David Ponak

David Ponak has been on the forefront of swanky sounds for more than a decade. At the height of the ’90s lounge revival, Ponak came up with the idea of combining classic lounge, soundtrack and sunshine pop music with current artists who carry on that aesthetic on his radio show, The Nice Age, which originated on Los Angeles public radio station KCRW before migrating to LuxuriaMusic. Ponak was also the host of The Liquid Room, which aired for several years on L.A. station KPFK.

When not blending the sounds of the old and the new behind the wheels of steel, Ponak can be found crooning classics and originals with his neo-lounge outfit, Mello Cads.

-  Philosophy of my radio show: To mix lounge and sunshine pop with new music that carries the torch.
-  Five artists LuxuriaMusic listeners will hear on my show: Burt Bacharach, Pizzicato Five, Scott Walker, The Divine Comedy, Jack Jones - To derive maximum pleasure from my radio show: Pour yourself a Ketel One Martini, very dry, straight up, with a twist
- When I'm not DJing I can be found: Singing with Mello Cads, drinking martinis - Secret superpowers I possess: I can make sushi and sake disappear in a millisecond