MORENO LABORATORIES INTERVIEW

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“We always compose in mind how the show LIVE ”, Diego Orozco of Moreno Laboratories.

Recently the band was nominated by SXSW Music Video Competition 2025 For your video “Forest sounds”, directed by Fleeting studywho took both this single and “Great buffalo” at another audiovisual level.

Moreno Laboratories, Guadalajara Band, not only highs the artistic quality that bubbiates in the country with this nomination, also demonstrates the versatility that can coexist on an album with its most recent album Je suis him fantastic (2024), a piece that sails between sounds of Fuzz SeseNorero, psychedelia, electronics and a punk meaning very present in several of the songs.

The condiments of Je suis him fantastic They were added in due time and slow fire, which allowed to find the desired point for the band.

We did the production of the album at home what gave us unlimited time to be to our liking, ”explains Diego. “We always composed in mind how the show live. It is the first album with which we feel comfortable and confident with the sound we achieved and playing live is when we enjoy what we really wanted to do with the album. ”

In 2024 Moreno Laboratories It played in 12 different cities tried to connect with people, which is an important challenge if we take into account the current trend of knowing music by applications and markets led by the market. “I believe that we have worked much more to go to touch (…) I feel that in the country there is a very good disposition to consume alternative projects.”

It highlights, without a doubt, the song “The night is young” which has the collaboration of Javier Martín del Campoof the legendary band Emiliano Zapata's revolutionwhich originated in the 70s and opened its way for rock to stay in the ears of the Mexican public. In this regard, Diego He tells him as a friendship of more than 15 years that has led them to intertwine different generations.

About this special participation, Diego He mentions that the common point between bands of different temporalities is none other than the feeling of freedom that music offers.

He is crazy how, in the meantime, paying the accounts, surviving, and in the meantime, music is a peace space for all. The time will be different but the way to save us is the same: music is the only thing that makes sense, it is a cane for many, so we never release it. ”

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