It is Monday the 28th of January 2013 and we welcome back a returning guest on this week´s CLR Podcast. Luis Flores is one of Mexico´s most popular Techno producers and live acts, who is widely known for his diversified and groovy style.

A minimal use of elements results in a rich spectrum of textures and a dark and trippy dance floor pull. Live shows, improvisational in nature, can last anywhere from one to three hours, resulting in a hypnotic exploration of the possibilities of electronic production.

He has been a Techno activist at the forefront of the Mexican scene for the past 15 years and has worked as the artistic director of the highly influential label Nopal Beat Records, providing a stage for local producers.

Luis Flores has had several original tracks in the playlists of many of the biggest players in the scene and has played his much-loved live sets at countless renowned clubs and festivals worldwide.

We are very happy to present you one hour of his Live PA recorded at the Time & Space Festival in Tulum on December 21st as this week´s CLR Podcast.

1) “Trauma” – Impact Unit/Silent Steps
2) “Helvenum” (Luis Flores Remix) - Plankton + M.A.D.A/Unreleased
3) “Drowning” (Luis Flores Remix) - Litschke + Hammer/Naked Lunch Records
4) “Excision Alternate” /Droid Recordings
5) “Ritual” (Luis Flores Remix) - Knobs + Splatter/Kaputt Musik
6) “New Flesh Alternate” /Droid Recordings
7) “Beta 01” (Luis Flores Remix) – The Plant Worker/Blank Code
8) “Engineers Revenge” (Luis Flores Remix) – Dax J + Gareth Wild/Ear To the Ground
9) “Veron” (Luis Flores Remix) – The Advent + A. Paul/Onh. Cet Records

Luis Flores - CLR Podcast 205 Live @ Time + Space Festival (Dic. 21 2012)

Mike Kezerta (previous alias DJ Adore, Brendan O'Toole) has played electronic music in clubs globally for over 13 years.  Having originally been raised in Michigan near Detroit, he was deeply influenced by local artists and DJ’s playing Detroit Techno and Chicago House music. He currently resides Austin, TX.  His exposure to the different scenes and various friendships formed along the way has led to his continuing development as a dance music artist, and strengthened his pre-existing passion for electronic music.  
Professionally club/ultra lounge gigs have consistently provided resident opportunities and special guest DJ appearances for Mike Kezerta.  Check for further updates, promotions, productions, and mixes for 2026.

Luis Flores's Upcoming Gigs
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Trommel, District , Liverpool, United Kingdom

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Sound> Classifying Flores’s sound is a difficult feat, and that is precisely the  point. His personality and experience are present in every track he produces, resulting in a dark, groove driven sound. Luis’s interaction with the machine becomes the listeners’ interaction with auditory landscapes of eeriness, altered states and paranoia. A minimal use of elements results in a rich spectrum of textures and a dark and trippy dance floor pull. Live shows, improvisational in nature, can last anywhere from 2- 5 hours, resulting in a hypnotic exploration of the possibilities of electronic production.

Bio> In the more than 17 years he has been producing electronic music, Luis Flores has not only made a name for himself but has been at the forefront of a movement that made the city of Guadalajara, Mexico, a hot spot for electronic music production and events. At the center of this movement was Nopal Beat Records, a label he ran from 1998 to 2006. At the same time, he also worked with the city’s cultural bureau to produce a string of massive, free public events that could bring electronic music to a wider group of people and provided a stage for local producers.

In 2007, he returned to the studio focused once again in his techno roots which quickly yielded results like his enduring relationship with L.A.’s Droid Behavior or the demand for his live shows.

In 2009 the release of the “Damage” EP on Droid Recordings, established Flores as an international artist with its immediate success, making the charts of artists such as Speedy J, The Detroit Grand Pubbahs and Chris Liebing’s Best 10 of 2009. In 2010, Dietrich Schoenemann’s Hidden Agenda released “Pain + Prosthetics”, an EP which among other things includes a collaboration with Canadian: Vitamins 4 U.

Flores published “Love Your Machine” under the German imprint Micro.Fon the following year. Further exploring the audiovisual aspect of his music, he created the video teaser for the single using J.G. Ballard’s “Crash” as reference and inspiration.

In 2012 he returned to Droid for the release of “New Flesh” which included remixes by label owner Drumcell and CLR’s Brian Sanhaji. This year was also marked by people's interest in his sound with remix requests for legendary names like Jam n Spoon and The Advent.

2013 began with his first collaboration with Berlin based producer Material Object and the release of the “Crowd Control” EP under the Impact Unit moniker for the French label Silent Steps and in 2014 he released “Rituals of Submission” on Detroit’s Blank Code, “Test Pattern” EP in the Spring for CLR and the “Metal” remix for Black Asteroid under EDLX.

He began 2015 with the the release of “43” on Alex Bau’s Credo compilation and with his 3rd release for Droid Recordings, the “Static Forces” EP.

Luis has represented México at the Meet in Beijing, ADE in Amsterdam, Borderline Festival in China, Brussels BEMF, among others.