Another one selected from the freebie pile that was a pleasant surprise. It turns out remixing drum rims, tubas (and other horns), accordions, and other distinctly south-of-the-border features is pretty cool. Sometimes referred to as "tech-Mex", the Nortec Collective merges Norteño and techno, as their name suggests. It's a combination of individual artists (Bostitch, Fussible, etc.) working under a common name in various arrangements, so it's sort of an compilation, but not quite. I honestly don't know a whole lot about how exactly it works and when the Collective is in effect or spread out among its constituents, which seems to be more the case in recent years.
The first track, "Polaris" by Bostitch, has been used in at least a couple TV commercials, and I was probably one of the few watching that said "hey! I know that!" It's probably the most illustrative of the style of the album overall, though many of the other tracks favor a more techno sound with extra synthesizers, whereas on "Polaris" you can really get a feel for the source material. If you don't like it, then the album is probably not for you.
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