Artist Info: Polyester

1. Alias for Bernard Gavilan.
www.bernardgavilan.com

2. Polyester the Saint: the producer, rapper, singer and multi-instrumentalist was the driving force behind 2009’s Curly Tops & Nautica Jackets, a scene-capturing, L.A.-artists-only mixtape that featured Pac Div, U-N-I, Blu and Dom Kennedy, among others. The idea proved to be a prescient one, as Pac Div, U-N-I and Dom Kennedy have all built a major buzz since then, with Poly’s help. Poly and Dom Kennedy have worked particularly close together since then [read more...]