Nortec Collective
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| Background information | |
| Origin | Tijuana and Northern Mexico, Mexico |
| Genre(s) | Electronica, Techno,Nortec |
| Years active | 2001–present |
| Label(s) | Nacional Records, Palm Records, Mil Records, Nettwerk, Because Music, Sonic 360 |
| Associated acts | Paso del Nortec,Tijuana Makes Me Happy |
| Website | Nortec Collective |
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| Bostich,Fussible,Panoptica,Terrestre,Plankton Man | |
Nortec Collective is a musical ensemble from northern Mexico. Their musical genre includes electronica in the nortec ("norteño" + "techno") style.
Nortec Collective's second album, "Tijuana Sessions, Vol. 3," (Nacional Records) was the recipient of much critical praise and was nominated for two Latin Grammy awards in 2006.
The 2008 album "Tijuana Sound Machine" by Nortec Collective Presents: Bostich and Fussible (Nacional Records) is nominated for Best Latin Rock/Alternative Album for the 51st Annual Grammy Awards, which will be held February 2009. [1]
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[edit] Artists
The Nortec Collective is composed of four artists: Fussible (Pepe Mogt), Bostich (Ramon Amezcua), Clorofila (Jorge Verdín) and Hiperboreal (Pedro Gabriel Beas). These producers create and perform a style of music called Nortec - a fusion of norteño ("from the North") and techno, documenting the collision between the style and culture of electronica and traditional Mexican music.
[edit] Performances/Projects
Since 1999, the Nortec Collective musicians have toured throughout the United States, Mexico, Europe, Japan and Latin America, and played New York's Central Park SummerStage and Irving Plaza, as well as the Winter Music Conference in Miami, the Kennedy Center in Washington DC, and shows at the Royal Festival Hall in London and Elysée Montmartre in Paris.
Former Mexican President Ernesto Zedillo invited Nortec to provide music for the Mexican pavilion at the Expo 2000 in Hannover, and they've done remixes for Beck, Calexico, Ennio Morricone, Kronos quartet, Leigh Nash, and Lenny Kravitz among others.
In 2006 Nortec performed at the LA Weekly Detour Festival in Los Angeles, sharing the bill with Beck, Queens of the Stone Age, and Basement Jaxx.
Nortec's music has appeared in commercials for Volvo, Dell, Fidelity Mutual, Edwin Jeans (with Brad Pitt), Nissan and others.
The song "Tijuana Makes Me Happy" is one of the soundtracks in 2006 FIFA World Cup video game and the title song of the feature film by the same name Tijuana Makes Me Happy.
An interactive book entitled "Paso del Nortec: This Is Tijuana" dedicated to the nortec phenomenon was released in the US, Mexico and Europe in 2004.
In 2005, Nortec Collective released their most acclaimed work to date, the album "Tijuana Sessions, Vol. 3", which received two Latin Grammy nominations and earned significant airplay on tastemaker radio stations like KCRW (Los Angeles), KEXP (Seattle) and KUT (Austin).
The book "Nor-tec Rifa!: Electronic Dance Music from Tijuana to the World" by Alejandro L. Madrid was published in March 2008. It describes Nor-tec music's composition process and it relation to the nortena, banda, and grupera traditions.
The album "Nortec Collective Presents Bostich + Fussible: Tijuana Sound Machine" was released digitally on April 29th, 2008 and in stores on May 6th, 2008.
[edit] Recognitions
Nortec's album "Tijuana Sessions, Vol. 3" (Nacional Records) received two Latin Grammy nominations in 2006 for "Best Alternative Music Album" and "Best Recording Package."
The recent album "Tijuana Sound Machine" by Nortec Collective Presents: Bostich and Fussible (Nacional Records) is nominated for Best Latin Rock/Alternative Album for the 51st Annual Grammy Awards, which will be held February 2009. [2]
[edit] Discography
- The Tijuana Sessions Vol. 1 (Released: 15 Jul 2002)
- The Tijuana Sessions Vol. 3 (Released: 26 Jul 2005)
- Nortec Collective Presents Bostich+Fussible: Tijuana Sound Machine (Released: 29 April 2008)
[edit] See also
[edit] External links
- Official site
- Nortec Collective on MySpace
- Bostich+Fussible Tijuana Sound Machine on MySpace
- Nortec Collective Information at Nacional Records (Nortec Collective's US record label)
- Nortec Collective Information at Mil Records
[edit] References
Nacional Records (August 2006). Nortec Collective Nominated for Two Latin Grammy Awards. Press release.
"Nortec Collective Official Website". http://www.milrecords.com/main.htm. Retrieved on 2007-12-18.
