Ruido Tovar

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**