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Memo Pimiento is a daring hybrid duo featuring live producer/musician Memo (MX), known for his crazy sound effects from his analogue and digital keyboards and samplers, accompanied by the spicy pepper front woman Manon (BE), a fire starter with powerful punk energy and vocals in three different languages. Following the movement of «cumbia is the new punk», their electrifying and frenetic take on Latin American rhythms transform the traditional concept of a concert into a FIESTA. The result is psychedelic electro-cumbia: a mix of cumbia chicha (Perú) with sonidera (Mexico), villera (Argentina) and European electronic music like synthpop and krautrock. A danceable and seductive cocktail with a tropical acid twist.

Born out of wild parties and squats in the Brussels underground, they quickly rose to international fame playing festivals such as Boom Festival in Portugal, Fusion Festival in Germany, Centro Cultural de España in Mexico, Festival de la Cité in Switzerland, and sharing stages with artist such Sonido Gallo Negro (MEX), La Dame Blanche (CUB), Branko (PT) and Acid Arab (FRA). They also have developed their own Memo Pimiento Virtual Reality Experience and bring a helmet for audience members to step into their own virtual world while attending their shows. They are currently touring their fourth album, Hybrid Gun, and will be touring Japan and Mexico in winter 2025.