Argel Medina Cota is the name of the producer and multi-instrumentalist behind Arhkota, who for more than two decades has distinguished himself by being part of high-caliber musical projects such as Sonios, Niño Astronauta and Kobol. These previous projects oscillated between avant-garde pop and experimental electronic music, putting Arhkota behind the driving wheel of a…
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STA016 | Childs | Yui
Inspired by anime aesthetics, Icelandic pop, indietronica, shoegaze and indie rock, childs constructs a soft mélange of digital, analog and acoustic sounds they describe as ‘electronic lullabies’. Their music has also been described as “bedroom blues”. In between the epic soundscapes of Sigur Rós and the touch tone noise of a Morr Music lunchbox, childs…
STA011 | Murcof | Martes & Utopía
At the beginning of 2001, after leaving The Nortec Collective and producing multiple pieces for the dance floors under the name of Terrestre, the musician from Tijuana Fernando Corona (1970) decided to create Murcof. His intention was to continue weaving digital precision with acoustic warmth in an experiment with electronic and classical music in its…
STA010 | Kobol | Broken Ebony
Electronic duo Kobol, Arhkota and Nashio Chávez, are originally from Ensenada and currently living in the city of Los Angeles. Kobol‘s music unites the sounds of free jazz alongside dynamic rhythms, precise and enigmatic textures alongside live acoustic impressions. Kobol creates a musical language that goes beyond nu-jazz and basic IDM patterns, as they break…
STA006 | H. Amézquita | Multi
On his only release for Static Discos, H. Amézquita delivers a refined and exquisitely danceable collection of tracks. Multi introduces the minimalist rhythms sounds of micro-house, techno and dub, flooding these spare, pointillist landscapes with nuance and details grounded in experimental dance music. Multi, which was co-produced with Fernando Corona (Murcof) in 2003, reveals simplicity…