"Mexican" Halloween Music

We're hosting a "Dia De Los Muertos"-style Halloween party this year. OTher than Messr Chups, Wau! Y Los Arrrghs and a couple of others, I can't think of too much suitable music. Suggestions please ILX?

Lost acapulco? victimas del doctor cerebro?

never heard of these. being britishers, this night is going to be as authentic as an Old El Paso fajita kit.

I can ask around at work for recommendations. You might end up with more of a New Mexican than Mexican flavor that way, but nobody is going to know the difference.

Well, there is this thing called the internet...

would be helpful Rudipherous - I want some uptempo stuff people can dance to basically. It can be as cod-Mexican as ever. I doubt anyone will notice. Also, things that would sound good in this context, but not necessarily halloween/Mexican, e.g. the Munsters theme has a bit of a desperado-ish vibe to it.

Cafe Tacuba?

If you're opening up the brief EXTRA wide: "96 Tears" by ? and the Mysterians has always had a kind of haunting vibe to these ears. And those dudes are Mexican-American...

Yeah, I'll play that. Think I will play a bit of Mariachi-style techno too..

this probably fits in

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HCtcgI4BcIQ

great Peruvian cover of the Novas' "The Crusher" renamed "The Monster"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W66nyqJWqmk

How about "El Diablo" by Los Dug Dug's? Halloween-y in theme if not sound, particularly. Great jam, though:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G4ZpULnMhpk&feature=related

Here's a good'un:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MQgfYRWvJtw

Maybe you could play the beginning of the (very good) tribal guarachero mix Demolition Tape #8 - DJ Crabbe - Codex Crabbe, which has some screaming and whatnot at the very beginning. (I don't know, maybe it's weird to play part of another DJ's mixtape.)

(Mix I guess, not mixtape. Need to get my terminology straight.)

I actually have a mexican halloween playlist with 20/30 tunes somewhere in my room. I'll post it around the day if I find it.

Los Skarnales have some good danceable party tunes, it's ska out of Houston, keep that in mind. Sam the Sham and the Pharaohs...reminds me:
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/latinmusicusa/index.html#/en/wat/03/01
Caught this doc one evening on PBS.

Moka: Looking forward to it!

brbrbrbrbrbr.... GRIM REAPAH

Oh, play a version of La Llorona. Ghost story song.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L_VBNDu91HY&feature=related

Surf / Rockabilly:

Los esquizitos - Santo y Lunave
Rebel Cats - Hombre Lobo Adolescente
Los Gliders - El Esqueleto
Los Santisimos Snorkels - Terror en el autocinema
Lost Acapulco - Que Monstruoson
Lost Acapulco - el garage de Gina Monster
Ultrasonicas - Monstruo Verde
Ultrasonicas - Baila Monstruo

Traditional / Children's songs (more day of the dead than halloween but still):

Tlen Huicani - La Bruja
Susana Harp - La Catrina
Oscar Chavez - La Calaca Flaca
Lila Downs - La Llorona
Antonio Aguilar - La Muerte
Amparo Ochoa - La Calaca
Edmundo Castro - Entre las ruinas del monasterio

Also 'Los esqueletos' (the skeletons) is a pretty popular song for children to sing of the day of the dead. There's several versions you can find. eg:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RXlTOxwQgEM

I will think of some more particulary in the surf/rockabilly section.

Ups I posted the Ultrasonicas song twice, the actual title is 'monstruo verde' ignore the other one.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kUZ4537DLAw&feature=related
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yicEVEp6vGk&feature=related

Also several artists on the Nuevos ricos label like Sonido Lasser Drakar have a slash horro 80s influence (at least in their videos):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4qS_R3SQH3Y
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ne2CnN6CsA

La Lupe is "Cuban" not "Mexican" but this song may fit the bill (as well as the album from which it came)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p9IRpycppN8

Moka, had forgotten all about Los Esqueletos song. It was on a record a family member from Mexico gave us years ago.

All this makes me want to go look for downloads of all those 50's and 60's Mexican rock groups on Orfeon!

Los Dug Dug's!!!

fauxmarc to thread?

this is great! thanks everyone!

Crap, I keep forgetting to ask about this, but I think you have enough good suggestions to work with.

What's the music the extremely pointy toed boot scene listens to? Read it was some kind of mix between electronica and pre-colonial indigenous sounds from Mexico.
You know the scene I mean? Where people have taken pointy toed cowboy boots and extended the toe by upwards of a foot.
What I heard of that music sounded interesting but it might not be the easiest to get hold of.

The Nortec Collective?

Fuck. I just realized that the first Nortec Collective album might be one of the discs I accidentally threw away when I moved.

Maybe I have it backed up somewhere. This was such a jam.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FQLZH5cD1go

Not very Halloween though.

What's the music the extremely pointy toed boot scene listens to? Read it was some kind of mix between electronica and pre-colonial indigenous sounds from Mexico.
You know the scene I mean? Where people have taken pointy toed cowboy boots and extended the toe by upwards of a foot.
What I heard of that music sounded interesting but it might not be the easiest to get hold of.

― Stevolen

Tribal. Not very halloween-esque tho.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yyuVoJhPP8s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FkNB5TCeWiM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xQ8Ivm7ZfaQ

The main person I was going to ask about Day of the Dead music said there really isn't any specific type of music strongly associated with it--just Mexican music in general.

There's a gap in the Market for mariachi versions of thriller and ghostbusters

Well not really mariachi but I do have for you their cumbia counterparts:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gTfJ2yaatzw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rsWUrGcxLzY

The main person I was going to ask about Day of the Dead music said there really isn't any specific type of music strongly associated with it--just Mexican music in general.

― Cal Jeddah (_Rudipherous_)

Yeah he/she is lying. When we were children our teachers made us sing through songs such as 'los esqueletos' 'las calaveras' 'el reloj y la calavera' and such on this holiday so at least those were indeed fairly popular in my region.

Here's two yotube examples I found quickly... not too far from my own reality :P

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ERK-c6JJ_Uk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=83Yxwzd2W-M

I'd go for two specific directions. First one being the Garage/Surf Scene of bands like the aforementioned Las Ultrasonicas, Los Rebel Cats, Lost Acapulco and adding bands like Los Twin Tones, Telekrimen, Yucatán A Go-Go, Los Gatos and Jessy Bulbo.

Second would be playing some psychodelic rock from the 60's 70's with it's chicano influences. Bands like El Ritual, Los Spiders, La Revolución de Emiliano Zapata, Grupo Ciruela, Polvo, Los Free Minds, Los Rockin Devils and maybe I'd try to get some Luchadores movies soundtracks with it's spooky keyboards. Look up for some El Santo and Blue Demon Movies.

Moka, everyone else, you are legends!