AMANTES DEL FUTURO is the original project with which composer and producer Immanuel Miralda AKA Ima Felini began his experiments in Cumbia in 2002. Since then, he has dedicated himself to com- posing and producing various types of Cumbias for this project as well as for others. ADF is the ultimate distillation of all those years of experimentation and study of Cumbia, basing its sound on his favorite styles: Colombian Cumbia, Sonidera, Rebajada, Cumbia Wepa, Poblana, Villera, and Peruvian Chicha, always seeking futurism, evolution, and the connection between electronic music in this le- gendary rhythm.
In 2005, Ima Felini founded the collective LA SUPER CUMBIA FUTURISTA, encouraging various musician friends and producers from Mexico City and other parts of the country who were interested in Cumbia experimentation to create new original songs in this genre, as at that time there weren’t many people exploring this rhythm with experimental interests. The collective included groups and pro- jects such as Sonido Changorama, Sonido Desconocido II, Los Wendys, Lovers of the Future, Sonido Trucha, Kongatrón, Las Rockolas Caníbales, Grupo Chambelán, Sonido Laguna Verde, Sonidero Trave- sura, and Sonido Espectral. Over time, this electro-Cumbia collective from Mexico City gained popularity worldwide, inspiring future musicians and collectives that emerged in other countries, such as
ZZK in Argentina, Caballito in Granada Spain, and Cumbia Massive in Australia, generating an interesting feedback loop among producers from different latitudes in the years before Facebook existed. Currently, ADF is part of the Kumbia Net collective, which brings together various experimental projects and producers from Mexico and the United States such as Turbo Sonidero, Grupo Jejeje, Orihuela
MSS, Plastic Toy Sounds, Ato 05, Arrabalero, Space Primo, Cifickzer, and others, and is dedicated to promote new subversive trends in Cumbia. Over the years, ADF has participated in several compila- tions released in physical and digital formats in Japan, Spain, the USA, and Mexico, and has also been featured in various Mexican and international films and series with his classic Cumbiambero style from Mexico City. In recent years, the project has moved beyond the experimental realm and become part of the Sonidero movement, the popular niche of Cumbia in Mexico, where several important Soundsystems from Puebla, Guanajuato, CDMX, Tlaxcala, Hidalgo, and other places, such as Sonido Fantasma, Sonido Famoso, Sonido Cóndor, and Sonido Pirata, among others, have spread his music, turning some tracks into Sonidero hits, such as No Puedo Olvidarte, Cumbia Azul, Vuelve mi Amor, and Cumbia Verde. In turn, with this new rise of the project in the Sonidero scene, several groups have made versions of some of these tracks, for example, the renowned Grupo Soñador, Grupo Quintana, and Los Pipopes.
Since its inception, ADF has performed Live Shows and DJ Sets at various types of events, such as venues, parties, weddings, birthdays, museums, and festivals, both nationally in CDMX, Morelia, Monte- rrey, Mérida, Oaxaca, Puebla, Tulum, Playa del Carmen, Pachuca, San Miguel Allende, Guadalajara, Querétaro, and Xalapa, and internationally in Medellín, Bogotá, Bucaramanga, Quito, Madrid, Barcelo- na, San Sebastián, Bilbao, Sevilla, Bordeaux, London, Brighton, Torino, Warsaw, Cologne, Lisbon, Los Angeles, Chicago, New York, San Diego, San Antonio, Austin, San Francisco, New Jersey, and Beijing.
