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.

Released May 22, 2026

Produced by Camilo Lara/Eblis Alvarez for Ansonia Records
Engineered by Marco Carrion
Mixed & Mastered by Eblis Alvarez
Recorded at Soy Sauce Studios Mexico City
Mixed at Isaac Newton, Bogota
*Additional Recordings at Beck Studio, Los Angeles,CA
*Engineered by David Greenbaum
*Assistant: Andres Lopez
A&R: Liza Richardson

Additional Musicians

Grupo Costa Azul:
Marco Antonio “Pachy” Sanchez ✝ - Drums
Lauro Lopez - Keyboards/Organs

Marco Carrión
Balú Carrión - Howling 1
Dolores Carrión - Howling 2

**Beck appears courtesy of Iliad Records and Capitol Records**