Cochemea’s new piece “Omeyocan” continues his journey through the ceremonial and ancestral sonic language he’s cultivated over recent years. Based in Brooklyn with Yaqui and Chicano heritage, the saxophonist channels a meditative, percussion-driven aesthetic rooted in Indigenous spirituality and minimalist repetition.

“Omeyocan” draws its name from the Aztec concept of the highest heaven, the place of duality. The track is carried by interlocking hand percussion and deep-toned reeds, with occasional dissonant flute bursts that gesture toward trance and ritual. Cochemea’s use of breath, silence, and cyclical rhythm gives the piece a grounded weight, resisting embellishment in favour of presence and invocation.

This marks another preview of his forthcoming album Vol. III: Ancestros Futuros, out via Daptone Records, which promises further excavations of memory, ancestry, and inner space.

You can pre-order the album HERE