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Notes
Observations on Latin electronic music, contemporary art, and the ecosystems adjacent to Zutzut.
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Bandcamp still wins the math for Latin experimental electronic
For producers making experimental electronic music from Latin America, the platform choice is not a lifestyle preference. It is arithmetic. And the arithmetic favors Bandcamp by a factor of hundreds.
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Notes on Fiesta de ánimas · Museo Amparo
The restaging of Paloma Contreras Lomas's Fiesta de ánimas at Museo Amparo in November 2025 continues a pattern that has been forming in Mexican museums for several years. A reading of the piece and its context suggests what the pattern may indicate about the relationship between sound work and institutional programming.
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Experimental reggaeton · five pieces, ten years
Reggaeton has been expanding as a compositional vocabulary rather than a genre for longer than the current wave of attention suggests. Five pieces, spread across a decade, mark where the vocabulary has been pushed and by whom.
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The rise of institutional sound commissioning in Mexico · 2023-2025
In three years, four Mexican institutions and one US museum have staged work built on a commissioned electronic score. This is not a coincidence. It reflects a specific curatorial shift in how contemporary museums are handling the sonic dimension of exhibitions.
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The four economic walls of Latin experimental electronic
For a Latin American producer in the experimental electronic space, four revenue structures exist. Most producers rely on only two. Understanding why the other two remain uncultivated explains a great deal about the economic reality of the scene.