Nopal Beat Records is a

record label "Big Three" music labels A record label or record company is a brand or trademark of Sound recording and reproduction, music recordings and music videos, or the company that owns it. Sometimes, a record label is also a Music publisher, ...

and music collective, based in

Guadalajara, Jalisco Guadalajara ( ; ) is the capital and the most populous city in the western Mexican List of states of Mexico, state of Jalisco, as well as the most densely populated municipality in Jalisco. According to the 2020 census, the city has a population ...

, Mexico. It specializes in a fusion of

electronic music Electronic music broadly is a group of music genres that employ electronic musical instruments, circuitry-based music technology and software, or general-purpose electronics (such as personal computers) in its creation. It includes both music ...

with various styles of

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(a style usually referred to as acid cabaret). The name comes from the traditional Mexican vegetable

nopal ''Nopal'' (plural ''nopales'') is a common name in Spanish for ''Opuntia'' cacti (commonly referred to in English as prickly pear or tender cactus), as well as for its pads. The name ''nopal'' derives from the Nahuatl word for the pads of t ...

(an

opuntia ''Opuntia'', commonly called the prickly pear cactus, is a genus of flowering plants in the cactus family Cactaceae, many known for their flavorful fruit and showy flowers. Cacti are native to the Americas, and are well adapted to arid clima ...

cactus A cactus (: cacti, cactuses, or less commonly, cactus) is a member of the plant family Cactaceae (), a family of the order Caryophyllales comprising about 127 genera with some 1,750 known species. The word ''cactus'' derives, through Latin, ...

, present in the

coat of arms of Mexico The coat of arms of Mexico (, lit. "national shield of Mexico") is a national symbol of Mexico and depicts a Mexican golden eagle, Mexican (golden) eagle perched on a Opuntia, prickly pear cactus devouring a rattlesnake. The design is rooted in ...

). Nopal was founded in 1999 as an independent label. Since 2002, it has been associated with

EMI Music Publishing EMI Music Publishing Ltd. is a British multinational music publishing company headquartered in London, owned by Sony Music Publishing. In May 2018, Sony Music Publishing agreed to increase its stake in EMI to 90%, pending regulatory approva ...

as a joint venture under an administration agreement.Nopal Beat profile
at the EMI website.

Production

*''Nopal Beat Compilation: Acid Cabaret 1'' *Through French label Cyber Production: **''Mexico Part 1'' **''Mexico Part 2'' ** ''Sussie 4'' *''Nopal Beat Compilation: Acid Cabaret 2''

Associated musicians and groups

* Shock Bukara *Fat Naked Lady *

Sussie 4 Sussie 4 is an electronic music duo from Guadalajara, Mexico, formed in 1998. The band is part of the electronic music scene, mainly in the style of house music. The name comes from the musician and actress Suzi Quatro (4 in Spanish being "cuat ...

* Sweet Electra *

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*Galapago *Axkan *Revolver * Luis Flores

References

{{Authority control 1999 establishments in Mexico Mexican electronic musical groups Mexican record labels Electronic music record labels EMI