Boogaloo Assassins

Boogaloo Assassins are a 13-piece Latin Boogaloo, Salsa, and Latin Soul group from Los Angeles, California. A Los Angeles live music favorite since 2008, their independently released 2013 debut album Old Love Dies Hard was inspired by the soulful Latin records of the 1960s, and their 7-inch lead single “No No No” took radio and dancehalls around the world by storm.

Boogaloo Assassins received airplay on Los Angeles radio stations like KCRW, KKJZ, KPFK, KPCC, KXLU and were featured on Giles Peterson’s BBC Radio 6 and received accolades from NPR, Vice, the LA Weekly, the OC Weekly, including winning the OC Weekly Music Awards “Best Latin Band” repeatedly.

In 2014, Boogaloo Assassins joined the legendary New York City 1960s-70s Latin label  FANIA, as well as having to honor to back two of FANIA’s icons – singer Joe Bataan and percussionist Roberto Roena – for a FANIA’s 50th Anniversary show in Stern Grove Park, San Francisco. In 2016 they released the rare 7-inch Boogaloo scorcher “One and Only”, produced by Innovative Leisure recording artist Nick Waterhouse, as well as supporting Nick Waterhouse on tour dates. By 2018 “No No No” exploded in the clubs and on the radio of modern Salsa music’s South American home, Colombia. By 2019 Boogaloo Assassins performed in Cali and Bogota, Colombia, at Salsa al Parque, one of Bogota’s premier and largest Salsa festivals.

Boogaloo Assassins’ debut record Old Love Dies Hard celebrated its 10-year anniversary re-release on Nu-Tone Recordings in 2023, with a new dub reggae remix of “No No No” by keyboardist/producer Roger Rivas. In 2026 Boogaloo Assassins continue to pack dancefloors, with a new album coming soon.