The work of Axel Krygier, the Buenos Aires-born artist of Swiss decent, in particular, Échale Semilla and Zorzal, has been widely played on Radio Gladys Palmera. His music has been described as "a tasty Creole stew, a fusion of styles and textures, and an authentic global sound". In view of this, terms like alternative music and new trends are often used for his blend of music. His experience with rock bands and theatrical soundtracks opened the way to Europe and enabled him to export his digital cumbia sound with that Argentine twist that makes it sound quite different to mixes made in Colombia, Peru and Mexico. The result is Pesebre, his latest work, this time released by Crammed Discs, which is also influenced by his own vision of tango and his recent interest in the Balkan brass band sound. There are also echoes of guitars lost on U.S. highways and Mexican surf beats from the sixties; this is why Pesebre is more unique and varied, and richer in its themes than diverse in its rhythms. In this sense, Krygier explores the idea of recreating Jesus's nativity scene (pesebre), which is usually done as a family. In theory, it should only have figurines from the same time and in the same proportion, but actually ends up being a mixture of toys of all shapes and sizes. Pesebre is the artist's fourth album, on which he plays all keyboards, all wind instruments and, of course, takes on more than one role. The eleven-track album has already been included in Gladys Palmera's Future Beats.
