In Berlin (1996) seven musicians from the different worlds (“dos mundos”) of Latin America and Europe and all from completely different back-grounds joined forces.Mariachi dos Mundos define the appealing sounds of the Mexican Mariachi in a new way. They play the happy familiar themes of Mexican music side by side with the sounds of melancholy boleros, swinging cumbias and laid-back Cuban son, using classical string arrangements along with wild interludes from the brass section. On their 3rd CD with ORIENTE they improve their fascinating mixture of dance rhythms and musical virtuosity with just a pinch of self-irony.Still taking traditional songs as their starting point, these musicians constantly extend their musical repertoire with their own compositions and with new arrangements of Latin classics like Perfidia and Samba pa ti.