Javier Andrade

Nine years ago, Gustavo Cerati was preparing to leave the Argentine pop-rock band that put his name among the more influential singer-songwriters to come out of Latin America — ever. Curiously enough, though the market in the region hasn't quite found the proper substitute for the sense of controlled adventure...

Instituto Mexicano del Sonido (IMS) is a one-man type of project, with lots of after-hour editions and additions at a home computer. During the day, Camilo Lara is the well-known industry man and savvy record label guy who works for major companies in Mexico City. By night, he finds magic...

Babasonicos is so ready to finally cross over into larger markets that singer Adrián "Dárgelos" Rodríguez even writes it in one of the fourteen magnificent new tracks that compose Anoche, the eighth release of the Argentine rock band. "Song, take me away where nobody remembers me/I want to be the...

To match the record label's delicate hand in signing electronic and world music acts, or both combined, Shrift's debut offers a dreamy set of songs in which musical passages of electronic programming are humanized by a sweet girl's voice. Singer Nina Miranda is the key British producer whom Dennis Wheatley...

Mexican alt-rock fans won't be surprised by Barcelona, Spain's the Pinker Tones, for they present a cut-and-paste formula of pop, funk, soul, bossa, breakbeat, swing, lounge, and psychedelia. The fact that band members Mister Furia and Professor Manso played a long list of instruments in their own recording studio, Pinkerland,...