Mexican Radio Mexican Radio

Mexican Radio, a synth punk trio out of Berlin, make an argument for an analog world in a digital age. When everyone else is playing guitars, they play cheap keyboards through distorted amps while singing post-punk songs about surreal Japanese advertisements (Magic Eye), Berlin nightlife (White Trash, Techno Kitchen) and performance art (Rest Energy 1980).
Singers/synth players Nathaniel Fregoso and Dyan Valdés are founding members of critically-acclaimed indie band The Blood Arm (thebloodarm.com). Drummer and singer Hannes Neupert is formerly of Berlin garage band The Mokkers (themokkerss.bandcamp.com). The three played together in a German-language cover band of The Fall called Der Sturz, and decided to form Mexican Radio to write original music in a post-punk style influenced by The Fall, Wire and Suicide.
Working within a strict set of rules, the band only appear live in uniform: white shirts with a red lightning bolt spray-painted across and black jeans, and exclusively play synths: no guitars allowed. The band take their name from the synthy new-wave Wall of Voodoo song “Mexican Radio,” which coincidentally features a sampled recording of Fregoso’s late father, a renowned Spanish-language radio presenter.
This is the band's debut release. It was recorded completely live to tape in two days in an analog studio in the former East Berlin by renowned Berlin producer Mischkah Wilke (Gurr).