Bachelor Sound Machín was the grouping of creators of diverse specialties who shared music preferences and a geographic location, which resulted in their manifestation as a collective to consolidate projects including the production of music, visual arts (installation, sculpture, photography and video), films and literature.

It all started with an ‘electric’ (converted using a pickup) jarana (Mexican small guitar) which allowed the use of a rudimentary distortion pedal called Big Muff -which required ‘shutting its mouth’ with pink electric gaffer tape to avoid contamination once amplified. This travestied jarocho instrument gathered for Mexicans in New York. José Luis Cortés and Alejandro Almanza, both plastic artists; René Peñaloza, filmmaker; and Miguel Medrano, Consulate lawyer, with a bass player calling. United by a marked taste for Veracruzan sounds, we decided to create a grouping to combine the tradition and rhythm of the Son Jarocho with the characteristic ease of some types of rock such as punk and garage.

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