An explosive trio of 3 nationalities, A Love Electric, hailed as the tomorrow of creative rock by Mexico City’s leading newspaper, La Jornada, performs at some of the world’s finest rock festivals, jazz clubs, & cultural landmarks. Led by guitarist/vocalist Todd Clouser, a voice recognized as at the forefront of a new generation of genre redefining artists, A Love Electric carries the sonic legacies of psychedelic rock, New York City’s downtown scene, and introspective song into new territories. Having performed all over the globe, ALE has gained praise from critics and fans of rock, jazz, & experimental musics alike. A Love Electric is Todd Clouser (guitar and vocals), Aaron Cruz (bass), and Hernan Hecht (drums), Hecht a Latin Grammy winner for his work as drummer and producer. The three musicians have performed with Steven Bernstein, Anton Fier, Billy Martin, Cyro Baptista, members of Dire Straits, Keb Mo, Tim Berne, Ely Guerra, and more. In there years of aggressive touring throughout the United States, Germany, Spain, Portugal, the Czech Republic, Mexico, and Argentina, A Love Electric have documented their evolution into creative rock supergroup on three records from Brooklyn, NY’s The Royal Potato Family and a solo Clouser album Billy Martin‘s label, Amulet Records. A Love Electric now sits with a sound and approach all its own, defying category & inspiring audiences with their impassioned and prolific approach to creating. A new generation of idea is here. With many more recordings and sonic journeys under each other’s musical belts, now here we find ourselves dodging weirdness in 2024 and there’s more new music and opportunities to see Todd and A Love Electric to aide in making it all seem better.
The best thing about catching up with Todd is that it usually means he is coming to town. This time around it is going to be October 12th at the North Street Cabaret with A Love Electric. I have been ready for this for a long time!! We get into some of the possibilities the night of music could bring and dive head first into the newest album he put out with JT Bates and friend of the proGram, Mr. John Medeski. It’s a ‘surf’ music album titled ‘New Flamingo Magic’. The week Todd and I chatted it up, another friend of the show, Carnage the Execution was in Mexico for a few nights of making differences and making a difference. One of the things Todd does is the give back, so we talk about one of the ways he does it through an annual festival called ‘Lakeside Guitar Festival‘ and his Music Mission Foundation. He and his pal, Molly Maher, who Todd does a lot of his giveback work with, are going to have an opportunity to open for Los Lobos coming up soon as well, so, why not put a little notice on that spectacular event. To hit the old refresh button, Todd took some time off from performing (which does not sound normal to me…for him), so we talk about where he may have found some inspiration or new feelings.
