Over three years in the making, ZIK ZAK is an African musical odyssey, featuring some of the freshest talent from ten countries on the mother continent. Tying this remarkable range of artists together are German production team ANCIENT ASTRONAUTS, weaving the vocal talents of the African singers into their distinctive “Boom Dub” sound. Drawing on Hip Hop, Dancehall, Roots Reggae, Bass Music, Soul, Electronica and Breakbeat, the production incorporates live instruments and musical influences from all over Africa and its diaspora. 

The concept behind all these tracks is ZIK ZAK (“Zig-Zag” in English), mapping out each artist’s life of tragedy and success, of compromise and integrity, in a context of global inequality and ruthless capitalism. This album responds to the urgent need to understand the daily struggle for survival by creative artists and musicians from the global south. Each artist gives a unique voice to their rocky way through the contemporary African landscape, revealing a new perspective from a different city, country, religion, and ideology. This is ZIK ZAK.

It's easy to forget how much harder it is for artists and musicians to survive away from the relative comfort of the richer parts of the world. In Africa, employment levels are shockingly low and the welfare state non-existent, so that most artists live in a state of constant precariousness, with nothing to fall back on when the music industry fails to pay. Yet the mainstream African music industry constantly feeds us a capitalist wet dream, with fantastical images of artists living a “bling-bling” lifestyle of fast cars, swimming pools and supermodels with inflated chests. The artists featured on ZIK ZAK have all rejected this preposterous mythology, instead bringing us real messages from their everyday lives, demonstrating more talent, creativity and authenticity in a single album, than in a lifetime of over-produced, commercial music videos.

In ZIK ZAK, particular focus is on the intense and vibrant scene in Uganda, where local, mutant forms of Afrobeats and Dancehall have evolved away from the more familiar, globalized products of Nigeria and Jamaica. ANCIENT ASTRONAUTS established a base and partnership with local studio East African Records, allowing them to dig deep in the wells of talent in Uganda’s capital, Kampala. Elsewhere, they established friendships and musical relationships with enlightened artists as far afield as Mozambique, Nigeria, Tanzania, Kenya, Burkina Faso, Togo, Guinea and Senegal. 

The ZIK ZAK project has provided these underground African artists an opportunity to reach a new worldwide audience, building on the success of ANCIENT ASTRONAUTS. This German production duo – aka DOGU and KABANJAK - have been working together since 2001, producing and touring with some of the biggest names in the alternative music scene: The Pharcyde, Tippa Irie, Akua Naru, The Jungle Brothers, Raashan Ahmad, DJ Brace, Nickodemus, Thievery Corporation, BANTU and many more. They are respected for their ethical and activist stance, as well as for their ground-breaking music: recently they were commissioned by Pulitzer-Prize-winning author Ian Urbina to work on the soundtrack to his important environmental book: “The Outlaw Ocean”. 

For the ANCIENT ASTRONAUTS, thus new album is an important project both musically and ideologically. In their own words: “With ZIK ZAK, we want to give a platform to young talents from Africa that are too good to ignore – they must be heard internationally. Africa is our motherland too, in the end. Civilization comes from Africa and that´s where rhythm comes from. After too many years of slavery and exploitation of the African countries, it is time to shine light on the great talent of Mother Africa.”

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ARTIST: 		Marie Spaemann, Christian Bakanic, [dunkelbunt]
©  2021 Transglobal District Records 

⇨ All platforms: http://hyperurl.co/ideocello 
⇨ Bandcamp: https://dunkelbunt.bandcamp.com/track/ideocello-dunkelbunt-remix 
⇨ Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/track/7iCG7sMFiHzWTFZN7SZi7m?si=JNBcv5KrSHuz50qGCpS5gA 
⇨ itunes: https://geo.itunes.apple.com/de/album/id1562841020?at=1l3v9Tx&app=itunes 
⇨ Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/dunkelbunt/ideocello-marie-spaemann-christian-bakanic-dunkelbunt-remix 
⇨ Deezer: https://deezer.page.link/S2jrDrVpcNbURy2PA 
⇨ Apple Music: https://geo.itunes.apple.com/de/album/id1562841020?at=1l3v9Tx&app=itunes 
⇨ Juno Download: https://www.junodownload.com/products/marie-spaemann-chrstian-bakanic-ideocello-dunkelbunt-remix/5059280-02/?track_number=1 
⇨ Youtube: https://youtu.be/zmNevlCl6TA 


EN 
Ideocello, remixed by Dunkelbunt, is a dapper, head-nodding tune for all you cool cats out there. Dancing while sitting still – sway to the music with Dunkelbunt! The virtuoso duo “Marie and Spaceman” and “Christian Bakanic” deliver the goods with an ingenious melancholy-tinged kaleidoscope of sounds, consisting of cello, accordion, which electro maestro “Ulf Lindemann” aka Dunkelbunt stamps with his unmistakable hallmark. The original is to be found on the duo’s album, “Metamorphosis” (LP “020). The remix is available on digital as well as dubplate.

