Tony Gallardo

Enigmatic pop outsider Tony Gallardo makes music that's perpetually perched on the outskirts of Mexico's fertile electronic underground. Since 2008, he has been releasing music that inhabits its own artistic universe, a cross between Frank Zappa, Daniel Johnston, The Knife, Outkast and Rosa Pistola. He co-founded the Cocobass label, pioneered the fusion of l.A. Noise and cumbia known as ruidosón and has released music under a plethora of monikers: Dark techno as the bird, ramshackle electronic pop as María Y José, experimental surf rock as El Capricho and experimental dembow as Agualokeo.