Mexico has influenced me in many ways
I moved from Santiago Chile to DF Mexico City
And my life production my likes have changed so much
I moved from Santiago to DF
Because Santiago was a political battle for a long time
There was a lot of oppression
Coming here to total freedom
To total chaos and craziness
It's surreal and at the same time magical
All of the chaos and mixtures of races and colors and foods
It makes the city interesting
My music is a collage
It has the essence of genres Like reggaeton house techno bass grime
I have the option to take many different things
And create my own thing mixed with my own personality
And at the end I'm going to have something unique
NAAFI is a collective a family a group of friends
We created a space for our styles that wasn't there before
Little by little we started integrating with individuals
People we found that had something unique
I don't even know how to explain it
It's something very natural very organic
Welcome
I would like for each of our invited guests to tell us
Something about themselves before we begin
Paul Marmota is the official president of N.A.A.F.I.
He was the first producer and DJ that we collaborated with
And he's always been known as the person who looks for archived production
Including indigenous themes and themes originating from South America
As of recently he's been focused in tribal and Mexican themes
I'm Paul Marmota
I like to play music with snares or classical sounds
From reggaeton or Central America marimbas tambourines African drums
I mix things and then they have their own identity you know?
I carry sounds and wear them as my own persona
Since the beginning N.A.A.F.I parties were like doors that were opening
To be able to show our music
And bring out people that we liked But were never able to bring out
Because there wasn't a full audience There wasn't an established way to do things
You know?
On any night someone could arrive who's from whatever place
Whatever race whatever sex whatever anything
And in that instance these people can share freely without any prejudice
None at all
At other parties people are worried about whether the people are good looking or not
Or like the crowd is too small or whatever
I believe that the people that come really are free
To live their own experiences
I think our parties can go global
Because N.A.A.F.I parties are parties of freedom