Omeyocan Lugar 2 - Music

Jorge Reyes Was Born In Uruapan Michoacán Mexico 24-09-52 . He Studied Transverse Flute At The National Music School Escuela Nacional De Música De La Universidad Nacional Autónoma De México Or UNAM 1970–1975 . During This Time He Formed Two Seminal Mexican Rock Bands Al Universo And Nuevo México Influenced By Jethro Tull And Pink Floyd But Incorporating Native Musical Instruments. In 1976 His Growing Interest In Jazz Led Him To Spend A Year In Hamburg Germany & Studied Improvisation With Herb Geller. As Part Of This Training He Travelled Through Turkey Pakistan Afghanistan And Sri Lanka. In 1978 He Attended A Hindu Music Course In The Himalayas Studying Traditional Indian Flute And Percussion Techniques. On These Overseas Travels He Began Collecting Many Native Instruments. After Returning To Mexico Reyes Founded The Band Chac Mool With Drummer Armando Suárez And Keyboardist Carlos Alvarado One Of The First Mexican Progressive Rock Bands. The Band Recorded Four Well-Received Albums On Which Reyes Played Flute And Guitar Before Disbanding. Later He Began A Prolific Solo Career Recording Over 20 Albums. He Was Known For His Mysterious Mixtures Of Electronics With Prehispanic & Ethnic Instruments Clay Flutes Pots Drums Field Recordings & Primal Human Sounds. Jorge Reyes´ Deep Sonic Ambiences Take The Listener To An Ancient Era In Which Contradictory Aspects Of Human Behavior Such As Ritual Spirituality Cruelty War Conquer Symbiosis Of Gods Man And Nature Were All Needed To Maintain Peace And Order. In Some Of His Songs He Actually Used Samples Of Shaman Chants Such As Those By The Mexican Mushroom Priestess Maria Sabina From Huatla Oaxaca. He Worked With Ethnic Groups In México & Several Musicians From Around The World Including Steve Roach Byron Metcalf Francisco López Arturo Meza Of The Band Decibel Antonio Zepeda Piet Jan Blauw Suso Saiz Juan Carlos López Elmar Schulte Of The Band Solitaire Deep Forest Among Others. In 1999 He Worked On The Movie Soundtrack "The Other Conquest" La Otra Conquista Along With Samuel Zyman. He Performed Many Concerts At Famous Mexican Archeological Sites Such As Malinalco Teotihuacan Templo Mayor Chichen Itza And Tenango Del Valle. His Annual Día De Muertos Concerts At UNAM Were Popular Events. He Also Gave Many Concerts At The Espacio Escultórico De Ciudad Universitaria Collaborating With Dancer And Choreographer Regina Quintero. Reyes Died Saturday February 7 2009 Of A Heart Attack At His Recording Studio In Mexico City He Was 57. He Had Three Children Citlalli Ridwan & Erendira. read less