Boombox Cartel is a

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–based DJ act consisting of producer Americo Garcia (of

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) and writing partner, Jorge Medina (of

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History

Americo Garcia and writing partner Jorge Medina met while in high school in Monterrey, Mexico. After graduating the two moved to

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, to study audio engineering and music production at the now-defunct

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. After a brief stint in

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they relocated to

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to further pursue their musical careers. Having just arrived in LA, inspired by the cities vast diversity and multicultural influences Americo and Jorge self-released their breakout track, “B2U” featuring Ian Everson in 2015. The track immediately garnered the attention of notable artists like

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, and

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. Boombox Cartel eventually signed with

's label

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in 2016 and continued to develop their on-point production and sonic progression which was put on full display within the debut EP Cartel in April 2017.

Releases

References

External links

Profile on AllMusicArtist bio on Mad Decent
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