Mexican musician Fernando Corona, alias Murcof, has spent the last two decades exploring the intersections between contemporary club music and the avant-garde of classical music. He can be ranked among the classics of the IDM genre, combining elements of ambient, drone music, minimalism, and industrial in his work.

Fernando Corona has been involved in music since the late 1980s, playing in rock and jazz bands. His electronic alter ego, Murcof, was born at the turn of the millennium when he began sampling modern classical compositions and blending them with minimal techno. After an initial fascination with British progressive rock, he discovered Iannis Xenakis and György Ligeti, citing as further influences composers from the former Soviet Union who were in conflict with the power structure—such as Giya Kancheli, Sofia Gubaidulina, and Alfred Schnittke. He made a significant impact right from his 2002 debut Martes, which bridges electronics with Latin American tradition. He has recorded and performed with artists such as trumpeter Erik Truffaz and pianist Vanessa Wagner, and he can without exaggeration be considered one of the most original creators of electronic and ambient music.