José Rendón started into music by taking private drum lessons at 15. From then, he moves on to other instruments, like guitar and piano. In 1995, he enrolls at GMartell Music School, studying both classical guitar and keyboards. Simultaneously, he takes a course on the foundations of film music at the Mexican National Center for the Arts, taught by Master musician Arturo Brenan. Right now He is studying a Master certificate on Theory, Harmony & Ear Training Program at Berklee.com.
His career has always been linked to the independent art scene in Mexico. José Rendón has been involved with projects in several artistic disciplines, like film, poetry and graphic design. In 2004, his work in the short fiction feature “Paranoia”, directed by Hugo Mendoza was nominated at the Crystal Screen Festival for best original music.
Besides, José Rendón has never stopped producing original music, playing and recording on several musical projects in North America, Europe and Asia.
On 2002, José Rendón joined his musician friend Miguel Gonzalez in founding and heading the musical label and collective Discos Konfort (www.discoskonfort.com), for promoting and supporting electronic music in Mexico and Latin America.
Discos Konfort would eventually release ten compilations with some of the best Mexican electronic acts today, becoming also the first Mexican label to earn the international QWARTZ award for best independent electronic music compilation of 2005, for the “Máximas Texturas 010” album.
Today, Discos Konfort is one of the cornerstones of the Mexican electronic scene and has started its expansion into the rest of Latin America.
On May 2004, José Rendón was invited to take part in the electronic music and poetry project “Urbe Probeta”, produced by Discos Konfort and the poetry collective “Motín Poeta”, with whom he performed live at the alternative art gallery “El Ojo Atómico” in Madrid, Spain. On December of that same year, he performed at the New Mexican Sound Festival, organized by ASAHI Corporation in Tokyo, Japan.
José Rendón has released his musical work on several compilations and labels:
Discography:
1994 – As part of the electronic band “S.I.N.”, composing and producing the conceptual album “Gélido Azúl”, released on 2000 by Sony México.
1999 - As part of the electronic band “S.I.N.”, composing and producing the track “Liquido” for the “Electro.MX” compilation, released by Binaria/P&P Producciones, and distributed by Opción Sonica.
2000 – Composing and producing the track “No More Overrun”, under the “DecoLab” moniker for the “Toltécnica Radical” compilation by Mauricio Rojas, released on Opción Sonica.
2001 – Composing and producing the tracks “Katamine” and “Ciudad Central” as “DecoLab” on “The Secret Sound Of LA” compilation by Carlos Saavedra (Expotecno), released on P&P Producciones.
2002 – Composing and producing the tracks “Darkest Days” and “Subway Flow”, as “DecoLab”, on the “Mínimas y Máximas Texturas 001-002” compilations, on Discos Konfort.
2003 – Composing and producing the track “Strangers”, as “Flux”, on the “Máximas Texturas 004” compilation, released by Discos Konfort.
2003 – Composing and producing the track “Neo e” as “Dkonstruct” on the “Máximas Texturas 006” compilation, by Discos Konfort.
2003 – Composing and producing the track “Menudencias” as part of “Flux & Vega” on the “Urbe Probeta” album, by Discos Konfort.
2003 – Composing and producing the tracks “Struggle” as “Flux”, and “Neo e” as “Dkonstruct”, on the “México Sessions” compilation, on Bons Records.
2004 – Composing and producing the track “Believing” as part of “Flux & Vega” on the “Máximas Texturas 010” compilation, on Discos Konfort.
2004 – Composing and producing the track “Believing” as part of “Flux & Vega” on “The Now Sound of México” compilation by Maurice Svanstrom, released on King a Groove Records Montreal, Canada.
2004 – Composing and producing the track “Menudencias” as part of “Flux & Vega” on the “Toltécnica 2004” compilation by Mauricio Rojas, released on Arteria Records.
2005 – Remixing and producing the track “Noches de Verano” by “Destreza”, as “Flux” for the EP of the same name, released on the Filtro net label.
2005 – Remixing and producing the tracks “Lover” and “Um Passo”, as “Flux” on the debut album by "Sr. Mandril", released on Discos Konfort / Noise Kontrol.
2006 – Remixing and producing the track “Lover” as “Flux” on the single of the same name by "Sr. Mandril", released on Three Sixty Records.
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