Recognized as a prominent local and unique music ensemble, Bomba Fried Rice plays mostly Latin genres ranging from Salsa, Rock and Roll, Reggae, Spoken Word, Cumbia, Mambo, Jazz, Funk, and Ska, merging cultures and styles of music. We have been privileged to have members from all over the world, bringing down cultural walls by the virtue of dance, and by feeding the local communities with music, activism, and joy.
We are a multicultural and multilingual group united by the love for music that promotes diversity not only through our songs, but by our multiethnic composition as well. We started as a band mainly composed by students, mostly immigrants, and peoples of color, who provided music to promote the art in many languages and cultures for the Latin(x) community, and our diverse community in general. Many musicians have played with us in the course of our ensemble. We have had members from countries such as Peru, Chile, Spain, Colombia, Argentina, France, Netherlands and the US: Sacramento, Davis, Oakland, Fairfield, Dixon, Woodland, and Hawaii; merging cultures and sounds within our music, fighting against racism with love. An example of a past project that support the voices or individuals of Black, Indigenous People of Color (BIPOC), Black Lives Matter (BLM), and other initiatives that promote cultural and social equity is the bands’ performance in support of a successful humanitarian project to build a water well in Burkina Faso at the International House, and to support our university radio: KDVS. |
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AMERICANA: First studio release! ¡La primera canción grabada en estudio!
—Sin vos me vierto y nace un muerto— canta Rodríguez y Aute, se llama "Dentro". -Política
"¿Y qué pasa si te empujan? ¿Y si te agitan? ¿Buscás amparo en las rebuscas o escapás como el que grita?"- Atril y la danza de los nadie.
"Sé que rezongo a sobremanera cuando te llevás la primavera, pero no me agito, me desquito silencioso, maja, con el As carmesí de mi mejor baraja". -Lázaro
This song is a dog's monologue about time and other dogly figures. The song is one piece of a two-part poem that conceptualizes the psychological concepts of The Love Drive and The Death Drive. Lázaro is the latter. Its will to survive, and their uncertainty towards death, makes the dog talk to Time as its fellow companion it has to let go after a ride. This song, in particular, was also recorded at the Aggie Newspaper by Ben Mueller-Leclerc. Musicians as follow: Horn section: James Mayoral (Trumpet from Dixon, California), Heron "Rana" Scow (Alto Sax from Davis, California), and Alvar Escrivà Bou (Tenor Sax from Fortaleny, Spain). String Section: Luis Ávila (Main Guitar from Lima, Perú), and Jason "Gingi" Burns (Base Guitar from Hawaii). Percussion: Felipe Becerra (Congas from Colombia), Guillaume Luxardi (Vinyl Scratching from Marseille, France) Bart Van Der Zeeuw (Drums from Holland), Keys: Pauline Millard (Piano from Normandy, France), Voices and Spoken Word: Juan E. Miranda (Argentine-American).
"¿¡Qué pasa en el barrio, mi amor!? ¿Se escuchan o no estas cositas a diario?...."- Americana