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About Me

Jose and Ana started writing songs in 2000, released their first record, Migrante , in 2002, a second album called Everything Changes followed in 2004 and their third, The New World in 2006.

Ana was born in Tijuana, Mexico. Jose was born in Havana, Cuba. They met in San Francisco and will soon live in Los Angeles, Caliofrnia. They are on the Tijuana-based Static Discos label.

XLR8R magazine dubbed Pepito's second album "the future of electro pop."
La Banda Elastica los llama dos de los "20 Artistas Vitales del Rock Latino."

Pepito MP3s · Photos, lyrics, letras · iPod-ready videos

One dollar and a dream: iTunes , Rhapsody or Yahoo! Music

The concert visual for " The New World " from 2005:

More! Google Video versions of " The New World ," " Tijuana, Habana ," and " Dos Soldados ," as well as YouTube versions .

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 9/9/2005
Band Website: pepito.net
Band Members:
Ana Machado y Jose Marquez
Influences: Aphex Twin , Los Aterciopelados , Atom Heart , Autechre , The B-52s , Bad Brains , Basement Jaxx , Bjork , Black Sabbath , Bola de Nieve , Bronski Beat , Cafe Tacuba , Can , Cornelius , Cuban folk music , Culture Club , Daft Punk , Depeche Mode , Don Caballero , Dinosaur Jr. , Echo & The Bunnymen , Erasure , Los Fabulosos Cadillacs , Fela , Firehose , Fugazi , Human League , Hüsker Dü , Jesus Lizard , Joy Division , Kraftwerk , Lisa Lisa and the Cult Jam , Madonna , Mano Negra , Maldita Vecindad , Mary J. Blige , Matmos , Maurizio , Mecano , Mexican folk music , The Minutemen , Missy Elliott , Mouse on Mars , My Bloody Valentine , New Order , Nirvana , Pan Sonic , Pavement , Pet Shop Boys , Petty Booka , The Pixies , Pole , Polvo , Prince , Los Prisioneros , Public Enemy , Queens of the Stone Age , Rapeman , Rein Sanction , Ryoji Ikeda , Sebadoh , Siouxsie & The Banshees , Slayer (Reign in Blood) , Squirrelbait , Slint , Slovenly , Static Discos, Steely Dan (Aja) , Stereolab , Steve Reich (Music for 18 Musicians) , Sonic Youth , Squarepusher , Talk Talk , The Sundays Thinking Fellers Union Local 282 , Tortoise , Trigo Limpio , Unrest , Yaz
Sounds Like: You tell us.
Record Label: Static Discos, TJ MX
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

new something

after a two year hiatus, pepito is once again making music. well, it will be music. right now it's mostly bad metal. hello, stranger.tras un descanso de dos años, la agrupación de pepito ha empezado a...
Posted by on Thu, 31 Jan 2008 21:20:00 GMT

buscamos / in search of

If you're a drummer or multi-instrumentalist and would like to join Pepito, we'd like to hear from you.
Posted by on Sun, 15 Oct 2006 10:48:00 GMT

the future of the future of pepito

Nos preguntan: ¿Wassup with Pepito?Facts:1) We have taken the guitars out of storage2) We are trying to schedule a time with Argel, aka Arhkota, to begin rehearsing old songs and write new songs.3) We...
Posted by on Tue, 22 Aug 2006 08:26:00 GMT

CD, podcast, videoshoot

.... Hello ....This week our album was released, physically. This means you can now buy a CD if you like glossy artwork or a convenient place to store songs in case your computer or mp3 player should ...
Posted by on Fri, 17 Feb 2006 08:06:00 GMT

Pepito Newsletter January 2006

Scroll down for English. Dos novedades y un concurso. 1) Reseñas y tapas. Antes de todo, si tienes un dolar o dos, ya puedes comprar canciones de nuestro próximo disco en Yahoo! Music y ...
Posted by on Fri, 30 Dec 2005 04:21:00 GMT