‘Mexican electro-industrial duo Hocico release the 4-track EP “Hey Tú!” via Out Of Line Music, expanding their collaboration with Mexican-American cholo goth project Prayers into a full single package with new remixes and limited physical editions.

The title track “Hey Tú!” first appeared as a standalone digital single on 10 October 2025 running just over four minutes. The new EP collects four versions: the original collaboration with Rafael Reyes (Prayers), Hocico’s own “Cómete tu Mierda H-RMX”, the club-oriented “Frank Spector Remix”, and the “90’s Ibiza Summer Mix by Feindflug”.

The EP appears digitally and in two physical configurations on Out Of Line Music. A limited Minimax picture CD collects all four versions, while a 7″ picture vinyl combines “Hey Tú!” on side A with “Hey Tú! (Cómete tu Mierda H-RMX)” on side B.

About Hocico

Hocico is a Mexico City electro-industrial and aggrotech duo formed in 1993 by cousins Erik García (Erk Aicrag) on vocals and lyrics and Oscar Mayorga (Racso Agroyam) on programming and synthesizers. Before adopting the name Hocico, they worked together in projects such as Niñera Degenerada and Hocico de Perro and issued several cassette releases in the first half of the 1990s.

The duo released its debut album “Odio Bajo El Alma” in 1997 on Mexican label Opción Sónica, with European distribution handled by Out Of Line Music.

During the 2000s and early 2010s, Hocico released a sequence of full-lengths including “Signos de Aberración” (2002), “Wrack and Ruin” (2004), “Memorias Atrás” (2008), “Tiempos de Furia” (2010) and “El Último Minuto (Antes de que Tu Mundo Caiga)” (2012). A 2013 retrospective followed “Los Días Caminando En El Fuego” marking two decades of activity.

The mid-2010s saw the EP “In The Name Of Violence” and the album “Ofensor”, alongside the EP “Forgotten Tears”.

In 2019, Hocico issued the album “Artificial Extinction”, again via Out Of Line followed by the 2022 full-length “HyperViolent”.

From 2023 onward, the duo released new singles and EPs including “A Symphony Of Rage”, the 2025 four-track EP “The Screen”, and the digital single “Brainrot”, integrating these into an ongoing touring schedule. Erk Aicrag also parallelly worked as Rabia Sorda and collaborations such as the joint single “Obscured” with Blutengel and remix and guest roles with other acts.

In 2025, Hocico’s activities concluded with the “The Screen” EP, the single “Hey Tú!” with Prayers, a remix contribution to Till Lindemann’s “Und die Engel singen”, and now an extended “Hey Tú!” EP.

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Mexican electro-industrial duo Hocico and Mexican-American cholo goth act Prayers release their joint single “Hey Tú!” on 19 December 2025 via Out Of Line Music. The collaboration appears as a limited Minimax picture MaxiCD and a super-limited picture-7″ single.

While the download and picture DigiCD include 4 tracks, the picture 7″ single holds just 2 tracks, “Hey Tu!” and “Hey Tú! (Cómete tu Mierda H-RMX)”.

About Hocico

The Mexican electro-industrial / aggrotech duo formed in 1993 in Mexico City by cousins Erk Aicrag (Erik Garcia) on vocals and lyrics and Racso Agroyam (Oscar Mayorga) on programming and synthesizers. Before they started their main project, they worked together in projects such as Niñera Degenerada and Hocico de Perro, building an early cassette discography in the first half of the 1990s.

The band released its debut album “Odio Bajo El Alma” in 1997 on the Mexican label Opción Sónica, with European distribution via Out Of Line. This was followed by releases including the live album “Los Hijos Del Infierno” and the studio album “Sangre Hirviente” at the end of the 1990s.

Through the 2000s and 2010s the duo built a catalogue that includes “Signos de Aberración” (2002), “Wrack and Ruin” (2004), “Memorias Atrás” (2008), “Tiempos de Furia” (2010), “El Último Minuto (Antes de que Tu Mundo Caiga)” (2012) and the retrospective “Los Días Caminando En El Fuego” (2013).

Later full-length releases include “Ofensor” (2015), “Artificial Extinction” (2019) and “Hyperviolent” (2022), all released through Out Of Line and supported by international touring.

In 2025, the band followed the album “Hyperviolent” with new material including the EP “The Screen”.

About Prayers

Prayers is a Mexican-American project founded in 2013 in San Diego, California, by vocalist and visual artist Rafael Reyes, also known as Leafar Seyer. The group originally functioned as a duo with synthesizer player Dave Parley and combined darkwave, electronic rock and synth-pop elements with references to Chicano street culture.

Reyes introduced the term cholo goth to describe Prayers’ sound and aesthetic, with lyrics that refer to gang life, spiritual themes and personal history. Early recordings include the independently released album “SD Killwave” (2013) and the EP “Gothic Summer” (2014), which were supported by self-produced videos and regional touring.

In 2015 Prayers released the album “Young Gods,” produced by Travis Barker and promoted through singles such as the title track and a cover of “West End Girls.” Later work includes collaborations with members of Christian Death on the EP “Cursed Be Thy Blessings” and the 2022 album “Chologoth – The Return Of Pluto,” issued on Reyes’ own label and featuring guest contributions from musicians such as Annie Hardy and Robert Harvey.

Bernard - Side-Line Staff

Chief editor of Side-Line – which basically means I spend my days wading through a relentless flood of press releases from labels, artists, DJs, and zealous correspondents. My job? Strip out the promo nonsense, verify what’s actually real, and decide which stories make the cut and which get tossed into the digital void. Outside the news filter bubble, I’m all in for quality sushi and helping raise funds for Ukraine’s ongoing fight against the modern-day axis of evil. Besides music I’m also an SEO and AI content flow specialist and have an interest in everything finance from stocks to crypto. There is music in everything!

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