''Minarete Brass'' was the first LP release by the Mexican producer and recording artist

Sotelúm Sotelúm (Shlúm «Lúm» Sotelo ; born December 1, 1989, in Tijuana) is a Mod (subculture), modernist and independent music artist, listed by UABC Radio and other local press media as an elemental post-Nortec Collective, nortec visionary in the ...

. Considered by some

Nortec Collective Nortec Collective was a musical ensemble formed by various individual one- or two-man production projects. The group came together in Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico. Their genre mixes electronic music with musical elements and instrumentation o ...

members as one of the most purposeful pieces of art in

Tijuana Tijuana is the most populous city of the Mexican state of Baja California, located on the northwestern Pacific Coast of Mexico. Tijuana is the municipal seat of the Tijuana Municipality, the hub of the Tijuana metropolitan area and the most popu ...

. This album is the result of

's concerns to amalgamate modern

jazz Jazz is a music genre that originated in the African-American communities of New Orleans, Louisiana, in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Its roots are in blues, ragtime, European harmony, African rhythmic rituals, spirituals, h ...

with

mariachi Mariachi (, , ) is a genre of regional Mexican music dating back to at least the 18th century, evolving over time in the countryside of various regions of western Mexico. The usual mariachi group today consists of as many as eight violins, two ...

and mexican folk music from the ''

huasteca La Huasteca is a geographical and cultural region located partially along the Gulf of Mexico and including parts of the states of Tamaulipas, Veracruz, Puebla, Hidalgo (state), Hidalgo, San Luis Potosí, Querétaro and Guanajuato. It is roughly d ...

'' and '' tapatia'' regions of

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. The music from this album is performed by ''Sotelúm & The Minarete Brass Orchestra'', a live sub-project band specially grouped for live shows that has been described as "regional pride" by the IMAC and ICBC public institutions of culture.

References

{{Authority control 2010 debut albums Sotelúm albums