Beck joins forces with the Meridian Bros & Mexican Institute of Sound

Colombia's Meridian Brothers & the Mexican Institute of Sound got Beck to voice their single "Ritmo Babilonia" – check the clip.

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Mexican Institute of Sound (MIS) and Meridian Brothers join forces on Ruido Tovar, a cross-border collaboration that reimagines the tropical traditions linking Mexico and Colombia. Drawing inspiration from icons like Rigo Tovar and the psychedelic Mexican cumbia era, the project blends danzón, son, cha-cha-cha, and experimental electronics into a vibrant new language. MIS’s genre-bending electronic tropicalism meets Meridian Brothers’ avant-garde eccentricity, resulting in a sound that is both reverent and playfully distorted. Together, Camilo Lara and Eblis Álvarez pay tribute to decades of musical exchange while pushing tropical music into unexpected territory. 

Get a copy of Ruido Tovar via Bandcamp right here here. Check out Mateo Rivano's animated clip for "Ritmo Babilonia" featuring Beck following the album tracklisting below. 

Ruido Tovar by Mexican Institute of Sound & Meridian Brothers

1. Cumbia del lobo 03:56

2. Ritmo Babilonia feat. Beck 03:57

3. Ira (IA) 03:24

4. El campeon (Bienes funerarios) 03:34

5. Cumbia fantasia 03:58

6. Concorde 04:02

7. Cumbia Beckiana feat. Beck 04:32

8. Danzón 8bits 02:50

9. Cumbia de los estudiantes 03:50

10. Perdi mis ojos 03:14