Mexican / French music producer based in Paris.

I started exploring sound at university, DJ'ing at some friend's parties and trying to produce the genre that first got me into music some time before: Uplifting Trance.

After a long pause, I discovered a very specific kind of track with captivating warm chord plucks and joyful melodies and instantly fell in love with the vibe.
I needed to produce that music, but I didn't know how or even the name of this beautiful but not so common genre. Later I knew it was called Melodic Progressive House.

I currently focus on MPH which has led to several releases, collabs and remixes on labels such as Emergent Shores, Soluna or Sunwaves Digital.

Also from time to time I explore other genres that inspire me as well like Lo-Fi hip hop, Ambient using analog gear for live mixing or Liquid Drum and Bass, of course always trying to evoke beautiful emotions with the power of melody which has been driving my inspiration since the beginning.

Relax and enjoy!

In February 1999, three longtime friends from West Texas went to a pizza place in Austin, Texas, for a prearranged meeting with a young man from Illinois. The Illinoisan had just moved to Austin, and he had put up a flyer that caught the interest of the others. They ate pizza and discussed movies and arcana. They also decided to meet the next day with their various instruments (two guitars, bass, and drums). This happened, and over the coming months they picked a band name, then picked a better band name, then wrote and recorded an album. That album, called How Strange, Innocence, was largely out of tune, but the band members didn't really notice at the time. They optimistically printed 300 copies, and gave most of them away. It turned out they really liked playing together, so they kept doing so. A friend of theirs sent a recording of one of their live shows to a record label in Baltimore, and that label offered to put out albums for the band. The band agreed.

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Transcendental music.

A beautiful concoction of surreal lyrics, punk, folk, experimental rock, electronic tinkering, and classical music.

My lyrics are rooted in philosophical, sociological, ethical, psychological, spiritual, existential, surreal and metaphysical concepts and ideas – exploring themes of hope, death, parenthood, motherhood, manhood, womanhood, freedom, will, the meaning of life, feelings/emotions, love, tenderness, kindness, the relationships between humans, depression, disappointment, disaffection, violence, loneliness, the human mind, the beauty and complexity of women, nature, technology, morality, time, memory and personal identity.

The lyrics also cover the human struggle, self-determination, psychosis, politics, economics, apocalypse, all kind of historical events and lifes of historical figures.

My sounds are most nostalgic, cheerful, happy, powerful and furious. I want to play with the emotions.
My sound consists of a mixture of electronic and acoustic beats, combinig sometimes orchestral instruments with electronic instruments.

Music genres:
Experimental
Synthpop
Alternative
Rock
Electronic Rock
Progressive Rock
Psychedelic Rock
Math Rock
Post-Rock
Punk
Happy Punk
Punk Rock
Skate Punk
Surf Rock
Afrobeat
Trip-Hop
Space Rock
Funk
Folk
Baroque Pop
Orchestral Pop
Symphonic Rock
Classical
Krautrock
Post-Hardcore
Jazz Fusion
Jazz
Swing
Neo-Psychedelia
Art Rock
Disco
Post-Punk
Post-Punk Revival
Dance Punk
Dance-Rock
Dream Pop
Art Punk
New Wave
Industrial
Electropop
Synthwave
Ethereal Wave
Ambient
Gothic Rock
Soft Rock
Hard Rock
Synth Rock
Avant-garde
Grunge
Shoegaze

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