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Ramón Amezcua, aka Bostich, is a Tijuana based electronic music composer and producer. He is considered to be the Godfather of Nortec, a style of electronic music that combines elements of classic Tambora and Norteño music, instruments and rhythms with techno beats and production techniques. His project “Nortec Collective Presents Bostich+Fussible” has been nominated for several Grammy awards. We asked Ramón for a list of 10 albums that he found influential and inspiring and he came back with this list of krautrock, ambient and classic electronic music.

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Kraftwerk, Autobahn

This album was my first encounter with electronic music, here I discovered the existence of synthesizers.

 

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Brian Eno, Ambient 1: Music for Airports

With this album I noticed new sound possibilities where ambient and textures take over.

 

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Klaus Schulze, Moondawn

This was the record that I listened to the most when I was in high school; I went to class listening to it in my Walkman.

 

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Yello, You Gotta Say Yes to Another Excess

This was the record that motivated me the most in starting my music project. I took the name Bostich from one of the songs from Yello’s album Solid Pleasure.

 

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Giorgio Moroder, E=MC2

Every time I listened to this record I imagined that the future of dance music would be totally electronic.

 

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Walter Carlos, Switched on Bach

I always liked classical music, but when I heard this record my mind almost exploded with what Wendy Carlos accomplished.

 

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Jean-Michel Jarre, Oxygene

This will be my most classic electronic music album; it has always been a trip listening to it.

 

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Aphex Twin, Richard D. James

This album has been very inspiring to me, very intelligent music.

 

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Steve Reich, Music for 18 Musicians

Every time I heard Steve Reich I would always imagine his music was made with analogue sequencers. Up to date it is one of my favorite records.

 

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Kraftwerk, Computer World

One of the most inspiring records where the beats and sequences marked a tendency.

 

Thanks, Ramon!

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