{"product_id":"back-up-mexican-tecno-pop-various-lp","title":"BACK UP MEXICAN TECNO POP, Various, LP","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"player-wrapper large\" data-bind=\"with: playerMap\"\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"mptext\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/darkentriesrecords.bandcamp.com\/album\/back-up-mexican-tecno-pop-1980-1989\" data-clickthrough=\"true\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eBack Up: Mexican Tecno Pop 1980–1989\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e is the latest compilation from San Francisco label \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/darkentriesrecords.bandcamp.com\/music\" data-clickthrough=\"true\"\u003eDark Entries\u003c\/a\u003e, giving new life (and death) to eerie deep cuts of Mexican goth, post-punk, and new wave. The collection is an impressive glimpse at synth-driven sounds that flourished at a time when rock ‘n’ roll and other youth subcultures were persecuted by government officials, turned bleaker by political turmoil, economic uncertainty, and the 1985 earthquake that devastated Mexico City. “Alfabeto,” by \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/decada2.bandcamp.com\/\" data-clickthrough=\"true\"\u003eDécada 2\u003c\/a\u003e, is a pitch-black prayer for the words, ideas, and lives stolen from that generation, while El Escuadrón del Ritmo’s “Las Cucarachas” morphs from a surreal tale of roach infestation into a droning, chilling metaphor for citizen paranoia.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFor \u003cem\u003eBack Up\u003c\/em\u003e, the team at Dark Entries cherry-picked a 2005 CD-only compilation of the same name, adding previously unreleased tracks and pressing it on vinyl for the first time. Openers “Pesadillas,” by Avant Garde, and “Cambios en el Tiempo,” by Vandana, layer spectral synths over punchy drum machines, setting the tone for campy dance-offs to come. While many parallels to British goth and German ambient can be drawn, the influential work of Carlos Robledo and his trailblazing projects \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/daily.bandcamp.com\/hidden-gems\/hidden-gems-size\"\u003eSIZE\u003c\/a\u003e and Casino Shanghai is also clear throughout, particularly on the vaporwave-esque “Cou Cou Bazar.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePerhaps \u003cem\u003eBack Up\u003c\/em\u003e’s greatest achievement is the tolling of a bell that celebrates these artists as pioneers of a new Mexican sound, unfolding in parallel—if not ahead—of future global pop trends. The brittle percussion of Artefacto’s “Mundo Sin Viento” is a kindred spirit to Information Society’s mid-‘80s classic “\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ijAYN9zVnwg\"\u003eWhat’s On Your Mind (Pure Energy)\u003c\/a\u003e,” while a sense of premonition threads through the bubblegum whimsy of Volti’s “Corazón,” practically foretelling the advent of Latin Freestyle on the U.S. East Coast.","brand":"vendor-unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52544822411445,"sku":"794811515333","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1006\/9406\/5333\/files\/a0302114646_16.jpg?v=1779388152","url":"https:\/\/queenbvinylcafe.com\/products\/back-up-mexican-tecno-pop-various-lp","provider":"Queen B Vinyl Cafe","version":"1.0","type":"link"}