Hailing from the burgeoning Mexican electronic and slo-mo acid scene, Bufi is the solo project of Mateo Gonzalez. With releases on Duro, Electrique Music and Sicario, his debut LP 'Revelación' is released next week. With a classical music background mixed with a love for synths and drum machines, his sets mix up disco, techno and the slow chunky acid that the region is becoming home too. Here's a mix he's recorded for us, and he answers a few questions, just so you can get to know him a little better.

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Bufi: The 'Shine A Light On' Mix

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SaykoKir, a DJ and musician from St. Petersburg, began his creative journey in 2014.
  After organizing a home recording studio, he tried his hand at writing music and DJ mixes. In 2015-2016 he recorded and released several tracks and remixes on little known artists in the styles of breakbeat, indie dance under the pseudonym Fluid Surfers, focusing on writing songs for a secret electronic indie project. Over the years he has accumulated a good collection of music and in 2019-2020 began to perform in bars in St. Petersburg: Mast, Union, Lesopilka, Griboedov, combining styles of indie dance and psychedelic house under the nicknames Fruktaman, Tekuchyi.
  After a long break he resumed his DJing in 2023, playing in his beloved St. Petersburg in such bars as "U Larisa" and secret room "Adische Goroda". Having established myself as a resident in both establishments, to this day i play music in the directions of indie dance, psychedelic house, tech, minimal, seasoned with percussion, ethnic motifs and guitar riffs, creating my own unique sound and sets.
  Continuing to experiment with music, in 2025 he assembled a new secret project Electronic Ethnic, immersing the listener in the mystical world of music and dance.