{"id":2066289,"date":"2026-07-28T20:34:13","date_gmt":"2026-07-28T17:34:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2066289"},"modified":"2026-07-28T20:34:13","modified_gmt":"2026-07-28T17:34:13","slug":"watch-fred-again-and-latin-mafia-create-new-mixtape-live-on-youtube","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2066289","title":{"rendered":"Watch Fred again.. and LATIN MAFIA create new mixtape live on YouTube"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[analyse_image type=&#8221;featured&#8221; src=&#8221;https:\/\/www.nme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Fred_again_LATIN_MAFIA_Theo_Batterham.jpg&#8221;]<\/p>\n<article id=\"template-id-2749694\" class=\"post-2749694 tdb_templates type-tdb_templates status-publish post\">\n<div id=\"tdi_65\" class=\"tdc-zone\">\n<div class=\"tdc_zone tdi_66  wpb_row td-pb-row\">\n<div id=\"tdi_67\" class=\"tdc-row stretch_row_1400 td-stretch-content\">\n<div class=\"vc_row tdi_68  wpb_row td-pb-row\">\n<div class=\"vc_column tdi_70  wpb_column vc_column_container tdc-column td-pb-span12\">\n<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_breadcrumbs tdi_71 td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2 tdb-breadcrumbs \" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_71\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span>News<\/span><i class=\"tdb-bread-sep td-icon-right\"><\/i><span>Music News<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_title tdi_72 tdb-single-title td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_72\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Watch Fred again.. and LATIN MAFIA create new mixtape live on YouTube<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_single_subtitle tdi_73 td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_73\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<p>The artists have reunited in Mexico City to complete a project they have been developing for several years<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_single_author tdi_75 td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2 tdb-post-meta\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_75\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-author-name-wrap\"><span class=\"tdb-author-by\">By<\/span> Max Pilley<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_single_date tdi_76 td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2 tdb-post-meta\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_76\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><time class=\"entry-date updated td-module-date\" datetime=\"2026-07-28T21:34:13+01:00\">28th July 2026<\/time><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p> <!-- .\/block --><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"tdi_77\" class=\"tdc-row stretch_row_1400 td-stretch-content\">\n<div class=\"vc_row tdi_78  wpb_row td-pb-row\">\n<div class=\"vc_column tdi_80  wpb_column vc_column_container tdc-column td-pb-span8\">\n<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_single_featured_image tdi_81 tdb-content-horiz-left td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_81\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<figure>\n                                    <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"696\" height=\"442\" class=\"entry-thumb\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Fred_again_LATIN_MAFIA_Theo_Batterham-696x442.jpg\" alt title=\"Fred_again_LATIN_MAFIA_Theo_Batterham\"><figcaption class=\"tdb-caption-text\">Fred again&#8230; and LATIN MAFIA. CREDIT: Theo Batterham<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"vc_row_inner tdi_83 article-content-row vc_row vc_inner wpb_row td-pb-row\">\n<div class=\"vc_column_inner tdi_85  wpb_column vc_column_container tdc-inner-column td-pb-span12\">\n<div class=\"vc_column-inner\">\n<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_single_content tdi_86 td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2 td-post-content tagdiv-type\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_86\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<p>Fred Again..\u00a0and LATIN MAFIA are livestreaming themselves creating a new collaborative mixtape \u2013 and have promised to continue until it is finished.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"1244\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559683&quot;:0,&quot;335559684&quot;:-2,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\uf0b7&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}\" data-aria-posinset=\"1\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><b>READ MORE:\u00a0<\/b><b>Fred Again.. \u2013 \u2018USB002\u2019 review: a flow state of impulsive floor-fillers<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The British producer and the Mexican sibling trio have reunited in Mexico City to finish a joint project they have been working on intermittently for the past two years.<\/p>\n<div class=\"td-a-ad id_inline_ad0 id_ad_content-horiz-center\"><span class=\"td-adspot-title\">Advertisement<\/span>  <\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-article-1\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Their YouTube broadcast, titled \u2018making a mixtape with\u00a0latin\u00a0mafia and staying here until we finish it\u2019,\u00a0began at 1pm local time today (July 28), or 8pm BST.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMe and the Latin Mafia brothers have been working on music for many moons now,\u201d Fred said while announcing the project. \u201cThey are making some of my favourite music in the world right now. It\u2019s so beautiful but surprising but contained but adventurous.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Watch the livestream below.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Fred also highlighted the familial nature of their collaboration. LATIN MAFIA consists of brothers Emilio,\u00a0Milton\u00a0and Mike de la Rosa, while the British artist regularly makes music with his younger brother and is also managed by a sibling.