Spam Allstars

DJ Le Spam & Spam Allstars blend improvisational electronic elements and turntables with latin, funk, hip hop and dub to create what they call an electronic descarga.  It’s not a known genre.  It’s hard to describe.  It attracts many types of people. But as they look out and see people dancing salsa, next to break-dancers, and festival-goers driving for hours to catch a show -- they know something very special is going on.

Spam Allstars were formed by Andrew Yeomanson, a/k/a DJ Le Spam,  who was raised in Toronto, Bogota and London, and has called Miami home since 1993.  He got his start by playing guitar in Haitian band Lavalas, and recording and touring with Miami based artist Nil Lara.   Along the way he added to his vinyl collection, and when off the road he would DJ locally. These DJ gigs evolved into collaborations with live musicians, performing on an internet radio show, recording in his home studio, and the first of many residencies combining his samplers & DJ skills with a live band.  

In 2002, Spam Allstars began a weekly residency at Hoy Como Ayer in Little Havana, which continues today. In 2003 they started monthly residencies in New York City, Gainesville, Tampa, Atlanta, and New Orleans, and playing nationally wherever people would host them.  Today they perform 200+ shows, and average 56,000 miles each year.   They still do the weekly in Little Havana, and have monthlies in Miami and Miami Beach.

Gallery Photos Credit: Jen Gray