Hot off the heels of Aluxes, his 2018 Lumi?re Noire debut EP, young Mexican DJ/producer I?igo Vontier is inviting Chlo?'s label on a trip to the far corners of the body & mind with an album of demented grooves, psychedelic take-offs and imaginary comic strips of mystical rituals. A bewitching debut full-length. Mexicans may never possess the sonic science of the Germans, the hedonistic madness of the English or the gift for synthesis of the French, but, as proven by I?igo Vontier's first full-length for Lumi?re Noire, their universe is much more exciting than anyone would have ever thought. The DJ/producer fully asserts his origins by brandishing the album’s title "El Hijo del Maiz" ("the son of the corn") almost as an emblem: "in Mexico, corn is eaten daily. It has long been defined as 'the gold of America', and I consider all Mexicans as children of corn". A spiritual and embodied vision I?igo's first Lumi?re Noire release, the four-track Aluxes, set the tone of the young talent's distinctive interpretation of dark disco, which creeps up on the dancefloor from its iconoclastic side. The two tracks and two remixes (one by Fl?gel, the other by Inigo himself) featured on the 12" for lead single "Xu Xu" (featuring Red Axes-affiliate Xen's irrelevant vocals) was a full-bodied confirmation that Vontier sees the dancefloor as an arena for the occult – whether from the peoples of the equatorial jungle, the Middle East or, even from indocile machines. But, while the spiritual element seems part and parcel of the Jalisco native’s output, it is in no way the only ingredient of this first long-player: "this album best reflects my own vision and spirituality, and the way I feel it" he says
