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I met them at a gig in which we shared the stage.
When they came out on the stage and started to play,
I thought, "Wow...
who are they!?"
It was like, something that I wasn't expecting to hear
but their vibe and as performers, they come on with everything,
and more than anything else, there's a lot of joy when they're playing
and their songs are really cool.
I see a promising future for them.
And above all is the commitment and love that they have for the music.
I think this is essential. I think that they have done everything that they need to do to be successful.
I think it was from restlessness that we made music.
My brother and I were always music lovers.
My whole family...
Well, since I was a kid
I would see Luis, my cousin Christian, or Tito
always playing the guitar and having fun
and so it always gave me the desire to learn how to play.
We were always performing as cover bands or doing joke songs
from different genres of music.
Luis was always coming up with super fun songs.
From the beginning when it was just Omar and I,
we looked for someone who could join us.
And we found a girl, Adriana Fomperosa,
who was with us for a while and it was the first time for Aerofon.
After that, we were with Rafa Mesa of Tak,
Gustavo Bureau Guerola on the drums,
and Marisol Mandujano sang with us,
so from there we started experimenting with musicians
and with our own sound obviously.
Finally, Sergio appeared, a friend of many years,
who had worked for other groups and on his own projects.
I remember well when I went to see them.
We had been friends for a very long time.
They appeared to me as two brothers
who got along very well but especially on the stage.
And it made me think, "Hey, they know how to differentiate between what is truly work and what is family and friendship."
I really liked the sound that they had. I liked the idea of the sound,
but it was missing one thing:
sound design. To work on a bit more on the sound design.
To investigate which sounds we should enhance
and which were actually good for this style of music.
What we are doing now in this genre, in all of this,
has come from influences that we have brought since we were kids.
It's not like we're saying,
"Oh we want a distinct sound or we love electronic music because here in Xalapa it's not done."
Basically, it's a natural thing
and all three of us love it.
For me, what caught my attention, is that there are only two acoustic instruments on stage:
the guitar and the bass and the rest were synthesized sounds from a software program.
And I really liked this.
And I offered to investigate a bit more about the sound
and the electronic sequence and this type of concept they were doing.
So we invited him to a gig,
we liked him...
and we thought it was a good idea for him to join us.
Because we knew what he was doing with his work and we liked it.
I think that with the arrival of Sergio,
all three of us together,
Aerofon really became a solid unit.
I think, little by little, we are getting better, including our live performances.
Now we have the resources to do so many things
and the technology advanced and became more accessible to us.
And thanks to this, now we can do our music.
We are trying to look for and experiment more with
the actual textures that we want from the thousands that we have,
to see which ones go best with our concept.
Fortunately with electronic elements,
it gives us so many opportunities.
We don't necessarily have to be the most slick performers,
but something that has always characterized us
is that we believe in honest music.
We like creating and doing new things
and having a great time.
It really makes me happy to arrive and in 5 mins we could create a song,
even if it's the most simple,
but it just happens because it's something really honest.
I think, we've never claimed to be or tried to be poser rockstars
or anything like that.
The three of us, our personalities in the house
are the same as with our friends,
in the group, and with the public and it's just honest and natural.
Well, our songs really speak about state of mind,
because I think the songs that we make
depend on how we feel on a certain day.
Our songs are about love and heartbreak, disagreements and encounters.
One of them, "Sorry for Tonight," talks about when you arrive in disharmony with something,
or really with someone, you think that this person is so special,
and it turns out that the other person isn't on the same page as you.
And there's nothing left to say but sorry and you never know what actually happened.
But this night you just don't know what happened.
Since the moment I met them, and not just when I became their friend,
apart from the support they have given us and I to them,
actually I became an "Aero-fan."
I realized the great potential, that it wasn't everyday music,
a genre you could find everywhere.
But they had a totally different sound.
Rock, which we've known here on the scene in Xalapa,
but really it was something impactful to get to know a band
that had such a wide prospective
and that sounded so original.
I met them when I had a bar called "La Muerta Chiquita."
We played a couple of times together as DJs.
I called them the infamous Calibrothers
because their favorite drinks were the "calimochos."
All three of us would play and had some good parties.
After they had their Aerofon project,
they played a bunch of times in the bar.
They always seemed to me a distinct concept
from the other groups that were playing at that time.
After I started to know other rock groups,
I had not been to a place with so many original genres
and that really had an audience.
The people here talk about the bands from here and they go to the concerts,
and I loved that. From classical music, rock,
and traditional music. There's a bit of everything.
Back in those days of "La Muerta Chiquita," there were bands like, "Voxmovil," like "La Flo," "Ictus,"
that attempted to break models and that...
I'll say they had a bit luck, I think,
because the talent was always there.
There was a movement very interesting in Xalapa,
kind of like alternative rock.
They were the ones who broke these models.
I think that here in Xalapa we just a few bands in this type of music, kind of like electronic.
The reception we see is distinct when we go to other places,
when we go to Puebla or other cities,
the people are already used to this genre.
The people in other areas are more comfortable with the music.
Here in Xalapa, people are used to other genres,
but it hasn't been an impediment for us.
But we have noticed that people are responding to it well and that they like it.
I think that the songs don't really look to be
the most rhetorical or poetic.
Instead, they are more about what people live.
In a way it's a form of spitting out what you want to say.
Actually there is really good communication among the three of us,
and I think this shows on the stage.
We see each other, and are on stage,
we have a great time and enjoy it.
We believe, and we want, that the people enjoy it with us too.
And still, I think it's on of the best decisions that I've made.
I have fun like a little kid when I'm with them.
In a way too, I think that's the cool thing about Aerofon,
it's like a game.
It's playful and we come together to have fun.
And we do things from the heart because we are not pretentious, I believe.
Sometimes when we get up there to play, as we said, we like to party.
We want people to feel like we're in a party.
And this question of passing through distinct states of mind,
different situations more intense than others,
and also it's part of the atmosphere of having a drink
and identifying with the songs
and maybe all of sudden you want to get up,
dance, yell, or get angry.
I think that we have found a really defined style.
All of a sudden it can be funny. Like Luis said, we like to party and all of that,
but also there's a part of the music that's very nostalgic for us three,
so it's a funny mix of music, kind of super happy
but also with some touches of something a bit darker,
but also sad, or nostalgic.
On the other hand, the personal side of some songs,
I suppose, are influenced by what we actually live.
This feeling, sometimes, of the unsatisfied, one could say,
of certain things of oneself consumes us too.
For example the song "Incierto"
we can talk about being unsatisfied in two ways, right?
In the negative way, that nothing feels like it's enough,
but also on the side of always looking for something more,
something to make it better or something better.
The part in the bridge where the lyrics change a bit, right,
like thinking about how to find again in this place,
where there isn't this crazy yearning for I don't know what
and to find this peace, right, of this place where we find ourselves.
So, it's really cool to know today a band incredibly determined
and I think that that they're going to go really far.
I know that now it's Xalapa and probably the region,
but they're doing everything they should be doing to become one of the best bands in Mexico,
of this I'm sure.
We're not aiming to find the needle in the haystack.
It's really comes down to our enjoyment.
That's why I continue to play with them.
The day that we stop having fun,
and taking it as enjoyment even though it's work,
the group would end.
Translation Danielle Terrazas Williams