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Pinata

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Not terribly long ago I purchased "Tijuana Sessions: Vol. 3." I loved it and followed up by ordering "Panoptica." It was equally good. Mexican Techno. I'd never heard of such a thing, but this was great music. I might indicate that I don't even like most Mexican music, but Mexican Techno is a world apart. Not long thereafter, the "Pinata" CD by the Mexican Institute of Sound started appearing on my list of recommendations. Out of curiosity, I bought it.

The "MIS/Piñata" CD is great stuff! I find it very hard to categorize the music. It's Latin to a much greater degree than the other albums mentioned and it's definitely electronica, but it's nothing like I've ever listened to and is a delight. It's a very strange and unusual album. All the lyrics are in Spanish, and I have no idea what they're about, but the Spanish lyrics present no problem at all in enjoying the music. This album is just fun music to listen to. How else can I put it?

The music is constructed in the electronica fashion, but it's much less mechanical and repetitious than most techno and sounds a lot more human, rather than something that's been generated by a computer. It presents a very strange mixture of sounds. I can hear synthesizers, door bells, a harp, chimes, the spoken word, strange voices and snippets of traditional Mexican music all mixed together with some very strange unidentified sounds and put into some very unusual arrangements. But, the end result is appealing and enjoyable music that is nothing like I've ever heard before. One critic called it "a remarkable collage," and that is an ideal description.

After listening to it several times, I tried to make a list of my favorite songs and my least favorites. It was an exercise in futility. No song stands out as the best and there's not a bad track on the album. This CD just provides fun listening!

Gary Peterson

I loved the first Mexican Institute of Sound (MIS) album 'Mejico Maxico', but the new album 'Pinata' is even better. This album is worth the price alone just for tracks like "El Microfono" and "Escribeme Pronto". Big ups to KCRW in Los Angeles for turning me on to a great electronic artist!

Well the first thing i wanna say is this is a good try by our mexican musicians of MIS the talent is there a bit hardsh but just like a diamond you gotta polish it to make it shine same here good luck guys hope to hear more from you, if you are looking for an album to just listen to when you are doing work around the house this is good don't pay more than 10 Dlls. for it Tho is not worth more than that or better yet just download the songs you like becuase there is only a few the are good the rest are just fillers.

Basically this concept is composed by a bunch of music, arranged, smashed, and played in different sequences. No creativity involved at all on this disc, the guy that orchestrates this effort is part its record company, so its has the ability to get a lot of music from different resources and mix it in different songs. Lyrics are terrible and they talk by themselves: no creativity, this is an effort to sell music. It's name "Piñata" says everything about its music: emptiness, well decorated product/music and more important, something that deserves to be broken.