AJOLOTLS
Surrealist Music Project
The fertile ground of our Jam Band was many late night sessions, organized by 'the mother of all jams' Kathy Wilson, drawing top musicians of the Mexican Caribbean, Veracruz and Mexico City.
On a full moon night in November of 2022 the three founder members of Ajolotls ended up jamming all night long. The beginning of a fruitful and varied musical journey.
The band was named after a magical creature, the
Peter Pan of the Salamanders.
Similarly written Axolotls, originate from Mexico, never grow old and can renew their limbs & organs.
What better name for a unique band that renews itself everytime they play.
Surrealist Music Project because we never plan songs and barely repeat them. Music that simply happens instinctually in the moment out of the pure joy of jamming.
Browsing our channel YouTube.com/@ajolotls (link below) you will find over 400 videos touching on a variety of different soundscapes, the reason we call our live sets:
'Around the world in 80 minutes'.
MUSICIANS
Sergio Flores plays multiple instruments, has spent his whole life immersed in music, often playing keyboards for well-known Mexican musicians. He is the creative engine behind the Ajolotls.
Marcello Etchart, member from the get go, starting out on percussions and voice, he now experiments with special effects and sound inventions.
Marco Riha, voice, the 3rd founder keeps on experimenting with different vocalisations, at times singing in three languages, improvising texts in the moment.
Josè Luis Avila Gallegos, our drummer has also been there from the early beginnings, he noticably comes from a Jazz background.
Foka Racca joins us regularly with his out of this world guitar sound.
Besides we are being visited by an ongoing stream of various special guests, which helps this Surrealist Music Project to constantly evolve. So far we have welcomed the mentioned Kathy Wilson on guitar & voice, the Saxophonist Anushka Moracho, Kundalini Brenda Barba Beltrán on percussions & voice, Mauricio Blanco Nevarez, Martin Kappelmeier & Isaac Romo on bass and Gary Huggins on acoustic guitar. Our latest special guests were the exceptional singers Gabriella Goya and Estelle Bourgeois.
