
New Orleans has rich music and food cultures living in parallel but rarely meeting. Suis Generis Music focuses on sounds created by food ingredients. Ultra sensitive microphones are used to pick up the life pulses of plants and ferments. The sounds are incorporated into a landscape including sounds of cutting boards and the sauté pan
New Orleans has rich music and food cultures living in parallel but rarely meeting. Suis Generis Music focuses on sounds created by food ingredients. Ultra sensitive microphones are used to pick up the life pulses of plants and ferments. The sounds are incorporated into a landscape including sounds of cutting boards and the sauté pan and performed before your eyes during our sound paired Food Experiences at the Tiki Food Lab.

There is only one restaurant in the country that has a constantly changing menu, farm, food lab, learning center & music label – and it’s Suis Generis in New Orleans!
Carlos Grasso
Music Director
John Guarnieri Business Manager
Ernest Founds - Producer (likes music)

Suis Generis Music was founded in 2024 to harness the sounds of the farm, food lab, and cooking activities. The label features musicians who have worked with the restaurant and are neighborhood residents. Pink Teddy Bear released its debut LP, “Welcome to the Tiki Farm” in 2024 using sounds of the Tiki Farm for songs written about the pl
Suis Generis Music was founded in 2024 to harness the sounds of the farm, food lab, and cooking activities. The label features musicians who have worked with the restaurant and are neighborhood residents. Pink Teddy Bear released its debut LP, “Welcome to the Tiki Farm” in 2024 using sounds of the Tiki Farm for songs written about the plants and wildlife found there. It’s an anthology of updated exotica that makes you tap your fork and understand that music and food tap into the same endorphin responses.
Focusing on unusual local bands & the intersection of food and music.
Welcome To The Tiki Farm
Krampus Mardi Gras Ball
Updated tiki-style exotica music by Pink Teddy Bear, inspired by the sights and sounds of the SG Tiki Farm.
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