For episode 44, we’re in conversation with Alejandro Cohen.

Alejandro is a musician and composer from Los Angeles, California, the former executive director of DUBLAB, and currently the Music Director of KCRW. Over the last two decades, Cohen has released music under numerous projects and groups including Languis and Pharaohs. He’s composed music for TV shows, documentaries and educational materials, and recorded more than two hundred solo artists and bands as a sound engineer and consultant for dublab, KPFK 90.7 FM, Sony/Columbia and the Society for the Activation of Social Space Through Art and Sound (SASSAS). As dublab’s Executive Director, Cohen curated the station’s programming and podcast offerings, fundraising for the organization, and curates the annual ambient music event Tonalism. In his new position as the Music Director of KCRW, he brings his 25 years of experience to one of the most high profile Public Radio stations in the country.