Description: To help launch their new St. John’s denim line, Dj Pelau provided the ultimate old school soundtrack of funk, soul and ‘familiar’ house grooves to entertain (and help make shop til they drop) a very high-end type of clientele, who helped make the store reach a milestone mark of $100,000 in sales, just for that one day during the event.Sipping champagne, plum red martinis and even milkshake shots with a straw, the music and atmosphere was set for the ultimate in Beverly Hills pompousness as ladies strutted, pampered their poodles and kept the credit cards swiping…
Event: E T R O
Company: Bloomingdale’s & E T R O
Type: Public
Location: Santa Monica Place (Santa Monica, CA)
Brief Description: 3-hour atmospheric DJ set for the debut of E T R O’s men’s clothing in Bloomingdale’s. The afternoon shopping soiree w/cocktails n’ savory bites, all as DJ Pelau provided the soundtrack to coax folks into mingling, admiring and possibly purchasing items getting an early start on Holiday gift-shopping. 100’s of customers – including an ironic disproportion of women in the Men’s Department, made this one-time event successful as the beat goes on…
Event: “Summer On The Plaza 2011”
Company: Brookfield Properties
Type: Public
Location: Downtown, Los Angeles (Fig+7th Plaza)
Brief Description: Opening DJ set for the last evening in a series of weekly events for “Summer On The Plaza”. And in-between Brooklyn, NY singer/songwriter Amber Rubarth, and internationally renown South African soul/world singer/songwriter LIRA, DJ Pelau provided the soundtrack to that Friday-after-work-feel-good spirit that many in the corporate network, need to unwind. Previous weeks before, the series showcased other artists & DJs such as Leela James, Mike Phillips, Vikter Duplaix and others…
Event: “SOUL4SOLES”
Company: Bacchanal Events & Soul for Soles, Inc.
Type: Public
Location: Venice, California (The Del Monte Speakeasy/The Townhouse)
Brief Description: Co-hosting together w/ Italian international singer/songwriter Amana Melome, Dj Pelau and his co-hostess put together a benefit night to raise funds and gather ‘lightly’ used shoes from guests to provide for the global initiative Soul for Soles, w/ the help from other Los Angeles-based independent artists such as Joshua Silverstein, The Soul of John Black, Paola Jean, Juakali and Anne Montone…
Event: “Downtown Film Festival – Los Angeles”
Company: DFFLA
Type: Private/Public
Location: Downtown Los Angeles, California (AT&& Center)
Brief Description: As part of the first ever Downtown Los Angeles Film Festival, which turned out to be a huge success, thanks to the help of sponsors and supporters such as the Grammy Museum, AT&T Center, Coca Cola, Kodak, Fox Entertainment Group, Smart Water, Illy and many others, Dj Pelau provided the right tunes spinning in the exclusive Cinema Lounge – “City of Angels at Views from the Los Angeles Avant-Garde” for after-party screenings and after-party panel discussions throughout the night…
Event: “One World One Brand”
Company: Guess, Inc?
