Camilo Lara

Mexican Institute of Sound
Mexican Institute of Sound performing in Madrid in 2017
Background information
Origin	Mexico City, Mexican Federal District, Mexico
Genres	Electronica, alternative rock, alternative dance, electro, experimental, Mexican music
Years active	2004–present
Labels	Nacional Records
Website	institutomexicanodelsonido.tv
Members	Camilo Lara

Mexican Institute of Sound (MIS; Spanish: Instituto Mexicano del Sonido) is an electronic music project created by Mexico City-based DJ and producer Camilo Lara. Along with groups like Nortec Collective and Kinky, M.I.S. is part of a growing Mexican electronica movement, encouraging fusions of folk and more traditional music with modern sounds.

Lara distinguished himself as a musical trendsetter among his circle of friends with his annual Christmas compilation of the year's best tracks and early Mexican Institute of Sound songs. This hobby led Lara to collaborate on remixes under the moniker of Mexican Institute of Sound for bands and friends such as Placebo, Le Hammond Inferno, Gecko Turner and Babasónicos. In 2005, he officially founded the M.I.S. project, relying on classic Mexican music samples ranging from the 1920s to the 1960s mixed with Esquivel vocal samples and modern scratches/beats. M.I.S. has 4 albums. Mejico Maxico, Piñata, Soy Sauce and Politico. 3 EP´s Extra Extra Extra!, Suave Patria, IMS vs Sant. New album to be released Nov 3rd, 2017 called Disco Popular.

In 2006, Mexican Institute of Sound released its debut album, Méjico Máxico, on Nacional Records. It is a pastiche of electronica, dub, cha-cha-cha, cumbia and spoken word. The album helped M.I.S. garner critical acclaim in publications like Spin, the New York Times, and URB, as well as radio support from such tastemakers as KCRW (Los Angeles), Indie 103 (Los Angeles), KEXP (Seattle), and KUT (Austin).