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Vera Marie Rodriguez

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peruanita mezcladita
curator of sound ∞︎︎
@thelisteninggarden
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VEILS happened in the final hours of @sporespace

grateful for the chance to dance inside/ with the sculptures of @rosemaryhhall

+ to have celebrated this space by performing alongside
@briskells
@jameskidd_studio + @tarajaneoneil
@elizabethpostingstuff

thank you to all who showed up // on both sides of the glass

the act of crossing X
is an immense privilege
for so many, a life-threatening feat.

right now in america, entering public spaces is something that is done by some with unnoticed ease, while for others it is a risk that could end their ability to be here

“Who am I without you? I was not just over here and you over there but the I was in the crossing, there with you but also here.“
—Judith Butler

📸 thx @shrillinvisible + @regularvision taken in Ojai, California by @mediacrema_

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a year ago

𝕃𝕖𝕒𝕣𝕟𝕚𝕟𝕘...

to play
dj & dancer
both sides of the mirror. weaving bridges & being
the bridge. both&…

so grateful to my tío Raúl for sharing his collection with me

aquí salseando, bolerando, cumbiando, festejando…

grateful to @thelisteninggarden for the invitation to learn & play, play & learn

∞︎︎∞︎︎∞︎︎∞︎︎∞︎︎∞︎︎∞︎︎∞︎︎∞︎︎∞︎︎∞︎︎∞︎︎∞︎︎∞︎︎∞︎︎∞︎︎∞︎︎∞︎︎∞︎︎∞︎︎∞︎︎∞︎︎∞︎︎∞︎︎∞︎︎∞︎︎∞︎︎∞︎︎ by @mediacrema_

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10 months ago

footage from body of earth/ prima materia

performance @topainstitute as part of the first Earthen Arts gather with @tierra_sol_ojai

this is the first work that I’ve made by way of inviting others into the process—namely, some incredible artists who shaped, imbibed and inspired the unraveling

thank you @briskells and @jameskidd_studio for dancing with me

thank you @tiesenga for your hurdy gurdy and voice improvisation / incantation

🎞️ thx dad…

thanks, everyone who came thru by @mediacrema_

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3 years ago

@hana.stretton is making her way to Ojai…come out for the last stop on her UK/ North American tour // the last Listening Garden concert of the year

Sunday, 10/18
Light and Space, Ojai

sound by @livingearth.la • tea, fire, drinks & friends ambient DJ set by @mediacrema_
drinks served up by our sponsors, @itshighlylikely 💗

would you come if I told you this were your last chance?! bless live performance for reminding us, we are here for a moment…hope to share this moment with you

also, earlybird discounts are here for another 10 days. join us on WhatsApp or dm if you need to :)

slides 3/4 by @heaszl • flyer by @opticalsoundexperience taken in Light and Space by @mediacrema_

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14 days ago

¿listos queridxs? The Listening Garden presents…

Tribilin Sound
Friday 10/16 • Taco Roma, Ojai

a night of puro DANCE to electronic cumbia, tropical bass y más.

Tribilin Sound is the project of Álvaro Ernesto, Peruvian DJ, producer, and pioneer in the tropical bass and electronic cumbia movements. His distinct style is the crossing of his cultural roots, urban identity, and futuristic notions for the global dancefloor. Cumbia, chicha, and Afro-Peruvian rhythms meet electronic elements that take us somewhere entirely new.

DJ Mediacrema will be warming us up 🔥
sound system by @feelgoodojai

this night is happening thanks to our sponsors @ojai.mushroom.summit 🍄 check out the full lineup of events at the link in their bio

of course, food & drinks by @radioromaojai + special offerings from: @kavacoco.life • @_mush_melo_ @lady.hyphae • @ohmscollectiveco

flyer artwork by @crini.xyz • slides 3-5 by @heaszl

tix out now, link in bio✨ taken in Ojai, California by @mediacrema_

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17 days ago

flowers from our garden…
pt.1 on film by @mankittens

@chancha_via_circuito + @earthtones_music thank you for taking us on a wild and awe-inspiring sonic ride

thank you, to all of you beautiful people who came out to dance & THANK YOU
@mobius_acoustics + @_j.db_ for the sound
Ian, for the flames
@itshighlylikely for your sponsorship & for the very delicious drinks

NEXT UP: @tribilinsoundmusic plays for us 10/16. ¡be there! tix out v soon.

amor mío, sigue así 🌷 taken in Light and Space by @mediacrema_

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18 days ago

Oye playeros…this Thursday
9/17 • 7-11PM • Radio Roma

mediacrema serving up a night of perreo at RR. tal vez neoperreo is the new house. the dance between house and reggaeton/ perreo goes deep. let’s go on a sonic ride from the y2k era till now. come listen, ven a perreaRrrr

vera rodriguez aka DJ media crema is an LA-raised, peruvian-american sound curatrix. shes a dancer and the force behind @thelisteninggarden : a series of earthly & experimental arts, concerts & dance parties. Her sets are an expansive trenza of Latin American music–from boleros, huaynos & festejo, to regaeton, cumbia, electrocumbia & neo perreo.

