NAUYAKA

Nauyaka biography
Nauyaka is an eclectic progressive rock project founded in 2023 by Mexican composer and musician Tizok, who has been involved in multiple progressive rock projects in his home country since 2000. Tizok graduated from the UNAM Faculty of Music before participating in several underground groups in Mexico City and founding his first personal project Erehía in 2000 which released one album that fits into the genre of Rock In Opposition and featured contributions from Nazca bassist Jorge Gaitán.

Nauyaka is Tizok's fourth project after Erehía, Zolnegro (2007-2014) and Rock And Nauatl (2015-2022) and its first album 9 Ritualez was released on September 21 (the International Day of Progressive Rock), 2024. It is a concept album that narrates the purification of the soul through a process of 9 rites, which are the titles of the nine instrumental pieces. The work on the concepts of rituals is due to fact that Tizok (who carried out all composition, interpretation, sequence programming, mixing and musical production on the album) has previously done research into his ancestral cultures of Mesoamerica.