Plankton Man (born Ignacio Chavez, Nashio for short) is a Mexican musician and former founding member of the

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 ...

. His music is inspired by traditional Mexican music such as the brass

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and the

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accents of norteño music, as well as

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and

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elements.

Biography

Planktonman began his career in the early 1990s in his native

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as a guitarist for the now defunct electro-rock group Sonios. The band became well known throughout northwestern Mexico and southern

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scene. He then began solo work in electronic

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music. Nashio is also half of the new duo

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, alongside Argel Medina (Arhkota), the drummer of Niño Astronauta. Their sound is a mixture of organic

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and digital jazz played live with

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s and a

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Discography

*''The Tijuana Sessions, Vol. 1: Nortec Collective'' (Palm Pictures) *''Plankton Man vs Terrestre'' (Run Recordings) *"El Sinaloense" : Remix for

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(on the album '' Nuevo'') / Released by (

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) *''Feel My China Ii'' track: "Mexican Pencil Box Mix" : Remix for

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/ Released by ( Daly City Records)

Television work

*"My Kingdom",

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advertisement *"Los Alacranes",

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Scoring

*"Collaboration with Mark De Gli Antoni on the scoring for

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" *"Featured track 'Lazer Metrayeta' on 411VM Skateboarding DVD #57",

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External links

* Mexican electronic musicians Musicians from Baja California People from Ensenada, Baja California Living people Year of birth missing (living people) {{mexico-musician-stub