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RANDOM V 1
August 2004

We¹d like to announce the upcoming release of ³Random V1² a CD compiling material from four alternate projects by members of the Nortec Collective: Latinsizer, Mendoza, tre/molo and Point Loma, in which they explore other styles not fully pursued on their Nortec work as well as giving them the chance to do slightly more experimental outside of the confines dictated by mainstream labels.
Pepe has been doing work as Latinsizer and Las Cajas del Ritmo as an outlet for his interest in working with funky 80¹s drum machines and old rhythm units; Roberto started Mendoza as a collaborative vehicle to explore soft focus electronics with more acoustic instrumentation; Ramon uses Point Loma as an excuse for experiments with his growing collection of obscure analog synthesizers ( he owns one of the very few remaining original VCS3 synths ­ the same ones used by Pink Floyd on Dark Side of The Moon) and Jorge started tre/molo as a musical outlet for his obsession with arty 80¹s synthpop bands, 4AD Records-like atmospherics and and lo-fi tinkering.

After reviewing all the material being put together by the projects during the recent hiatus by the Nortec Collective, some get togethers over beers and seafood at Terraza Vallarta yielded the idea of doing some events in which this material could get played, but doing it incorporating improvisational sets done on analog and modular synths, drum machines, effects boxes, circuit bent devices and the occasional kitchen sink. The events were named Random for obvious reasons and the idea to release material by theses projects came shortly after. Random V1 will contain versions of tracks played during these gigs and some written specifically for the collection. Now Available

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Latinsizer "Nómada EP" 12 inch
August 2004

On Latinsizer's first vinyl release, Pepe Mogt includes 2 mixes of "Nomada", "Disel" an exclusive B-side, and a remix of "Rubiconga" done by tre/molo. Also included is a bonus white label that contains a eclectic House mix of "Nomada MKII", a EBM Techno version of "SEM" remixed by Panoptica and a Tech House flavored mix of "Nomada" by Uriel-E.

Available in the USA, Canada and Japan through Darla, Spain through Zuk Music and in México through Noise Kontrol.

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Colores Volume 1
01.01.04

We¹re very happy to report that we just got the first batch of CDs from the "Colores" series, in which we¹ll highlight electronic music created by some of Latin America's most interesting producers in this field.

Colores Vol. 1 is a collection of 17 tracks by producers from Argentina, Chile and Mexico, and was compiled by Pepe Mogt for Mil Records. The project originated after Pepe and Roberto Mendoza toured Chile and Argentina during a short South American Nortec tour in 2001 and met many of the members of the electronic music scenes in Santiago y Buenos Aires. Stacks of CD-Rs and e-mail addresses were traded and upon returning home, they checked out the material along with CDs collected during a series of gigs in Mexico City. They noticed the great diversity of the material at hand, so the idea to compile material electronic music from various Latin American countries, began to take shape.

The main difference between this collection and Nortec, is that while the latter explores the combination of traditional Mexican rhythms and instrumentation with electronic dance techniques, the music in Colores is not necessarily tinted by regional rhythms; instead, it¹s a collection of tracks that merge computer based production and atmospherics with analog sequencing and processing, produced by musicians based in Buenos Aires, Tijuana, Mexico City and Santiago de Chile among others.

Artists featured in Colores Vol 1 include Argentinean electronic music gurus Gustavo Lamas and Leandro Fresco; Vlisa and Mambotur (featuring Argenis Brito, a frecuent Señor Coconut collaborator) from Chile, and representing Mexico are Linga, Discar and Balboa, well as Nortec Collective side projects such as Latinsizer (Pepe from Fussible), Mendoza (Roberto of Panoptica), Point Loma (Ramon Amezcua aka Bostich), tre/molo (Jorge Verdin from Clorofila) and Las Cajas de Ritmo, an open door project which features various members of the Collective on drum machines and not much else. The CD will be distributed worldwide Online By Milrecords and by Noise Kontrol in Mexico and by MTM in Colombia. To order "Colores Vol 1,"

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