Matias Aguayo returns with Anenoa, a vibrant and imaginative new album arriving May 29, 2026. Known for continually redefining the possibilities of electronic music, Aguayo’s latest work expands his exploration of voice, rhythm, and collective experience — creating songs that invite participation as much as they reward listening.
Across more than two decades, Aguayo has remained one of the most inventive figures in contemporary electronic music. He co-founded the influential duo Closer Musik. He has maintained a long-standing creative relationship with Kompakt. Aguayo also created the genre-defying Cómeme label. He has consistently pushed dance music beyond convention. Aguayo blends raw electronics, storytelling, humor, and performance into something deeply human and alive.
Now based in Mexico, Aguayo’s music has absorbed the vibrant energy of community-driven dance culture. Much of Anenoa is sung in Spanish and shaped by a spirit of collaboration that runs throughout the record.
Long known for building creative communities through his label and performances, Aguayo brings together a diverse group of artists across Latin America, Europe, and beyond, turning the album into a constellation of voices and perspectives.
A Collaborative Album
At its core, Anenoa is a deeply collaborative project, reflecting Aguayo’s long-standing belief that dance music thrives through exchange and shared creativity.
The album includes a number of striking vocal partnerships. Chilean pop visionary Javiera Mena joins Aguayo on “¿No Ves?”. Mena is widely recognized as one of the leading figures in modern Latin American pop, with multiple Latin Grammy nominations. Accompanied by a catalogue of acclaimed synth-pop releases that have helped define the sound of contemporary Chilean pop.
On “La Heredera,” Aguayo collaborates with two powerful voices from the Latin American underground. IARAHEI, an emerging artist from Santiago de Chile known for her distinctive spoken-sung flow and experimental pop sensibility, and Camille Mandoki, a Mexico City vocalist whose ethereal tone brings an otherworldly dimension to the track.
Mexico’s Girl Ultra appears on “Agua que corre.” Widely celebrated for her genre-blurring approach to R&B, soul, and electronic music, Girl Ultra has become one of the most internationally recognized voices in Mexico’s new generation of alternative pop artists.
The album also features “Anenoa Pt. 2.” This track is a collaboration with Daudi Matsiko, a Ugandan-born, UK-based singer-songwriter. He is known for his emotionally resonant alternative folk work. The track also includes Argentine singer Barbie Williams. Her vocals appear throughout the album and provide an essential thread connecting many of its songs.
Together, these collaborators reinforce the album’s sense of openness and cross-cultural exchange — a reflection of Aguayo’s long-standing commitment to building artistic dialogue across scenes and continents.
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The Singles:
Sentimientos Encontraos
(March 6, 2026)
The album’s opening single “Sentimientos Encontraos” is a joyful and slightly absurd dance track built around repetition and chant-like lyrics. Sung in Spanish, the track thrives on simplicity and movement, immediately inviting listeners to participate.
As Aguayo explains: “It’s catchy, radical and silly. People can easily follow the lyrics and dance along. I hope it becomes a classic at wedding parties — you can’t really listen to it without moving at least a little.”
With its irresistible groove and playful spirit, the track sets the tone for the album’s communal energy.
La Heredera
(April 1, 2026)
On “La Heredera,” Aguayo expands the emotional palette of Anenoa, delivering what he describes as an “epic dance pop anthem for lonely walks and hypersensitive dance floors.”
Set beneath the imaginary evening sky of a futuristic city, the song explores intimacy and connection in an era shaped by technological alienation.
“The idea of love, based on total freedom — not for everyone, not made for the experimental.”
The track features IARAHEI and Camille Mandoki, whose voices create a narrative of encounter, distance, and emotional mystery. Synth wizard Etienne Jaumet contributes powerful electronic sequences that give the song its physical intensity, while producer Matt Karmil shapes its detailed sonic architecture.
The result is what Aguayo describes as “an optimistic utopian science fiction song.”
Asuca, Rock, Roll
(April 17, 2026)
With “Asuca, Rock, Roll,” the album shifts toward a playful hybrid of Latin body music, funk, and dream pop.
“Se me mueven muchas cosas,” Aguayo says — “Many things move inside me.”
The track moves between groove-driven dance rhythms and expansive dreamlike atmospheres, supported by the vocals of Barbie Williams, who contributes backing vocals across the album.
Its lyrics paint scenes of nighttime exploration — checking the dance floor, navigating the city, and moving through the night like a detective on an undercover mission.
The track eventually opens into more expansive soundscapes created alongside Etienne Jaumet, while Angel Deradoorian adds a flute performance that evolves from pop melody into the playfulness of spiritual jazz.
The Beat
(May 8, 2026)
The final single before the album, “The Beat,” is a playful and educational tribute to the mechanics of dance music itself. “Playing from 5 to 5, music lovers, be prepared — she’s gonna drop another beat.”
Inspired by underground house music dance floors, the track introduces the fundamental sounds of rhythm — from hi-hats to claps to kicks — while telling the story of Aguayo’s friend DJ Snoopy from Helsinki, who creates beats “from 5 to 5” in the studio.
At a certain point, Aguayo realizes beats alone are not enough — the DJ also needs melody. The song evolves into a playful dialogue between Aguayo’s keyboards and Etienne Jaumet’s wild, effect-laden saxophone lines.
The video will feature a collaboration with Jani Dueñas from the beloved puppet show 31 Minutos, introducing an “Aguayo Muppet” explaining rhythm to other puppets — what Aguayo humorously calls “Aguayosplaining.”
Ultimately, he describes the track as: “A tribute to free public education and its naiveness and joyfulness. A song for children that adults can also enjoy.”
Details:
Release Date: May 29th, 2026
Catalog Number PLAT29994
The Album
Across its songs and collaborations, Anenoa unfolds as a vibrant exploration of rhythm, intimacy, humor, and utopian imagination. The album reflects Aguayo’s enduring artistic philosophy: electronic music not as a rigid genre, but as a living practice shaped by bodies, communities, and shared experience.
With Anenoa, Matias Aguayo once again demonstrates why he remains one of electronic music’s most singular voices. Constantly evolving, endlessly curious, and always in motion.
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