Biography
Hector Zarate (AKA hZ) is one of the youngest performers of IDM-experimental electronica in México.
Started his musical career almost as a coincidence and first worked with the mexican musicians collective Discos Konfort.
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He performed in the first version of the Festival de Electrónica Mexicana and in the Sono. Festival Sonoro (EscaparArte Festival). His work has also been exposed in the most important museums and art galleries in Mexico such as the Ex-Teresa Arte Actual Museum (National Institute of Fine Arts), Spain's Cultural Centre (Spanish Embassy in Mexico), the Experimental Art Museum El Eco (National Autonomous University of Mexico), the Contemporary International Art Museum Rufino Tamayo (National Council for Culture and Arts), the National School of Music, Chiapas City Theatre and the Jumex Art Collection; among others.
hZ has also been active in several private events hosted by Maia Records, the In The Groove Magazine, Motin Poeta Art Collective, Universidad del Valle de México, the national newspaper Reforma, Filtro.com.mx collective, the Centro Historico foundation and various appereances on radio.
During the past summer (2006), hZ had a brief tour across Europe, having some shows and several interviews at France and Czech Republic.
While this brief tour happened hZ also discovered an intense passion for photography. His photos are available in Flickr.
more music after the jump.
Biography text from Last.fm, available under CC BY-SA.