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Austin Vida + Blastro2 Video Interview: Raul y Mexia

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Nacional Records recording artists Raul y Mexia. Courtesy photo.

This spring San Jose, California-based duo Raul y Mexia – sons of Hernan Hernandez of the legendary Los Tigres del Norte – celebrated the release of their debut album Arriba Y Lejos through Nacional Records. The unique fusion of sounds on the album come from Grammy-nominated producer Antonio “Toy” Hernandez, better known as Toy Selectah, who steered the mashed-up pop, rap, Mexican- Latin dance sounds and produced the majority of songs in this 10-track album.

Raul y Mexia made their first Austin appearance at this year’s Pachanga Latino Music Festival earlier this month. Austin Vida’s editor-in-chief teamed up with our friends at Blastro2 for a video interview with the duo. Learn about how they feel being the son of Mexican legend, becoming their own music group and joining the Nacional Records family.

Raul Y Mexia offer free download and release new video

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Raul y Mexia (photo courtesy of Nacional Records)

California-based Latin alternative duo Raul Y Mexia are on this year’s Pachanga Latino Music Fest lineup, but they also recently released their debut album Arriba Y Lejos through Nacional Records. The sound of this album is thanks to Grammy-nominated producer Antonio “Toy” Hernandez, better known as Toy Selectah, who steered the mashed-up pop, rap, Mexican- Latin dance sounds and produced the majority of songs in this 10-track album. The duo is currently offering a free download of their single “Solo Para Ti” on Facebook.

Raul Y Mexia –sons of Hernan Hernandez of the legendary Los Tigres del Norte- is a pop duo that creates a unique sound around hip hop, cumbia, Latin ballads and electronic dance music. They were signed to Latin Alternative label Nacional Records last year. In 2010, they jumped into the spotlight with their single “Todos Somos Arizona,” which talks about the immigration conflict in the U.S. Today, the music video for their debut single “Las Escondidas” is on heavy rotation at MTV Tr3s after debuting on Univision’s Primer Impacto last month.

You can watch the music video for “Las Escondidas” below.

Raul Y Mexia sign to Nacional Records & announce debut album

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Raul Y Mexia (courtesy photo)

Raul Y Mexia -sons of Hernan Hernandez of the legendary Los Tigres del Norte– is a Mexican-American pop duo based in California’s Bay Area. Better known for their 2010 single “Todos Somos Arizona,” Raul Y Mexia draw influences from hip hop, cumbia, Latin ballads and electronic dance music. The duo are the newest addition to popular Latin Alternative label Nacional Records.

Nacional Records will release their debut album Arriba Y Lejos on February 19. Arriba Y Lejos was co-produced by Grammy-nominated producer Toy Selectah, who has worked with 3BallMTY and Control Machete, and Luifi Giraldo, producer for Kumbia Kings and Cristian Castro. The first single and music video from the upcoming Raul Y Mexia album will be “Las Escondidas,” to be released in January.