Pidgins

Pidgins is an experiment in percussive languages. The Mexico City duo transform the oral and rhythmic methods of traditional trance rituals by phasing metric, melodic, and rhetorical phrases. These pattern systems form the grammar Pidgins use to construct linguistic puzzles—from productivity mantras to guided de-meditations. Pidgins speak in such tongues to interrogate contemporary trance states—managerial class dogmas, self-help literature, and new age therapies.

Percussionist Milo Tamez's drumming is informed by a decades-long study of polyrhythm. His work employs melo-rhythmic percussive textures within multidimensional patterns. Vocalist and electroacoustician Aaron With chants technocratic jargon mantras, gradually phasing their word orders to reveal hidden meanings.

Pidgins' sonic palate is wide. Tamez flows between minimal percussion and extended drum set. With's electronics mix just intonations, historical instruments, and field recordings. These organic instrumental qualities contrast against With's synthetic vocal characters—conceived of as tech-augmented transhuman figures nostalgically pining for a natural past they can only imagine. Pidgins live performances are accompanied by uncomfortably soothing stock video collages designed to deepen each refrain’s trance potential.