Type: Private
Location: Beverly Hills, California (Beverly Hills Hilton)
Brief Description: Opening up and spinning alongside world famous French music maestro/dj/producer Bob Sinclair for Guess, Inc’s annual One World One Brand, an international company event attracting all of Guess’ top execs, fashion designers and key foreign-based licensees from the US, Canada, Europe, Asia, Africa, Australia, South & Central America…
Event: “Fashion Empire – Mood Indigo (2009) + “The Art Of Glamour (2010)”
Company: Art Institute of California – Inland Empire
Type: Private/Public
Location: Rancho Cucamonga, California (Victoria Gardens Cultural Center)
Brief Description: As the music designer for this new annual fashion show, and providing the ‘party atmosphere’ music afterwards throughout the entire evening in the VIP room, Dj Pelau provides the perfect musical atmosphere indoors, outdoors or ‘behind closed doors’ spinning an assortment of chill-out beats, soul, lounge and house music for invited dignitaries – including the mayor – and other specially invited guests, students, and contestants’ families while belly-dancers, cirque performances, an open bar, open buffet, not to mention sponsorship by the likes of Verizon, Red Bull, Smart Water and much more, round off a night of fashion, art and music…
Event: “Art + Fashion = 7 For All Mankind”
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Event: “Summer Beach Bash”
Company: 7 For All Mankind
Type: Public
Location: LA, California (Robertson Blvd) & Malibu, California (Malibu Country Mart)
Brief Description: Spinning tunes for 7 For All Mankind, Robertson Blvd store and Malibu Country Mart Village’s Spring & Fall 2009 Launches respectively, during the day (store hours) from 2-5p while guests shopped, mingled and socialized checking out 7’s new spring/fall line for 2009, helping themselves to champagne, chocolate covered strawberries, hot dogs, face-painting, snowcones and of course, listening to the perfect soundscapes for the afternoon, by yours truly…
Event: “Le Royal”
Company: Royal Elastics & Leroy Jenkins
Type: Public
Location: Downtown Los Angeles, California (Crewest Gallery)
Brief Description: Sneaker Launch party for Royal Elastics & Leroy Jenkins partnering a fusion-sneaker called, Le Royal. Really cool, hip-hop hipster scene of graphic designers, tastemakers, fashion-forward personnel attended, as well as Leroy Jenkins owners and designers themselves who flew out from NYC, Ron J Upperman and Pen (also the brainchildren behind Gatorade’s “G” campaign)…
EVENT: Miles Regis Pop Up Holiday Extravaganza!
COMPANY: Edition One Hundred
TYPE: Public
LOCATION: Downtown Los Angeles (LOFT)
Brief Description: 2011 Holiday Season Downtown Los Angeles ArtWalk event, featuring artist Miles Regis, from 7-10p w/Dj Pelau providing the soundtrack of multiple genres of music for guests, art elite and tastemakers sipping on Tres Sietes Tequila, and staring at the walls of immaculate art pieces mounted in a sort of 3-D visual appreciation, sculpture effect. The evening went on past 10p, closer to midnight w/almost all of the MusicSkins available for purchase – SOLD OUT!
Event: “Force Fields”
Type: Public
Location: Santa Monica, California (Converting A Church For A Cause!)
Brief Description: Providing the soundtrack to the art exhibit of over 30 artists who donated pieces of their works specially geared towards the theme of combating malaria in Africa, and the event proved so successful that it not only raised thousands of dollars, the event n’ exhibit may even travel overseas to continue efforts for this great cause…
Event: “Runway Boutique Fashion Shows”
Company: Runway Boutique
Location: Los Angeles, CA (Miracle Mile/Downtown LA)
Brief Description: Every quarter, for the last 4 years, Runway Boutique – one of LA’s hidden vintage store secrets that most women who’ve discovered it would like it to remain so – has held fashion shows with themes influenced and based around classic movies from Bonnie & Clyde, Breakfast at Tiffany’s and Breakin’, to the political climate and seasonal climate. Dj Pelau can boast proudly that he’s given the models and onlookers the soundtrack from the very first fashion show, to the ‘ongoing’ last on past. Expect mind-blowing models, celebrities and up and coming designers, hairstylists, make-up artists and an owner that’s so in-tuned with fashion, DJ Pelau’s music always compliments…
Event: Create Fixate – “Down To Earth”
Company: Create Fixate
Type: Public
Location: Hollywood, California (Studio Loft - Hollywood Blvd)
Brief Description: Spinning for one of, if not LA’s premier Art, Fashion Design, Photography & Visual shows, occurring bi-monthly for the last six years at various locations. Usually attracts thousands of dedicated artists of all types from actors like Sean Penn and politicians like Al Gore, as well as activists, fashion stylists, costume designers and fans of all various categories of art…
