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- Date Released: July 12, 2005
- Genre: Electronic
- Style: Mexico, Downtempo
- Label: Nacional Records
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We Say...
An orthodontist, chemical engineer and a DJ walk into a bar... Okay, so it sounds like a bad joke, but the origins of the Nortec Collective, a group of musicians and DJs from Tijuana and Ensenada, aren't far from that setup. Their music is best defined as mood rather than sound (which is electronica- and indie rock-tinged): playful, coy, cheerful and profoundly likeable. The first two tracks are fantastic, and you'd be hard-pressed not to be charmed by the rest. Occasionally a record store will play something on its in-store stereo so infectious that no one can resist asking what it is. This is that record.
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They Say...
The third compilation from the loosely organized Nortec Collective (whatever happened to volume two?) offers four years of development from the debut, and that's apparent in a greater cohesion of sound. Where the debut offering sometimes seemed to graft Mexican elements onto electronica and dance music almost as an afterthought, here everything is more integrated, as with Hiperboreal's "Dandy del Sur," where village banda meets spaghetti Western. Sometimes it's plain goofy, such as with Fussible's "Tijuana Makes Me Happy," with its silly English lyric, and sometimes it triggers odd associations -- Bostich's "Tengo la Voz" brings to mind Herb Alpert with its trumpet rather than anything more rooted. It's notable that this time around, rather than appearing on the major Palm Pictures, it's on the Mexican-based Nacional label, a good home for this music, which overall succeeds in offering the listener 21st century Tijuana. Not everything is good -- Clorofila's "Almada" seems to get stuck in a monotonous groove, for example -- but some are superb. On "Colorado" Fussible seem to channel the spirit of Talking Heads, while "Narcoteque" from Clorofila and Calexico brings Brian Eno to mind. So, like any compilation, it's a mixed bag. But the unity of spirit brings it all together, and the good far outweighs the mediocre.
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| 01. |  |
Tengo La Voz |
3:46 |
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| 02. | |
Tijuana Makes Me Happy |
4:08 |
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| 03. | |
Funky Tamazula |
3:07 |
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| 04. | |
Don Loope |
4:15 |
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| 05. | |
Olvidela Compa |
4:26 |
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| 06. | |
Autobanda |
3:03 |
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| 07. | |
Dandy Del Sur |
4:17 |
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| 08. | |
Almada |
4:48 |
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| 09. | |
Colorado |
3:40 |
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| 10. | |
Narcoteque |
5:04 |
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| 11. | |
Esa Banda En Dub |
4:40 |
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| 12. | |
Bar Infierno |
6:14 |
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| 13. | |
Revu Rockers |
5:25 |
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| 14. | |
Tijuana Bass |
2:59 |
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| 15. | |
El Fracas |
3:22 |
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15 Total Tracks, 63:14 Total Length
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Credits
- Joey Burns - Guitar (Electric) // Tony Gomez - ? // Bernie Grundman - Mastering // Tom Strahle - Guitar // John Convertino - Drums // Luis Elorza - Choir, Chorus // Luis Elorza - Engineer // Luis Elorza - Bajo Sexto // Luis Elorza - Wurlitzer // Jorge Gomez - Trombone // Juan Jose Lopez - Vocals // Juan Jose Lopez - Drums (Snare) // Pepe Mogt - Producer // Pepe Mogt - Group Member // Ramón Amezcua - Producer // Ramón Amezcua - Group Member // Jacob Valenzuela - Trumpet // Martin Wenk - Whistle (Human) // Martin Wenk - Vibraphone // Willy Negron - Percussion // Drew Schnurr - Bass (Upright)
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