1. Apocalipstick feat. Franka Polari
This is one of the tracks that has more history inside the album. It is a collaboration with Franka Polari, mother of the House of Apocalipstick and one of the founders of the “vogue” culture in Mexico. It all started a couple of years ago when I learned, through a digital magazine, that there actually was an incipient vogue scene in Mexico which I did not know. I immediately contacted Franka to propose a collaboration. The funny thing is that the first thing that came to the table was to make a video, for which we still did not have music and had to do something. That was how this track was born, inspired by today’s ballroom music, and the Chicago and NYC House music that originally saw the birth of this movement.
2. Dan’s Return feat. Zimmer)
Zimmer is a French producer associated with the label Roché Musique -Darius, Cherokee, FKJ- with whom I have spent several years of friendship. The last time he came to Mexico he came into my studio and showed me a song that he said was “techno”, although in fact it seemed more like “deep house”. We changed the bass, added some synths and in a couple of hours we had finished it. Soon after, Alán Santos from Centavrvs helped me by recording a couple of extra synths.
3. White Tambourine
I have a guilty pleasure for Gypsy Woman from Crystal Waters and all that 90’s organ House Music type of tracks. Influenced by that, I did a laidbacked and more introspective version of my own.
4. Cosmoattack
Some will remember Training Tofu, a song from “Trilogy” – my first album. That song is dedicated to my dog Tofu, which is a mixture of labrador and poodle, so beautiful. The thing is that I have another dog, that is actually a real golden retriever labrador to whom I had not made a song yet which was a bit unfair. In my mind, this is the soundtrack of a day in the park -being on acid- with my dog Cosmo -not him… do not drug your pets people!
5. Interlude
This was the last track I made for the album. After giving several listenings to what I had done for the record so far I realized that everything was beats and more beats, and it needed some calm. So I decided to do a track without beats, half inspired by Tim Hecker and half acid. I think it fills the role of making the whole experience a little smoother.
6. Peaks
Windowlicker is my favourite track from Aphex Twin, especially for the break in which it introduces an evil and trippy synth that contrasts nicely with the whole glitchy battery sound. I wanted to do something like that with this track, but instead of glitches I used a sample of Fela Kuti, looking for something more percussive and epic, never as epic as Windowlicker anyway. In this track Alán also had a previous collaboration that I reused for the first seconds of the album, something like a leitmotiv but more casual.
7. Tomorrow
When I made this track I was listening to Matias Aguayo a lot, and some of that probably got into the song along with a bunch of long delays and hood psychedelia. Definitely the most tropical and joyful moment of the album, and possibly my favourite track of the whole thing.
8. New Ground
Lalo Limón is a former member of Le Barón, an indie rock band that was making noise a few years ago throughout the Mexican republic. A few months ago I had the opportunity to “jam” with him in the house of a friend. I loved his way of singing and his musicality, so as soon as I could I proposed to collaborate. Now Lalo is dedicated to attending his bar in Roma, but he’s also working on a solo project which looks exciting so far.
9. No Pare
This track did not fit into the vinyl so it can only be listened in digital form. It’s the last of the album and it has a very nice and nostalgic break, kinda Chemical Brothers. One of those breaks that helps you finishing listening to an album with a smile, and makes you want to play it back again.