<\/p>\n<div class=\"td-a-ad id_inline_ad1 id_ad_content-horiz-center\"><span class=\"td-adspot-title\"><\/span><\/p>\n<h5 class=\"taboola-mid-article-title\">Recommended<\/h5>\n<div id=\"taboola-mid-article\">\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cThey\u2019re three brothers and I make music with my little brother as well, so it\u2019s just five brothers every time we get together,\u201d he continued. \u201cAnd\u00a0we\u2019re\u00a0both managed by our siblings too! So\u00a0yeah, proper family affair.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Fred explained that the music they had created together quickly began to feel like one cohesive project.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was mad how quickly everything we made felt like it was naturally part of the same world,\u201d he said. \u201cSometimes I find I have to really work hard to make things feel like a contained universe, but in this case everything that came out just naturally felt like one thing to us all.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo\u00a0we\u00a0wanna\u00a0put it all out as one project.\u00a0We\u2019ve\u00a0decided to get together in their home of Mexico City to finish it all.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-captioned data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DbTtlgUHNu9\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\">\n<div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<div>View this post on Instagram<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<div class=\"td-a-ad id_inline_ad2 id_ad_content-horiz-center\"><span class=\"td-adspot-title\">Advertisement<\/span>  <\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-article-2\" class=\"lazy-ad\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>LATIN MAFIA said Fred\u2019s \u201chonest and sensitive\u201d approach to music had long been an inspiration to them, adding that their creative relationship felt natural from the outset.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen we met, it simply made sense because of the way we share so many things when creating,\u201d they said in a statement translated from Spanish.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt has been a couple of years since we first got together to work on music, and every time we have been in the same space, it feels like we have been friends forever.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>They added: \u201cWe want to share with you what we have created together over this time. So we will get together in Mexico City to finish this project and broadcast the whole process non-stop until it is finished and out for you.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The announcement follows the release of\u00a0<i>Under\u00a0The\u00a0Fabric (Mexico City, 11th December 2025)<\/i>, a new 35-minute film documenting an improvised session between the artists last December.<\/p>\n<p>The performance took place beneath an installation by Dutch visual artist Boris Acket before Fred\u2019s \u2018USB002\u2019 show in Mexico City, where LATIN MAFIA later joined him on stage.\u00a0The film was previewed for fans at Mexico City\u2019s Cine Tonal\u00e1 last week before being shared online on Sunday (July 26). Watch it below.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>LATIN MAFIA released their debut album \u2018Todos Los D\u00edas Todo El D\u00eda\u2019 in 2024. The trio combine pop, R&amp;B, reggaeton, trap and electronic music, and have cited Fred as one of their major influences.<\/p>\n<p>Fred\u2019s Mexico City\u00a0show\u00a0formed part of the international \u2018USB002\u2019 run, which saw him work with artists including\u00a0Thomas Bangalter,\u00a0Underworld,\u00a0Mike Skinner,\u00a0Nia Archives, Romy, Ezra Collective,\u00a0Young Thug\u00a0and\u00a0Jamie T.<\/p>\n<p>In a\u00a0four-star review,\u00a0<i>NME\u00a0<\/i>described \u2018USB002\u2019 as \u201ca flow state of impulsive floor-fillers\u201d, adding: \u201cThe common thread of \u2018USB\u2019\u00a0seems to be\u00a0an eternal state of flux, where all limits and shackles are off.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this year, Fred shared\u00a0a continuous 108-hour mix documenting the \u2018USB002\u2019 tour, as well as the creative files used throughout the project.<\/p>\n<p>He is next due to\u00a0embark\u00a0on\u00a0his first tour of India, playing Delhi,\u00a0Mumbai\u00a0and Bengaluru in December. 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data-img-url=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/fat-boy-slim-simon-pegg-main@2000x1270-400x254.jpg\" data-img-retina-url=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/fat-boy-slim-simon-pegg-main@2000x1270-800x508.jpg\"><\/span><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"td-module-meta-info\">\n                    Film News<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"entry-title td-module-title\">Watch Fatboy Slim welcome Simon Pegg and Brighton Gay Men\u2019s Chorus to Big Beach Boutique 7<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>                    <span class=\"td-page-meta\"><\/span><span class=\"td-page-meta\"><span class=\"td-page-meta\"><\/span><\/span><span class=\"td-page-meta\"><\/span>                <\/article>\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_single_content tdi_86 td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2 td-post-content tagdiv-type\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_86\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<p>Fred Again..\u00a0and LATIN MAFIA are livestreaming themselves creating a new collaborative mixtape \u2013 and have promised to continue until it is finished.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"1244\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559683&quot;:0,&quot;335559684&quot;:-2,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\uf0b7&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}\" data-aria-posinset=\"1\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><b>READ MORE:\u00a0<\/b><b>Fred Again.. \u2013 \u2018USB002\u2019 review: a flow state of impulsive floor-fillers<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The British producer and the Mexican sibling trio have reunited in Mexico City to finish a joint project they have been working on intermittently for the past two years.