Kuchuman is the solo project from Tonalli Magaña, the project was conceived in TECATE Baja Mex. in 2004, the first ideas came from a long chat that Tonalli had with a friend in Los Angeles, California (Nacho Manubens) just a few months after finishing a 4 year stay at the same city studiying film scoring and recording engineering.
The project was influenced and fueled in part by the sound that Nortec Collective developed, and by the concept of pushing forward and at a global level the culture, history and way of life from the people that live in Baja, but specifically in this case in TECATE (TECATENSES).
Kuchuman (the etymological roots)
The name of Kuchuman comes from the result of the juxtaposition of ideas and letters, take for example, the word Cuchuma and add letter "n", therefore we have -Cuchuman- now replace the letter "C" with the letter "K" (this letter is used in the abreviation/short name for TECATE "TKT") thus giving us -KUCHUMAN- wich means "The Man From the Mountain".
So what is Cuchuma?
Cuchuma (pronounced coochooma) is a sacred mountain (also known as Cuchuma Peak or Tecate Peak )it was used by the K'miai (pronounced K'meeayai) as a religious center long before the first Spaniards arrived in California, the mountain is divided by the border line between Mexico and the United states of America but it has been there before borders existed.
Kuchuman, the project, looks forward in making us aware that nature and the land that we live in has no bounds therefore no limits, thus it shouldn't be dissected with borders, kuchuman also believes that personal, social and political borders should be erased and that overall human life should work towards a better understanding, development and healthy way of achieving success, fulfillment and communication without the creation of borders that affect nature it self and human beings as a result.
These Ideas are all part of the musical collage that gives us the sound of Kuchuman.
Kuchuman
k u c h u m a n
the debut album...
...available now on iTunes
Kuchuman disponible ahora en iTunes!
Click on the Button to listen to the album on the iTunes store©
Haz Click en el Boton de iTunes para visitar a kuchuman en el iTunes store©
Bajate la Rolita de Electrobandas y Dale carillon al Estereo!!
Disco a la Venta Ya!!!
encuentralo en Oxygeno Rock Shop (tijuana) Tijuana
Fotos del Cd Release Party de Kuchuman
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visit Matkuchuma or matkuchuma at myspace (recommended)