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No expectations, no limitations, This is where craft and curiosity collide. I create my world of sound & sight.
Every week I drop ten tracks you probably haven’t heard of, show a glimpse of what I uncover as I document my life in CDMX, and highlight other artists I’m tuned in to.
The Chris mix
My goal for the weekly mixes is to guarantee at least one track you haven’t heard before. This week half of the mix could probably be guaranteed. All artists are relatively new and most haven’t reached 100,00 monthly streams. Now whether you can enjoy any of them that’s your problem, but I’ve only gotten compliments when I had the aux.
Though the playlist can vary in genres, I always try to line it up so that it could be played in order and have some cohesion. But don’t forget we international over here so playin’ music that may also be in Spanish, maybe French, even Japanese. From places like Argentina, London, Mexico City; nothing is off the table, except for American Country.
I often think about how grand the music scene is in Atlanta and how much fun it was to live there and explore it (ATL has a special place in my heart) so I start the mix with ATL based Mercury who delivers a smooth production layered with an effortless flow that scratches the brain real nice.Similarly, the mix ends with a track that blends vocals and production effortlessly from Acapulco native Natt Calma.
Everything else in between is a mixed bag of songs with energetic pops of sounds. Enjoy responsibly.
Documenting Mexico CIty
This past weekend I was on assignment to capture the essence of CDMX’s Marche Del Orgullo. Like any march that takes place here, it starts at El Angel de la Independencia and ends at plaza Zocalo.
There was a lot to see, a lot to drink, and a lot of smiles of joy and solidarity. There was a smaller narrative from the LGBTQIA+ community actively marching against the corporatization of the community, commonly known as pinkwashing, but their presence was not big enough to compete with the activations many corporate brands had like Levi’s and IKEA.
Regardless, the level of inclusion was massive. The parade even had the Centro Educativo de la Lengua de Señas Mexicana doing their thing. Whoever was dressed in red throwin’ signs on top of the truck was very passionate. I’m not sure exactly what they were signing, but I got the idea.
I’ma let the photos do all the talkin’, so click the link below if you wanna see all the photos from the parade.
Artist in focus
Juice Cuice - Musician https://linktr.ee/juicecuice
It’s hard to say what instrument objectively has the most influence, but it boils down to either the drums or the guitar. I should mention the piano is a timeless instrument, but most people can’t name a famous piano player (or drum player), which is why guitar is forever my favorite instrument to listen to.
Juice Cuice is a Black Japanese American guitar player who emerged from social media as one of the smoothest guitar players of our generation. He is self taught and has been documenting his experience as he continues to stretch the listening experience of the guitar.
I don’t remember when I followed him, or when the first instance was of listening to his music (shit, tbh this happens often when I find new artists but one of the points why I’m making this blog is that I remember), but it's obvious why artists like Torry Lanez and Soyfaygo has worked with him, and has recently gotten the attention of Sza that can be seen in the comments in the pinned post on his Instagram. Genius website says “he is signed to the critically-acclaimed Los Angeles-based record production label, SPLITMIND,” but I don’t care much about record labels, good for him though. He’s been on tours playing for others, but Juice is yet to be on tour as a solo artist. I follow him so every time he pulls up on my feed, it’s like I get my personal 1 minute concert of one of the wildest guitar riffs I have yet heard of.
His sound is whimsical packaged in bursts of energy and and . Like I could picture his sound apart of a cool Jazz band that only jams and never plays a song the same way twice on Sunday nights at a speakeasy gallery. He also gives Jimi Hendrix vibes but less psychedelic and more rhythmic and melodic. Regardless, he’s worth the addition to your timeline, and more. check out his Linktree for his socials linked above.