Emotional electronics, from Mexicali’s underground beacon: four essential releases

We live in dissonant, uncertain times, and maybe our consciousness struggles if we try to make it fit square corners and easy forms. So now is a perfect time to feature long-time favorite label Facade Electronics out of northern Mexico. Their opening releases of the year, from artists dotting different parts of the world, flow into a narrative — one uncomfortable, sublime, beautiful.

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.

Peter Kirn - December 5, 2025

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.

Peter Kirn - June 13, 2025

Power, broken complexity in new Liliane Chlela album, “Anatomy of a Jerk”

Peter Kirn - July 5, 2024

Mourning Álvaro Ruiz, visionary Mexican electronic music producer

Peter Kirn - January 3, 2024

Crushing on your moustache… dark disco music video premiere with Local Suicide, Skelesys

Peter Kirn - July 18, 2022

Go check out people making music and visuals by connecting synths to plants

Peter Kirn - March 15, 2022

20 years on, FAX, Murcof, and Static Discos are fresher than ever

Peter Kirn - February 16, 2022

Microhm aka Leslie García and Alyosha Barreiro explore sound in futuristic Mexican architecture

Peter Kirn - February 8, 2022