<\/p>\n<div class=\"td-a-ad id_inline_ad0 id_ad_content-horiz-center\"><span class=\"td-adspot-title\">Advertisement<\/span>  <\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-article-1\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Their YouTube broadcast, titled \u2018making a mixtape with\u00a0latin\u00a0mafia and staying here until we finish it\u2019,\u00a0began at 1pm local time today (July 28), or 8pm BST.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMe and the Latin Mafia brothers have been working on music for many moons now,\u201d Fred said while announcing the project. \u201cThey are making some of my favourite music in the world right now. It\u2019s so beautiful but surprising but contained but adventurous.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Watch the livestream below.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Fred also highlighted the familial nature of their collaboration. LATIN MAFIA consists of brothers Emilio,\u00a0Milton\u00a0and Mike de la Rosa, while the British artist regularly makes music with his younger brother and is also managed by a sibling.<\/p>\n<div class=\"td-a-ad id_inline_ad1 id_ad_content-horiz-center\"><span class=\"td-adspot-title\"><\/span><\/p>\n<h5 class=\"taboola-mid-article-title\">Recommended<\/h5>\n<div id=\"taboola-mid-article\">\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cThey\u2019re three brothers and I make music with my little brother as well, so it\u2019s just five brothers every time we get together,\u201d he continued. \u201cAnd\u00a0we\u2019re\u00a0both managed by our siblings too! So\u00a0yeah, proper family affair.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Fred explained that the music they had created together quickly began to feel like one cohesive project.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was mad how quickly everything we made felt like it was naturally part of the same world,\u201d he said. \u201cSometimes I find I have to really work hard to make things feel like a contained universe, but in this case everything that came out just naturally felt like one thing to us all.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo\u00a0we\u00a0wanna\u00a0put it all out as one project.\u00a0We\u2019ve\u00a0decided to get together in their home of Mexico City to finish it all.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-captioned data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DbTtlgUHNu9\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\">\n<div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<div>View this post on Instagram<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<div class=\"td-a-ad id_inline_ad2 id_ad_content-horiz-center\"><span class=\"td-adspot-title\">Advertisement<\/span>  <\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-article-2\" class=\"lazy-ad\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>LATIN MAFIA said Fred\u2019s \u201chonest and sensitive\u201d approach to music had long been an inspiration to them, adding that their creative relationship felt natural from the outset.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen we met, it simply made sense because of the way we share so many things when creating,\u201d they said in a statement translated from Spanish.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt has been a couple of years since we first got together to work on music, and every time we have been in the same space, it feels like we have been friends forever.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>They added: \u201cWe want to share with you what we have created together over this time. So we will get together in Mexico City to finish this project and broadcast the whole process non-stop until it is finished and out for you.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The announcement follows the release of\u00a0<i>Under\u00a0The\u00a0Fabric (Mexico City, 11th December 2025)<\/i>, a new 35-minute film documenting an improvised session between the artists last December.<\/p>\n<p>The performance took place beneath an installation by Dutch visual artist Boris Acket before Fred\u2019s \u2018USB002\u2019 show in Mexico City, where LATIN MAFIA later joined him on stage.\u00a0The film was previewed for fans at Mexico City\u2019s Cine Tonal\u00e1 last week before being shared online on Sunday (July 26). Watch it below.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>LATIN MAFIA released their debut album \u2018Todos Los D\u00edas Todo El D\u00eda\u2019 in 2024. The trio combine pop, R&amp;B, reggaeton, trap and electronic music, and have cited Fred as one of their major influences.<\/p>\n<p>Fred\u2019s Mexico City\u00a0show\u00a0formed part of the international \u2018USB002\u2019 run, which saw him work with artists including\u00a0Thomas Bangalter,\u00a0Underworld,\u00a0Mike Skinner,\u00a0Nia Archives, Romy, Ezra Collective,\u00a0Young Thug\u00a0and\u00a0Jamie T.<\/p>\n<p>In a\u00a0four-star review,\u00a0<i>NME\u00a0<\/i>described \u2018USB002\u2019 as \u201ca flow state of impulsive floor-fillers\u201d, adding: \u201cThe common thread of \u2018USB\u2019\u00a0seems to be\u00a0an eternal state of flux, where all limits and shackles are off.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this year, Fred shared\u00a0a continuous 108-hour mix documenting the \u2018USB002\u2019 tour, as well as the creative files used throughout the project.<\/p>\n<p>He is next due to\u00a0embark\u00a0on\u00a0his first tour of India, playing Delhi,\u00a0Mumbai\u00a0and Bengaluru in December. The dates are currently billed as his only run of live shows this year.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>[analyse_source url=&#8221;https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/watch-fred-again-and-latin-mafia-create-new-mixtape-live-on-youtube-3959513&#8243;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[analyse_image type=&#8221;featured&#8221; src=&#8221;https:\/\/www.nme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Fred_again_LATIN_MAFIA_Theo_Batterham.jpg&#8221;] NewsMusic News Watch Fred again.. and LATIN MAFIA create new mixtape live on YouTube The artists have reunited in Mexico City to complete a project they have been developing for several years By Max Pilley 28th July 2026 Fred again&#8230; and LATIN MAFIA. 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