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Through spectral evocations, and ominously low-frequencies, Los Macuanos
invoke the spirits of their country's past, resulting in a macabre
rendition of traditional Mexican sounds. A hauntological feast, equally
suited for the ears and the hips.Armed initially with only a laptop, a sequencer and
a shoddy wooden güiro, Los Macuanos have surfaced as one of the most
promising acts in modern electronic music, in what Camilo Lara (Mexican
Institute of Sound) has proclaimed “the great hope for Mexico in the
coming years.”Though emerging in the wake of the burgeoning
global bass scene, and strongly situated in the continuum of Tijuana
electronic
music, Los Macuanos nonetheless go beyond this spectrum, in a
sound that is wholly their own.To describe their music is to
inhabit a unique vision of Mexico’s sonic legacy, rooted in centuries of
akin sounds and sensibilities which are digitally permutated almost
beyond recognition. Through spectral evocations, and ominously
low-frequencies, Los Macuanos invoke the spirits of their country’s
past, resulting in a macabre rendition of traditional Mexican sounds. A
hauntological feast, equally suited for the ears and the hips.Employing
the format of a live band, Los Macuanos navigate the mid-ground between
the energy and dynamism of live performance and the textural
intricacies that only a DJ set can afford, presenting a unique kind of
hybrid for the modern dancefloor.
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