The influence of Low End Theory - the LA club night that just ended its 12-year run as the country’s most vital proving ground for experimental, bass-loving producers - has spread to nearly every corner of the globe. Still, it’s a surprise to hear an LET-style mix of cosmic synths and West Coast boom-bap emanating from a yacht cruising past the bayfront mansions and swanky seafood restaurants of Newport Beach, an Orange County enclave down the coast from LA whose wealthy, conservative residents probably think “Flying Lotus” is the name of a Chinese restaurant.

Aboard the boat, 80 revelers are knocking back Coronas and sparkling rosé and dancing to Wave Groove, one of the resident DJs of Beat Cinema, the 15-member crew that’s hosting the cruise. His set seamlessly mixes familiar trap party-starters with slow-rolling, deeply funky originals. The crowd rides the yacht’s sway to Lil Uzi Vert’s 'Money Longer' and the neon bass lines of Wave’s own 'Jazz Orbital' with equal enthusiasm.

His Beat Cinema cohorts, Rick G (the hyper-focused, quietly ambitious one) and DMM (the laid-back, making-sure-everyone’s-having-a-good-time one), look on with approval. DMM just stepped away from the decks after soundtracking our departure from the dock with a high-energy hip-hop set. “I don’t usually play that turnt up,” he yells over the music, with a grin. “But we’re on a boat!”