Music Reviews
Mexico City’s N.A.A.F.I has all your club bangers in one, convenient place
My hips are sad. These promos are not moving them; they’re squashed to hell, grooveless, and it’s about as fun to dance to as an Airbus engine drone.* I know how to solve this: N.A.A.F.I, the Mexico-based international label with its unique voice and rhythms patterned on the likes of tribal guarachero, spun by its family of producers into deeply personal bangers.
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From Mexicali to your ears, FAX in steps, stumbles, and séance
Connecting with a musical voice isn’t always about hearing something glossy and finished. Sometimes, with the chaos and horrors around us, that perfectly-ordered kind of music can even cease to make sense. These electronic emanations from FAX, the Baja California, Mexico-based producer, are like a salve, like cool water for the soul.
Power, broken complexity in new Liliane Chlela album, “Anatomy of a Jerk”
There’s always storytelling and throughline in Liliane Chlela’s work, even in the most brutal driving grooves. Anatomy of a Jerk delivers that same narrative clarity and floor-rumbling authority, out on Mexico City’s Infinite Machine imprint.
Go check out people making music and visuals by connecting synths to plants
Peter Kirn - March 15, 2022
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Microhm aka Leslie García and Alyosha Barreiro explore sound in futuristic Mexican architecture
Peter Kirn - February 8, 2022
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