we’ve learned so much since this evening of expressive and experimental music, and carefully curated plant based menu. we seated 40 people. we only sourced enough ingredients based on the number of reservations. reservations were sliding scale $40-60+. we believe everyone should have access to yummi food, so we offered trades for folks that would not been able to afford to attend.
₊˚ ⋅ 𓐐𓎩 ‧₊˚ ⋅schedule ‧₊˚ ⋅ 𓐐𓎩 ‧₊˚ ⋅
5:30pm - doors
6:00pm - nonos (live) (https://soundcloud.com/noa-444)
7:00pm - dinner service
9:00pm - st. mozelle (https://soundcloud.com/saintmozelle)
for this special night, we focused our efforts on food waste. we live in a hyper-consumptive world in which food waste contributes to the single most common material landfilled and incinerated on turtle island (aka the U.S.). ꕤ we tasked ourselves with using as many parts of the produce we prepared as possible, and brought remaining composable materials to a local farm called sarvodaya farm.
‧₊˚❀༉‧₊˚. aural pleasure is an event series and experimental archive intended to explore the connections between sustenance and sound, inciting a reflection on what we consume, create, and commune with. an invitation to revisit the sensorial experience of cultivating and preparing food, as well as the nourishing qualities of curating and performing music ‧₊˚❀༉‧₊˚.
after an incredibly heartwarming service in july we couldn’t wait to nourish you all again !! this service focused on ~fermentation~ both in our menu and musically by inviting dear friend, radio show host, event producer, and dj, Nay (@naygod) to bring the bubbly, effervescent, & shimmery sounds. the event started a bit earlier but as always, everything was plant-based and locally sourced : )
✧˖° reservations were sliding scale $40-60+ ✧˖°
we believe everyone should have access to yummi food & beautiful soundscapes, so we offered trades to QTBIPOC unable to cover the cost of attendance.
what was included in a reservation: .
•* a three-course plant-based meal locally sourced and carefully made fresh
•* an evening of musical musings featuring our current fave records & a dj set by naygod:)
•* a few surprises throughout the nite hehe
RESERVATION INSTRUCTIONS:
★ 🧡 emoji in the description
★ venmo @azizengo (Azize) ~or~
★ paypal @ahvaajmani (ahva)
★ reservations are only complete once we've received payment or figured out a trade <3 capacity is limited. in order to minimize waste, we only sourced enough ingredients based on the number of (confirmed) reservations 48 hrs prior to the event. bring your emptee bellies and groovy selves, we can't wait to kiss ur cheeks:*
:*‧₊˚ ⋅ 𓐐𓎩 ‧₊˚ ⋅schedule ‧₊˚ ⋅ 𓐐𓎩 ‧₊˚
⋅3:00 pm - doors
4:00 pm - dinner service
6:00 pm - mmMUZAKKKK w naygod
8:00 pm - bye bye‧₊˚❀༉‧₊˚.
aural pleasure is an event series and experimental archive intended to explore the connections between sustenance and sound, inciting a reflection on what we consume, create, and commune with.an invitation to revisit the sensorial experience of cultivating and preparing food, as well as the nourishing qualities of curating and performing music ‧₊˚❀༉‧₊˚.stay connected: instagram.com/auralpleasure.mmm/
as we celebrate with food and music, let us remember we are living on unceded & occupied tongva land. we are deeply grateful to those who have come before us, and whose footsteps we hope to fill. they have loved & cared for our beautiful earth, by tending to this land and its critters with sweet adoration ~♡~
our third service :)
✧˖° in farming, there’s a saying: "what grows together, goes together." ingredients that thrive in similar climates often complement each other beautifully on the plate. but how does this concept translate to scent and flavor?
for this aural pleasure dinner, we dove deeper into this question. we crafted a menu inspired by california’s native plants to explore how certain scents and flavors align, and what memories or emotions they evoke in us.
smell, one of our earliest-evolved senses, bypasses the thalamus, the brain’s relay station and travels directly to the amygdala and hippocampus. this connection links scent to memory and emotion in a way no other sense can. since flavor is largely driven by scent, we wondered: what can we evoke by sharing a carefully curated meal?
we invited natural perfumer icon persephenie, to expand the sensoriality of the service with her skills in scent making. she brought hand-molded herb figurines that guests were invited to touch, sniff, and play with - a 3 foot long ceremonial incense trail laid in ash to symbolize the ephemerality of the gathering as well as visually mark the passage of time - and hand made jasmine paste to wear and pair with desert. we couldn’t have asked for a more sensorial evening, thanks to all of our friends, new and old.
as we celebrate with food and music, let us remember we are living on unceded & occupied tongva land. we are deeply grateful to those who have come before us, and whose footsteps we hope to fill. they have loved & cared for our beautiful earth, by tending to this land and its critters with sweet adoration ~♡~