Mr. Bones: Two Coasts, One Groove, and the Birth of Insatiable
MR. BONES
Mr. Bones, born Andres Garcia, is a Cuban-American DJ and producer building between Los Angeles and Miami. His sound is rhythmic, percussive, and unmistakably Latin in feel, the kind of groove that comes from years of drumming before he ever touched a mixer. With Insatiable, the new party and label he is launching with longtime collaborator Nate Ash, Mr. Bones is stepping into the next chapter of a journey that already runs through college bars, college radio, Colectivo, Sound in LA, and a set sharing the stage with Jamie Jones. His TGP042 mix is a snapshot of where that journey lands today.
Roots in Rhythm
Before the decks, there were drums. Mr. Bones spent four years drumming through high school, and that foundation shaped everything that came after. "My style is very rhythmic in that sense," he says. "It uses a lot of organic percussion. My style is very groovy, so for sure, being a drummer definitely shaped that."
His Cuban heritage runs through both sides of the family, and his dad put him on Latin music early. That ear for Latin rhythmic flavor still lives in his sets today. Whatever style he is playing, that influence is in there somewhere.
The Coachella Click
His introduction to house music came at Coachella. He watched the Martinez Brothers, Michael Bibi, Damian Lazarus, and Peggy Gou inside one weekend, and the genre clicked. "That was like my first introduction where I was like, oh, okay, I understand this."
The discovery dates back to 2018 and 2019. By 2020 and 2021, after COVID, he was playing shows. The minimal, groovy house sound he gravitated toward had a clear lineage to the Martinez Brothers, Seth Troxler, and Dennis Cruz, the artists he still names as the ones who shaped his taste.
The Sophomore Decision
By sophomore year of college in 2022, the math had become obvious. He was already DJing constantly, flying back to Miami for shows, sometimes hitting LA for randomly booked sets. "I was just like, I think this is actually what I want to do." So he left college, moved back to LA, and started building from there.
Open Format, Then Tailored
His early sets were freestyle. Disco, rap, house, pop, all in the same mix. "I'd throw a house record in there, a rap record, then a pop record, then go into Michael Jackson," he recalls. "Some of the best days ever." Over time, as house-specific bookings started coming in, his sound narrowed. The Latin rhythmic influence stayed, just more tailored now.
Born Into the Name
The name "Mr. Bones" goes back to before he was born. His parents were in the Bahamas when his mom was pregnant, and the locals who went bone fishing were called bones or bonesy. His parents took it as a joke and ran with it. When he was born, his uncles wore "welcome baby Bones to the family" t-shirts. Friends caught on through childhood, mostly when his parents would scream "Bones" from the stands at his junior high basketball games.
When he started the artist project, he added the "Mr." to differentiate from another local artist already using Bones. The longer name has its own weight to it. The shorter version is what everyone still calls him in real life.
Building Colectivo, Building Community
His first attempt at scaling beyond a solo project was Colectivo, a collective he co-founded in 2023 with Nate Ash and Rafa Carbonell. They started in LA, booked their first shows there, then extended into Miami for Art Basel. The piece that opened the most doors was the weekly Monday show on WVUM 90.5, the University of Miami's college radio station. Every week they brought in local talent, interviewed them, gave them an hour on the air, then closed the show going back to back. The radio show grew the network fast. It is also where Mr. Bones first connected with prince!.
Insatiable: The Next Chapter
Colectivo is on pause, not gone. Mr. Bones and Nate Ash are now fully focused on Insatiable, a new party and label they are building together. The starting move is a curated event series in Miami built around a specific sound (the kind they both make and play), with the label arm following close behind to release their own music first, then signed artists later.
The launch party is June 27 with Jesse Perez headlining, with Mr. Bones and Nate Ash on the lineup. Jesse Perez, as Mr. Bones puts it, is a Miami legend "that has made great music over the years and is super underlooked." The party is an intimate, sunset-into-night format. That intimacy is intentional. "My favorite sets to play are the super intimate ones. I feel like you can really hit those moments that are tougher to hit when you're playing a big room set. You can really dig into your crate."
Two Coasts, One Groove
Having a home base on each coast pulls his sound in two complementary directions. "LA is more into the soulful, more housey kind of sound. Miami is very rhythmic and driving." He loves both, and his sets are built to blend West Coast and East Coast textures. Add the Cuban Latin layer underneath, and the result is a groove that does not really sound like anyone else working from one city alone.
Milestone Moments
A few sets stand out. His real Miami start was at Zey Zey, the venue that gave him his first run of local bookings. In LA, his recent set at Sound was a milestone, the dance floor he had been going to for four years before he ever played it. He opened before Jay de Lys, who plays faster tempo music. "He plays faster tempo music, so I got to get up to that tempo by the time he's getting on. So it was a cool journey of tracks that were lower BPM that I ended really high. A cool journey to navigate that club, for sure." In Miami, his first time at Jolene Sound Room was the next step, where he got to close for Dimmish. The Art Basel run, including the appetite showcase. And opening and closing for Jamie Jones at Art Basel 2024, sharing the stage with one of his heroes. "It was like a hero of mine. So that was cool to share the stage with him."
Final Words
His advice for anyone trying to build something in this scene is simple. "Don't compare yourself to everyone. You're on your own path. What's going to happen is meant for you. Everyone's on their own timeline." The rest, he says, is just staying with it. "As long as you keep going at it, you're going to find some sort of success."
The TGP042 mix is the first artifact of where Mr. Bones is right now: drumming roots, two coasts, a new project, and a sound that pulls all of it together.
Listen to Mr. Bones' full TGP042 mix on The Groove Palace SoundCloud, and read more about his journey at thegroovepalace.com.