Nortec Collective | |
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| Background information | |
| Origin | Tijuana, Mexico |
| Genres | Electronic,techno,nortec |
| Years active | 1999–2008 |
| Labels | Nacional Records,Palm Records,Mil Records,Nettwerk,Because Music,Sonic 360 |
| Members | Bostich,Fussible, Hiperboreal,Clorofila |
| Past members | Panoptica,Plankton Man,Murcof (aka.Terrestre) |
| Website | Nortec Collective |
Nortec Collective was a Mexican musical ensemble formed by various individual one- or two-man production projects. The group came together inTijuana,Baja California, Mexico. Their genre mixeselectronic music with musical elements and instrumentation oftambora andnorteño music, resulting in thenortec ("norteño" + "techno") style. The various projects began producing and performing nortec music around 1999. In 2001, they were signed to a recording contract with Palm Pictures, and released their first album,Tijuana Session Volume 1, under the name Nortec Collective. The line-up for that album included Bostich,Clorofila, Fussible, Hiperboreal, Panoptica, Plankton Man and Terrestre. The latter two would leave Nortec Collective in 2002.
Nortec Collective's second album,Tijuana Sessions, Vol. 3 (Nacional Records), received much critical praise and was nominated for twoLatin Grammy awards in 2006.[1]
In 2008, Nortec Collective ceased to function as a proper collective, with the various individual projects performing and recording separately. According to the Collective'sMyspace page, "For the time being, Nortec Collective has decided to release music separately..." and "Until further notice, there will be not be any bookings for Nortec, Nortec Collective or Colectivo Nortec with the full four member line-up."
The various individual projects went on to release and perform separately. 2008'sTijuana Sound Machine by Bostich and Fussible (Nacional Records) was nominated for theGrammy Award for Best Latin Rock/Alternative Album.
The Nortec Collective has borrowed several elements ofBanda music sub-culture and have used them both in their songs ("Narcoteque", "Almada") and in their visuals and album covers.[citation needed]
Since 1999, the Nortec Collective musicians have toured throughout the United States, Mexico, Europe, Japan and Latin America. They have playedNew York'sCentral Park SummerStage andIrving Plaza, as well as theWinter Music Conference inMiami, theKennedy Center inWashington, D.C., and shows at theRoyal Festival Hall inLondon andElysée Montmartre inParis.
Former Mexican PresidentErnesto Zedillo invited Nortec to provide music for the Mexican pavilion at theExpo 2000 inHannover, and they have done remixes forBeck,Calexico,Ennio Morricone,Kronos quartet,Leigh Nash, andLenny Kravitz among others.
In 2006 Nortec performed at theLA Weekly Detour Festival inLos Angeles, sharing the bill with Beck,Queens of the Stone Age, andBasement Jaxx. The band also performed "Que Bonita Bailas" for theAIDS benefit albumSilencio=Muerte: Red Hot + Latin Redux produced by theRed Hot Organization.
Nortec's music has appeared in commercials forVolvo,Dell, Fidelity Mutual, Edwin Jeans (withBrad Pitt), andNissan.
The song "Tijuana Makes Me Happy" is on the soundtrack2006 FIFA World Cup Germany, the video game byEA Sports, and is the title song ofthe feature film by the same name byDylan Verrechia.
An interactive book entitledPaso del Nortec: This Is Tijuana dedicated to the Nortec phenomenon was released in the US, Mexico and Europe in 2004.
In 2005, Nortec Collective released their most acclaimed work to date, the albumTijuana Sessions, Vol. 3, which received two Latin Grammy nominations and earned significant airplay on tastemaker radio stations likeKCRW (Los Angeles),KEXP (Seattle) andKUT (Austin). The omission of a second volume was thought to have been in imitation of theTraveling Wilburys' intentional numbering of their two albums as Volumes 1 and 3, but it was more in reference to an unfinished Volume 2 album that was not released.
The bookNor-tec Rifa!: Electronic Dance Music from Tijuana to the World byAlejandro L. Madrid was published in March 2008. It describes nortec music's composition process and its relation to the nortena, banda, and grupera traditions.
In 2008 the albumNortec Collective Presents Bostich + Fussible: Tijuana Sound Machine was released.Corridos Urbanos by Clorofila was released in 2010.[2]Bulevar 2000 by Bostich + Fussible was released in 2010 onNacional Records.
In 2008, Nortec released a music video for their song "Polaris", created by Heath Ledger's film collective,The Masses.[3]
They released what was stated to be their final album,Motel Baja, on 16 September 2014 –Mexican Independence Day.[4]
In April 2015, Nortec Collective: Bostich+Fussible performed a live/DJ set forBoiler Room in Mexico City.[5]
As of 2020, Nortec: Bostich+Fussible have been the most active duo of the former collective, performing at Coachella, Glastonbury, PortAmerica, Vive Latino and numerous venues around the world.
Nortec Collective's albumTijuana Sessions, Vol. 3 received two Latin Grammy nominations in 2006 for "Best Alternative Music Album" and "Best Recording Package."
The 2008 albumTijuana Sound Machine by Bostich and Fussible was nominated for Best Latin Rock/Alternative Album for the51st Grammy Awards.[6]
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