Production
Direction, recording, mixing and mastering with end-to-end delivery.
RECORD LABEL · PRIVATE STUDIO · END-TO-END DELIVERY
Oceanic music
and audio.
An independent music company taking ideas from the first listen to the final master, the physical object and its place in the world.
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PARGO MUSIC · MEXICO CITY
01 / PARGO MUSIC
One connected
operation.
Pargo Music grew out of the documentary Children of the Coast, winner of the 2024 José Rovirosa Award for Best Mexican Documentary—an extensive research and production project that recovered previously unheard recordings by musicians from the Costa Chica of Guerrero and Oaxaca. From that origin we built a clear operation: curation, production, engineering and final delivery, all connected within a single system.
We are a record label and a private studio, but above all an integrated solution for artists, labels, film and cultural projects that need to solve music and audio in one place.
02 / WHAT WE DO
From the idea
to the final master.
Curation
Music research connecting roots, contemporary practice, context and catalogue.
Film
Scores, original songs and sound supervision for feature films.
Advisory
Creative and technical support for artists and record labels.
03 / PARGO STUDIO
A private studio
in Mexico City.
A space for production, recording, mixing and critical listening. Hybrid analogue-digital workflow, direct attention from the founders and appointment-only sessions that protect the creative process.
Protasio Tagle 39 · Mexico CityBook a session ↗04 / FOUNDERS
Research, craft
and deep listening.
CO-FOUNDER · MUSIC RESEARCH
Ángel Céspedes
Cantú
@angelcespedes
Producer and music researcher, Berklee College of Music graduate, with experience in production, field recording and the development of cultural and contemporary projects. His collaborations include Abraham Laboriel, Polo & Pan and Carlos Santana.
Ángel on Instagram ↗
CO-FOUNDER · PRODUCER & ENGINEER
Alan Ortiz
Grande
(Alanity)
Mexican producer, sound artist and engineer, winner of 2 Grammy Awards and 3 Latin Grammy Awards. His credits include work with Natalia Lafourcade, Mon Laferte, Jesse & Joy, Girl Ultra and others.
Verified biography and credits ↗
05 / FIRST RELEASE
Children
of the Coast.
Afro-Mexican music · Living archive
The original soundtrack to Bruno Bancalari’s documentary brings together recordings made across the Costa Chica of Guerrero and Oaxaca. Research and music production by Ángel Céspedes Cantú; engineering, mixing and mastering by Alan Ortiz Grande; physical edition by Pargo Music.
Awards, selections and exhibition
- 2024 José Rovirosa Award — Best Mexican Documentary
- 2024 Ibero-Latin American Film Festival of Trieste — Best Production
- Tequila International Film Festival — Best Music
- 39th Guadalajara International Film Festival — Mezcal Award Competition
- Cineteca Nacional — Mexican theatrical exhibition, 2026
- CineLatino Trieste — Competition and European premiere
06 / NEWS
Pargo
in motion.
MAY 2026 · PUERTO ESCONDIDO
Children of the Coast presentation
Musicians, crew and audience came together around the film’s release and its vinyl edition.
MAY 2026 · BARBA AZUL
Costa Chica took the floor
A live celebration of the music, dance and territory that gave rise to the project.
JUNE 2026 · MEXICO CITY
Listening session
A vinyl listening session and conversation with Ángel Céspedes Cantú and Alan Ortiz Grande (Alanity).
07 / CONTACT
Tell us
what you want to make.
Production, mixing, mastering, original music, curation, archive work or a listening session.
Write to Pargo Music ↗