Nortec Collective is a reflection of shape-shifting Tijuana

The equation’s a simple one: Nortec equals norteño plus techno, and the combo is kind of like dipping pizza in mustard or barbecue sauce, or both, when you’ve run out of ranch dressing.

Rockabilly comes close as far as splicing together two genres goes, but it winds up sounding nowhere nearly as preposterous as smearing a bouncy house track with a thick polka bass line that’s piled with brass. That’s norteño.

Borders, both cultural and physical, bring out the oddest of what lies on either side, especially in this sun-drenched corner of the world where Latin America, California and the Pacific Ocean collide.“*

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