Amoeba Music

L.A. legends and Amoeba faves Ozomatli celebrate their new album Marching On (CD and gatefold LP out 7/15 on Blue Elan Records) with a live in-store performance and album signing!

Purchase Marching On at Amoeba Hollywood starting Friday, July 15th and receive a commemorative "Ozomatli - Live at Amoeba" poster as well as a ticket to meet the band/get your album signed after the 7/19 performance. Live performance is free/all-ages, album purchase required to meet the band and attend the signing. 

In support of Alzheimer’s Los Angeles, Ozomatli and Amoeba will donate a portion of the album + poster sales to support the amazing work they do locally. Learn more about how they help both patients and caregivers/families here. 

If the city of Los Angeles had a soundtrack, it would be Ozomatli’s music. Since forming in 1995, the lineup’s collaborative, energetic blend of multi-cultural music and activism has earned the band three GRAMMYs®, four Hollywood Bowl shows, a TED Talk and much more. But more importantly, Ozo has inspired and energized listeners worldwide. Even at gigs in locales including Burma and Mongolia, Ozomatli’s messages and music, sung in both Spanish and English, need no translation. Circa 2022, Ozo’s new songs, stronger-than-ever brotherhood and the potent emotional impetus behind Marching On further cements the legacy begun with the band’s 1998 self-titled debut.

With musician/producer David Garza (Fiona Apple, Sparta) producing in pre-pandemic 2020 at El Paso’s Sonic Ranch, Ozo were honored with esteemed musical guests who contributed to the 11-song album including B-Real (Cypress Hill), Guatemalan singer-songwriter Gaby Moreno, J.J. FAD (of "Supersonic" Fame) and Lisa Lisa (Lisa Lisa & Cult Jam.)

The 11 songs are a unified blend of the members’ influences and ideas. Or, as founding members Jiro Yamaguchi and Uli explain:

"You drive down Sunset Boulevard and turn off your stereo and roll down your windows and all the music that comes out of each and every different car, whether it's salsa, cumbia, merengue, Hip Hop, funk or whatever, it's that crazy blend that's going on between that cacophony of sound is Ozomatli, y'know?"