Tejano music was part of the soundtrack of my life when I was living in New Mexico, as pervasive as the smell of roasting Hatch chilies. The insistent rhythm of Tex-Mex blasting from low-slung, tricked out Camrys cruising Paseo del Pueblo Sur.

The Nortec Collective is doing something very cool here - combining Mexican norteno music with techno: nor-tec. Accordions, horns, drum machines and synthesizers come together in a sound that is both modern and traditional. Borders dissolve in the dance.

Nortec Collective perform live and record as Bostich + Fussible and Hiperboreal + Clorofila under the banner of the Collective.
 

 
Bostich + Fussible are going to be touring in 2011 and here’s a promotional clip. The masks have a hi-tech Lucha libre look. Very hip.