Event: “One City, Many Destinations”
Company: City Magazine
Type: Private
Location: Silver Lake, California (BelleVarado Studios)
Brief Description: Spinning for City Magazine’s (Los Angeles) gala, celebrating their annual One City, Many Destinations photo contest and annual travel photography competition, sponsored by W Hotels, Smart Water, EBoost and Peroni of Italy. Key LA-based, yet well-traveled personalities in the photography, fashion and music industry attended to network, celebrate, party and enjoy the festivities…
Event: “Afro Funké”
Type: Public
Location: Santa Monica, California (Zanzibar)
Brief Description: Featured guest deejay over the last 3 years, about 2-3 times a year. A crowd favorite, Dj Pelau has all the tricks in his bag of goodies, for this particularly diverse, international crowd, always being asked to rejuvenate the dancefloor year after year. Other featured guest deejays from New York’s Dj Spinna, to Philly’s Rich Medina, to Germany’s Bozoo Bajou and artists dropping in to add to the energy such as Stevie Wonder, Prince, Rocky Dawuni and more…
Event: “27th, 28th, 29th & 30th Annual Sunset Junction”
Company: Los Angeles County and I&I Mobile Sound System
Type: Public
Location: Silverlake, California (Street Festival + Block Party)
Brief Description: 50,000 visitors support this increasingly popular street festival and block party tagged as “LA’s biggest celebration of diversity”, filled with over 5 stages, games & rides, arts & food, and non-profit outreach. Over these years the festival featured popular artists such as Bad Brains, Fishbone, Big Daddy Kane, Ben Harper, Sam Moore, Black Keys, Jodi Watley, Antibalas, Stephanie Mills, Jeffrey Osborne, J*Davey, Beck, Elliot Smith, Sister Nancy, Sly & Robbie, Les Nubians and more, I’ve spun in 2007, 2008, 2009 and 2010 as part of the Sanborn Stage as well as the I&I Mobile Sound System for the block party, for 2-3 hour sets in between stage performances, to the frolicking crowds dancing throughout the streets…
3-YEAR RESIDENCY: “Gateway Near Heaven”
Type: Public
Location: Downtown Los Angeles, California (The Standard Hotel “rooftop bar & pool”)
Brief Description: 3 years residency on the Rooftop Bar @ The Standard Hotel, downtown Los Angeles, where a chic, unique “pretty” crowd came to frolic, romp, swim, tan, star-sight, network, relax and chill at this prestigious daytime and nighttime hang out. Known as one of LA’s top bars, Dj Pelau periodically invited guests from LA’s own Groove Junkies, to overseas artists off the German label Echo Beach to spin alongside his night, and star sightings are too numerous to all mention, but Snoop Dogg, Britney Spears, Idris Elba, Dale Earnhardt, Jr and many others have been spotted…
Event: “Omar Listening Party”
Company: Ether Records
Type: Private
Location: West Hollywood, California (The Standard Hotel – Sunset Blvd)
Brief Description: Hosting, and setting the atmosphere right and supporting British soul royalty, Omar, who performed for just one of two listening parties throughout his United States tour, promoting his then upcoming LP, Sing (if you want it), where namesakes such as Vikter Duplaix, Garth Trinidad as well as many actors (J. August Richards), models (Rodney Charles) and many industry folks supported…
Event: “Spacek Listening Party”
Company: Sound in Color
Type: Public/Private
Location: Downtown Los Angeles, California (The Standard Hotel “rooftop bar & pool”)
Brief Description: Setting the atmosphere right for underground UK nu soul/funk outfit, Spacek, who also performed, for his listening party for his then, upcoming LP, Space Shift. An underground, yet forward-fashion and progressive soul music scene saw Los Angeles underground musicians such as J*DaVey, Kim Hill and Channel2 in attendance…
Event: “South Beach-DDI”
Company: Questionmark Entertainment + Gateway Near Heaven
Type: Private/Public
Location: Monas Island, Trinidad (CLICO Mansion)
Brief Description: Main ‘foreign’ talent/dj for the first annual South Beach ‘down-di-islands’ event organized by Questionmark Entertainment, a production, film and management company, based in Los Angeles and Port-of-Spain (Trinidad). This day-into-night event included 300 folks on the main island being transported via water-taxi to 15 minutes away near Venezuela, to a plush mansion pool party that saw U.S. adult stars Hannah Harper and Keylani Lei, as well as bartenders from The Standard Hotel ‘rooftop bar’ all flown-in to Trinidad, alongside local artists Kes The Band, for one of the most exotic island parties yet…
