The Nortec crew’s travel guide to the ‘Tijuana’ Holy Grail is a truly international mix of instruments and flavours that isn’t here just to write a postcard. Pipsqueak clarinets set the scene of café squares and relaxed backstreet trekking, but their determined struts stage face-offs between horn sections, and give free roles to rascally accordions and flatulent, elephant-sized trombones governing folk pop, bulbous bossa funk, and vibrant romps for both lounge and dancefloor. Dub & Latino shots extend the Nortec range, marking the carnival parade of ‘Tijuana’ as a destination to revisit over and over.
4 Out Of 5
Reviewed By: Matt Oliver