Raymix

Edmundo Gómez Moreno (born 17 February 1991), known professionally as Raymix, is a Mexican musician and aerospace engineer. Nicknamed ("The King of Electrocumbia"), he started his music career in the early 2010s as part of the trance project Light & Wave, alongside two other Mexican musicians. Their song "Feeling the City" was featured on A State of Trance, a radio show Armin van Buuren hosts. In 2013, Raymix participated in an educational internship at NASA, where he contributed to the development of a satellite.

Around 2015, Raymix rose to prominence with the song "Oye Mujer", which became popular among sellers, , and illegal music distributors. He later signed with Universal Music Latin Entertainment and, in 2018, released his debut album Oye Mujer. That same year, the title track was Colombian singer Juanes. The song topped both the Billboard Regional Mexican Airplay and Tropical Airplay charts. Additionally, it reached number 6 on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 chart and has been certified 14× Latin by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) and Diamond + 2× Platinum by the Asociación Mexicana de Productores de Fonogramas y Videogramas (AMPROFON). Following Oye Mujer, Raymix has released three additional albums: Te Voy a Conquistar (2022), Mi Otra Mitad (2023) and Canto de un Ángel (2024).

Early life and artistry Edmundo Gómez Moreno was born on 17 February 1991, in San José El Vidrio, a community located in Nicolás Romero, State of Mexico. Multiple members of his family are musicians, including his grandfather, his cousin, As a child, Gómez learned to play the keyboard, and his father taught him Los Tigres del Norte songs.

Around this time, Gómez was studying aerospace engineering at the Instituto Politécnico Nacional, in Mexico City, specializing in space systems. During his time at NASA, he listened to cumbia music and, in 2014, he composed "Oye Mujer". According to Gómez, Alberto Pedraza (composer of "Guaracha sabrosona") lent him his loudspeakers, and with two cellphones and 3,000 pesos he recorded a music video for the song.

Raymix defines his music style as a mixture of electronic music subgenres, such as trance, house, chill-out, and ambient, a fusion he refers to as "electrocumbia". His stage name is a combination of a nickname, "Ray", and "Mix", reflecting his interest in electronic music; the name was coined by a friend during their time in college.

Career 2015–2019: Breakthrough and Oye Mujer

"Oye Mujer" gained popularity among and was widely distributed through informal channels, including pirated copies sold in markets. The album peaked at number three on the Billboard Regional Mexican Albums chart, number seven on the Heatseekers Albums chart, number nine on the Tropical Albums chart, and number fourteen on the Top Latin Albums chart. On 25 February 2020, the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) certified Oye Mujer 2× Latin , and in Mexico, the album was certified Platinum by the Asociación Mexicana de Productores de Fonogramas y Videogramas (AMPROFON).

In April 2018, a remixed version of "Oye Mujer" was released as a duet with Colombian singer Juanes. By the end of the year, the song was the most-performed song on both charts. It also peaked at number seven on the Hot Latin Songs, and number six on the Bubbling Under Hot 100. In Mexico, the song topped the Top 20 chart, and reached number nine on the national Airplay chart. On 25 February 2020, the RIAA certified "Oye Mujer" 14× Latin , certifying 840,000 copies sold. It peaked at number three on the Billboard Regional Mexican Airplay, all of them received an AMPROFON certification. The remix of "Oye Mujer" and "Dónde Estarás" became the 12th and 33rd most-played songs of 2018, respectively.

2019–2022: Fake Lover and Te Voy a Conquistar

In 2019, Raymix released his extended play (EP) Fake Lover. Later, Raymix joined Georgel, Esteman, Celso Piña and Mexican Institute of Sound (MIS) with a remix of Juan Gabriel's "El Noa Noa". In March 2020, Raymix collaborated with Mexican pop singer Paulina Rubio on the song "Tú y Yo". In the US, it reached number three on the Tropical Airplay chart, number 16 on the Regional Mexican Airplay chart, In Mexico, it topped the Top 20 chart, the Popular Airplay chart, and the Airplay chart. The following month, he worked with Karla Vallín in "Te Quito la Pena".

On 5 June 2020, Raymix came out as gay in a video, Raymix shared that he was young during this relationship, while the other person was not interested in a serious commitment. It reached number 18 on the Mexican Airplay chart, In December of the same year, he remixed "Prisionero" by Chilean singer Gepe; the result was titled "Prisionero (De la Cumbia)" and had a record production by MIS.

Raymix released his second studio album, Te Voy a Conquistar, on 14 January 2022. The album features many of his releases that followed Oye Mujer. The title song, released with NZO, reached number five on both the Mexican Airplay chart and Regional Mexican Airplay chart. The album marked a more personal turn in his music, with lyrics that explored themes of identity and self-acceptance. Drawing on his own experiences, Raymix used Mi Otra Mitad to reflect on emotional growth and relationships, including the complexities of living openly as a gay artist in a traditionally conservative genre as well as the search for connection and completeness, both in romantic terms and in the broader journey of self-discovery. The album included the duet "El Final de Nuestra Historia", performed with Grupo Quintanna. It peaked at number seven on the Regional Mexican Airplay chart. That year, he also toured the United States and performed at Mexico City Pride. In 2019, Raymix was nominated at the 31st Lo Nuestro Awards for Revelation Artist of the Year, Regional Mexican Male Artist of the Year and Regional Mexican Song of the Year for "Oye Mujer". He was nominated at the 6th iHeartRadio Music Awards for Best New Latin Artist. At the 26th Billboard Latin Music Awards Raymix won Regional Mexican Song of the Year, and was nominated to New Artist of the Year, Regional Mexican Artist of the Year and Regional Mexican Album of the Year for Oye Mujer. He won Favorite Regional Mexican Album at the 5th Annual Latin American Music Awards for Oye Mujer.

In 2020, Raymix was nominated at the 32nd Lo Nuestro Awards for Regional Mexican Artist of the Year and Video of the Year for "Tú Eres la Razón (Electrocumbia Remake)". In 2021, along with Paulina Rubio, Raymix was nominated for Regional Mexican Cumbia Song of the Year for "Tú y Yo" at the 33rd Lo Nuestro Awards. In 2022, he was nominated for Regional Mexican Cumbia Song of the Year for "Llámame" at the 34th Lo Nuestro Awards.