“Sergio Mendoza is probably my favourite musician of this time. He has the cumbia and mambo in his DNA, but  he has the power to make it sound like today. His Orkesta is as punk as the Sex Pistols and as violent as Perez Prado”— Camilo Lara, Mexican Institute of Sound

Orkesta Mendoza is a vibrant group with band members from Tucson, Nogales and Mexico, led by multi-instrumentalist Sergio Mendoza, known for their energetic "indie mambo" sound that fuses traditional Latin rhythms (mambo, cumbia, ranchera) with indie rock, psychedelic pop, and brass band traditions, creating a unique, borderless sound reflecting Mendoza's upbringing in Nogales, Sonora/Arizona.