Carlos Pesina is a complex and colorful experimental remix artist and musician from Guadalahara, Mexico. He produces and remixes music under various monikers - Los Amparito, Pepepe and Pesina Siller - on multiple indie labels, which makes it difficult to write about his work.

Nevertheless, his electronic, micro-sampling remixes brim with cheerful, eccentric, esoteric, sublime, even dreamy sounds. In and around Guadalahara, Pesina is best known as Pepepe. The latter is the chosen moniker for his latest album, and second release for indie record label The Poni Republic, Roba Orgón De Plantas Y Animales (available as a free download; see link below).

Recently, Pesina produced a remix of "Little Secrets" for a Passion Pit remix contest to promote the band's new album Manners. In addition, he created a remix of "Bros" - a standout track from the classic 2008 indie solo release Person Pitch by Animal Collective's Noah Lennox (aka, Panda Bear), plus a remix of the Animal Collective track "Brothersport" from this year's most brilliant psyche pop release, Merriweather Post Pavilion.

"Little Secrets" (Passion Pit Remix) - Carlos Pesina, unreleased (2009)

"Stacey You Are A Monster" (Unsexy Nerd Ponies Remix) - Pepepe from Remixes (2008)

"Mirar A Los Ojos Es De Mal Gusto" - Pepepe from Roba Orgón De Plantas Y Animales (2009)

"Jacinto Cenobio" - Pepepe featuring Cyane from Roba Orgón De Plantas Y Animales (2009)

"Bros" (Panda Bear Remix) - Los Amparito

"Brothersport" (Hermano Sport Mix) - Los Amparito

Free Download: Roba Orgón De Plantas Y Animales

Pepepe on MySpace

Watch some of Pesina's self-produced videos on Vimeo.

Among his musical influences, Pesina lists Stereolab, Bjork, The Kinks, Mouse on Mars and many others.

Labels: 2009 Indie Songs, Animal Collective, Passion Pit, Remixes

Today marks the officially beginning of the South by Southwest music conference. Yesterday, we published a list of 35 artists and bands to look out for at SXSW 09. Here is the completion of that list featuring songs from SXSW booked artists, letters N through R.

"Automatic Blues" - Neat Neat Neat from Hamburg DE

"Beast" - Nico Vega from Los Angeles CA

"Eraser" - No Age from Los Angeles, CA

"Lost Coastlines" - Okkervil River from Austin TX

"Hard Times in America" - Willie Nile from New York NY

"Wet Gold" - The Octopus Project from Austin TX

"Let's Get It Started" - Oh No Not Stereo from Los Angeles CA

"Ferocious" - OK City OK from Tokyo Japan

"Sofa Surfer Girl" - The Orchid Highway from Vancouver BC

"Young Adult Friction" - The Pains of Being Pure at Heart from New York, NY

"No Place Like Home" - Out From Animals from Chester UK

"Walk On" - Palomar from Brooklyn NY

"Sleepyhead" - Passion Pit from Boston MA

"Mr. Understanding" - Pete and The Pirates from Reading UK

"Gimme Chemicals" - The Pink Spiders from Nashville TN

"I Woke Up Today" - Port O'Brien from Cambria CA

"Tora Tora Tora" - Pretty & Nice from Boston MA

"Dying is Fine" - Ra Ra Riot from Syracuse NY

"New Scissors" - Royal Bangs from Knoxville TN

"Frank AB" - The Rural Alberta Advantage from Toronto ON

Bands S through Z coming up.

Labels: No Age, Okkervil River, Passion Pit, Pete and the Pirates, Ra Ra Riot, SXSW 2009, The Octopus Project