#menosfascismo #masperreo
💕 hat by @queertrash taken in Ojai, California by @mediacrema_

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a month ago

bathe with us…in a realm of experimental folk that’s as vast as the ocean. The Listening Garden presents:

Hana Stretton • Sunday, October 18th
7-10PM • Light + Space
sound by @livingearth.la 💙
ambient selections by DJ @mediacrema_

@hana.stretton is a British/Australian composer, singer + producer, known for her warm production style and uniquely spacious songform. her sophomore album, tiarn (August 2026), showers us with sighing harmonium, birdsong & operatic vocals, textured field recordings and choral hymns. sounds emerge like treasures amid a marine-layered sky.

tix at thelisteninggarden.co 🔗 in bio • earlybird discount shared in our whatsapp 🌱

thanks @heavy_trip + to our sponsors @itshighlylikely, who will be serving up drinks

📸 3-6 by @heaszl
flyer by @opticalsoundexperience taken in Light and Space by @mediacrema_

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a month ago

vera rodriguez aka DJ media crema is an LA-raised, peruvian-american curatrix of sound. When not on the decks, she’s dancing, or running @thelisteninggarden , Ojai’s hifi sound series, a salon of earthly & experimental arts, concerts & dance parties. Her sets are an expansive trenza of Latin American music–from boleros, huaynos & festejo, to regaeton, cumbia, electrocumbia & neo perreo. The night begins with vinyl, but who knows…you just might find yourself at a reggaeton rave 💥 taken in Ojai, California by @mediacrema_

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3 months ago

Two moons ago, we entered spring via this sonic portal…the fire’s still going in my heart.

what a gift it was to come together- to slow down and listen deeply on this gentle night. thank you @cole.pulice for opening the doorway to worlds beyond, and all that lies in between.

the practice of collective listening has, for us, been an important refuge, a balm, and perhaps a step towards resilience within a world that is currently loaded with division and chaos.

thank you to all who came out to be apart of this.

thank you to our friends
DJs @earthtones_music & @mediacrema_
@heaszl for the captures 📸
@dominoe.farris for the 🔥
@so.itgoes for the media support
@lightandspaceyoga for the home
@itshighlylikely for the skewers, bar +
sponsorship, which made this possible

more magic in the works, stay tuned

💚

TLG taken in Light and Space by @mediacrema_

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5 months ago

this is how we rolled into spring…

in sweat, communion & dionysian eruption to an absolute fire DJ set by Jeremy Sole @jeremysole

while the dance flr was HOT and it was a party, it also felt like a ritual of collective catharsis. let’s not forget that dance & music have made ceremonies of resilience for so many of our ancestors…the act of gathering in life-affirming descarga in the face of devastating violence is a powerful way to be together in this world.

one of the best ways that I know how to love my neighbors is to dance with them—

it was a night of remembering our togetherness. of alchemizing the overwhelming emotions into movement. in remembering what we are living for, and in prayer that we all have access to that sense of uninhibited joy

thank you to all who came thru
thank you to our sponsors + bar tenders 🍹 @itshighlylikely
+ to our friends
@everwavecreative & @so.itgoes on visuals
@heaszl 📸
@dominoe.farris🔥

produced with love by @johnaldrsn + @mediacrema_

❤️‍🔥 taken in Light and Space by @mediacrema_

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6 months ago

a little birdy told me…on 2/28 Jiony @jonajonjion Mexican sound artist/ producer is dropping into Ojai for a LIVE SHOW at Taco Roma

7pm doors - come for tacos before the show, DJ @mediacrema_ plays a dinnertime set

8pm - Jiony live concert at Taco Roma

DJ set to follow next door with the one & only El G @grantcdull (ZZK Records)

if you’ve been needing a juicy dose of downtempo trip poppy cumbia, needing to dance n sweat your prayers, this is it.
giddyup horsies 🔥🐎🔥

get those tix now. link in bio @mediacrema_ ❤️‍🔥

y más: we’ll be receiving donations for @the805undocufund - a vital org supporting immigration crisis relief & resilience in Ventura County. @ojairising will be with us, sharing ways to get involved + SHOW UP for our neighbors in need of protection & alliance. bacanería for a cause. ¿vienes? taken in Ojai, California by @mediacrema_

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8 months ago