2001

 In order to combine my various interests, I founded the NICROM Electro-acoustic Musical Improvisation Trio in 2001. This trio, consisting of two musicians and a painter, was a creative forum for sound and graphic experimentation and exploration. We were particularly interested in finding alternative means of producing coherent musical discourse based more on atonal and graphic manipulation than on the interval relations between sounds, which led us to explore the spectrum of noise and abstract painting. The trio performed in numerous concert halls throughout Mexico City. The members were Rodrigo Garibay on wind instruments, Mauricio Zárate on visuals, and Hugo Solís (myself) on computer and keyboard. Guest musicians included Uriel Alatriste, Maricia Medrano, Griselle Mac'Dowell, and Alejandro Otaola.