Review of Tijuana Sessions Volume 3 Album by Nortec Collective

Nortec Collective

Nortec Collective - Tijuana Sessions Volume 3 - Nacional - Album Review

Nortec Collective - Tijuana Sessions Volume 3 - Nacional - Album Review
Nortec Collective

Tijuana Sessions Volume 3

Nacional

After Volume 2 was essentially scrapped by Nortec after its split with it’s previous label

Tijuana’s electronica heroes offer sheer genius in the form of Volume 3 of their Tijuana Sessions series. 15 dance friendly tracks offer a musical reflection of the northern hemisphere’s most accessed border region. Visions of Tijuana’s touristy, narco-traffic infested, multicultural glory along with the city’s strikingly dynamic demographic make-up are on parade. Dance along with the upturned noses of the
hip, fashion conscious but gaudy elite, roll with the ever-present dusty rumbling rural banda contingent and toast the retro sounds of dark, brandy-soaked barrooms and lively bullrings of scratched, smudged, and dented brass horns. The entire sonic collage comes wrapped in trendsetting drum loops, smooth percussion, high-level instrumental skills, and expertly manipulated vintage sound samples.

Francisco H. Ciriza

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