Biographie
Mexico City-based producer Camilo Lara creates irresistible beats for the global dance floor with his project Mexican Institute of Sound. He writes music for film, TV and game projects - sometimes composing the score, other times creating songs or incidental music. His work as musical supervisor has landed him a Grammy nomination. He created the incidental music and was the musical consultant for Pixar's Coco (where he even had a cameo!), and has been part of the music teams for Thor: Love and Thundder and other upcoming Marvel and Disney titles.
Camilo's film and TV credits include: Gentefied S2 (Netflix-Score), Home S2 (Apple + , Score) , Narcos Mexico (Netflix, Incidental Music, 3 seasons), Coyotl (Score HBO 2023) Ugly (Score, HBO 2022), Plus Minus (Songs, Netflix, Music), Control Z (Netflix- Songs),Teniente Harina (Viacom CBS, Main Theme), Thor: Love and Thunder (Synths) Bronco La Serie (TNT-Score), Vacation Friends (Hulu, Songs) Y Tu Mama También (Score) among many others. His music has been featured in Narcos, Breaking Bad, Y tu Mamá También, Vacation Friends, Mosquito Coast, Californication and Ugly Betty, to name a few. He hosts his own radio station on the best selling game of all times, Grand Theft Auto V. As an artist and producer, Camilo's work has landed him one Grammy and eight Latin Grammy nominations. He has produced artists ranging from Calexico, Los Angeles Azules, Natanael Cano, Santa Fe Klan, Lila Downs, and Norah Jones, to Band of Horses and Flor de Toloache, among many others Artists that have commissioned remixes from Camilo include: Metallica, Run the Jewels, Beck, the Beastie Boys, Morrissey, Placebo, Interpol , Madness, Julieta Venegas, Tony Allen, Babasonicos, Hermitude, Amadou & Marian and Sofi Tukker, to name just a few.
Mexican Institute of Sound released his debut album Méjico Máxico in 2006. Since then, M.I.S. has released 5 albums: Piñata (2008), Soy Sauce (2010) Poitico (2012) Disco Popular (2017) Distrito Federal (2021) His latest album is called Distrito Federal (2021) . NPR included it on the Best albums of the year list.
Camilo's side projects are many and diverse, and include a Morrissey tribute act called Mexrrissey (their record No Manchester is the first Mexican album to appear in the UK music charts, ever), and the 2016 album-documentary Compass, which featured collaborations with 80 artists from 8 different countries. He's collaborated with a wide range of artists from all corners of the globe including Cuco, Bia, Duckwrth, Dan the Automator, Graham Coxon, Cuco, Ludmilla, Bonde do Rolé, Sly & Robbie, Toots and the Maytals, Gogol Bordello, Amadeu e Mariam, Tricky and Tom Tom Club.
On May 2022 Time Magazine named Camilo "One of the 80 Mexicans shaping contemporary Culture " Spanish newspaper El Pais named him one of the "50 Most Influential People in Latin America". Quien magazine named him one of the "50 People Who Are Transforming Mexico"
