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Camilo Lara: How Mexico's musical 'double agent' seeks a universal dance floor

Alt.Latino

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4.5673 Ratings

🗓️ 29 March 2023

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

Anamaria Sayre sits down with world-building producer and Mexican Institute of Sound frontman Camilo Lara to talk about using his fearless intuition to help artists find their voice in the burgeoning hub of Latin music.

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0:24.6

From IPR music, this is out Latino.

0:26.5

I'm Felix Contreras.

0:27.8

And I'm Anna Maria Sayer't recognize.

0:55.8

Where are you?

0:58.3

Surprise.

0:59.4

I'm in Mexico City.

1:03.2

What are you doing there?

1:06.3

Okay.

1:06.6

Well, everyone has been constantly telling me that if I want to have the most beautiful, diverse, amazing musical experience, that I have to get myself to Mexico City.

1:17.9

And so that's precisely what I decided to do, Felix.

1:21.2

Okay, I'm cool with that.

1:22.9

So what have you heard so far?

1:24.7

Well, very excited to share that one of my first stops here was actually to visit an old friend

1:31.0

of yours, Felix, Camilo Lara.

1:47.4

Camilo Lada is one of the nicest guys in the music business,

1:51.5

and he's also one of the most prolific music producers out there.

1:55.8

I had to go there first because everyone has always talked to me about the famous Camilo Lada studio here in Mexico City.

2:00.1

It's like the home base for so many artists. They come, it's in the heart of Lada studio here in Mexico City. It's like the home base for so many artists.

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