Monofónicos honors Medellín pioneer Alejandro Vélez with minimalist EP
Monofónicos turned a June 27 EP into a memorial for Alejandro Vélez, folding Medellín’s scene memory into four minimalist cuts and a Douglas Fugazi remix.
Monofónicos released MNF 055, Velez - Sin Nombre, on June 27, 2026, and the four-track EP landed as a memorial as much as a new netlabel upload. How can minimal techno function as civic remembrance online? In Medellín, Monofónicos answered with a release that places Alejandro Vélez at the center of its catalog memory.
The label’s identity gives that gesture real weight. Monofónicos was founded in 2008 in Medellín by Douglas Urrea and Miguel Isaza, and it has built its catalog around techno, minimal, house, dub techno and experimental music, all issued under Creative Commons licenses. That open-access approach has long made the label feel less like a storefront than a local archive, and Velez - Sin Nombre fits that role cleanly.
The release is a tribute to Alejandro Vélez, whom Monofónicos describes as Vélez or el Palomo, and as a fundamental figure in Medellín’s electronic, artistic and cultural scene. Its tracklist keeps the record compact and club-ready: Free Example, Sin Nombre, Tema Inoquo, and Sin Nombre (Douglas Fugazi Remix). The remix matters because it keeps the tribute in motion instead of locking Vélez into a static commemorative frame.
Vélez’s place in the city’s memory is not abstract. Colombian media reported that he died on January 3, 2022, and identified him as a DJ, producer, VJ and cultural manager who was also a partner in Calle 9+1. Monofónicos’ own biography frames him as one of Medellín’s most important voices in the city’s electronic history, and the label’s decision to honor him now turns that biography into a public act of scenekeeping.
That is not new behavior for the netlabel. In 2018, Monofónicos marked its 10th anniversary with a compilation, underscoring its habit of treating releases as community documents as much as music drops. Velez - Sin Nombre extends that practice with a sharper focus: a small, restrained EP that lets Medellín remember one of its own through the language of minimal techno, not through nostalgia but through circulation.
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