DE 
„Ideocello" im Dunkelbunt Remix ist ein gediegener Kopfnickersound für alle coolen Cats. Tanzen im Sitzen – Schunkeln mit Dunkelbunt! Das virtuose Duo um „Marie Spaemann“ und „Christian Bakanic“ liefert einen melancholisch-genialen Klangteppich aus Cello und Akkordeon, den der Elektroniker „Ulf Lindemann“ alias „Dunkelbunt“ mit seiner unverkennbaren Handschrift versieht. Das Original findet sich auf dem Album des Duo’s „Metamorphosis“ (LP 2020). Der Remix ist sowohl Digital als auch auf Dubplate erhältlich.

Ideocello - Marie Spaemann & Christian Bakanic [dunkelbunt remix]

DIGITAL ⇨ All platforms http://hyperurl.co/lemoncello
DUBPLATE https://dunkelbunt.bandcamp.com/album/lemon-cello-dubplate 

© 2021 Transglobal District Records
 www.dunkelbunt.org

written by Ulf Lindemann, Lisa Cantabile, Marie Spaemann, Christian Bakanic
produced, recorded and mixed by Ulf Lindemann
mastered by Alexander Vagatin  

ARTIST: [dunkelbunt], Lisa Cantabile, Marie Spaemann, Christian Bakanic

Vocals: Lisa Cantabile
Cello: Marie Spaemann
Accordeon: Christian Bakanic
Guitar: Alexander Valentin
Piano, Organ, Bass, Synthesizer, Vibraphone, Drums, programming: Ulf Lindemann

With “Lemon Cello” Dunkelbunt composes a “Chanson Electronique”. Sonically situated somewhere between Vienna and Paris, rhythmically an homage to the dormant dance and club culture. The longing is audible. “Tout le monde est là, embrasse moi, on va on va fêter ça!” which means roughly: All the world is there, embrace me and that’s what we are celebrating! With these words the singer “Lisa Cantabile” evokes the current zeitgeist. DJ and producer Ulf Lindemann uses the original theme of “Ideocello” – a song from the cello-accordion duo “Marie Spaemann” and “Christian Bakonic” - as an harmonic substructure, from which he weaves a Dunkelbunt sound tapestry par excellence.

Lemon Cello - [dunkelbunt], Lisa Cantabile, Marie Spaemann, Christian Bakanic

Written & Produced by Itay Berger at Kukan Studio-tel aviv, israel. Guitar by Shahar Ben Meir.

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Pepouze remix by SIKADA

Special thanks to : Timboletti, Sikada, Cardamohm, BAM, Umeme Afrorave, Baja Frequencia, Momo & all the followers !!!

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Global Hybrid Records released "Birds Talk" by Fanfara Electronica as [GHR06]

Sometimes, there is a special energy, a little something happen and songs come out. 
This EP is a compilation of diferents energies and sounds we produced from a year now, every track have is own history, is own vibes. You know, this kind of songs who stay in the machines for ever, but this time, we decide to make an EP with some of them and we hope you gonna enjoy it !

Yes sometimes we sell music on Bandcamp, 1€ for a track, it's a only way we make profit with our productions, and for now, all the money goes to Global Hybrid Records, to produce others artists and make it better. You can find all our music on Soundcloud, youtube etc. and if you ask, we always have a download link with mp3 versions.

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Official clip of Ancient Samuraï by Tôhm (Fanfara E. producer) here : 
www.youtube.com/watch?v=zAmnfXnnYbo

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Credits
released November 15, 2017

Prod. by Fanfara Electronica 
Mix by Steven Barnes aka BAM
Clip by Tôhm

~all rights reserved~

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Hey Folks, time for some "Bäss in de Äss", don't you think?

this heavy Bass, deep Drop and fast Hats Mix from Spring 2020 is a stricly foward #Breakbeat #Bass #Partyhard Badass for your saturday evening booty workout in your solo Quarantine-Disco!

With Tracks from my alltime favourite @StantonWarriors @MARTEN_HORGER @DJDeekline and many more. Big shouts for @theonlymerlyn for those dopebassbooties.

may the Bäss be with you!

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The Ancient Astronauts are Kabanjak and Dogu, a bulletproof production and DJ duo hailing from Cologne, Germany. The phenomenon of “ancient astronauts, “a belief that extraterrestrial beings visited Earth in ancient times to mingle and trade ideas with early human civilizations”, isn’t an alien concept to these Ancient Astronauts.  The cross-pollination and mash-up of ideas, sounds, styles, and a collaborative spirit are their modus operandi.
Although, the long-time friends are quick to admit that they are not followers of the German music scene, Kabanjak notes, “for us music is and will always be an international phenomena”, and Ancient Astronauts are certainly not afraid to draw on influences from international artists and styles.
Self described as a “mash up of the distant past and far future”; these time travelers´ music is a mystic brew born out of an eclectic mix of ideas, sounds and styles. 
Already having remixed and collaborated with AM & Shawn Lee, Nickodemus, Fort Knox Five, Ladybug Mecca (Digable Planets), Zion I, The Pharcyde, Azeem, Analogik, Subatomic Sound System & Anthony B, Bajka, Vieux Farka Toure, Raashan Ahmad, Bajka, DJ Brace and Tippa Irie, the Ancient Astronauts always link up with a quality selection of sonic collaborators. 
 “At an early stage we realized that we are both big music heads so we started running parties in our hometown together”. Those parties became the catalyst for a production team that never forgot its roots. They specialize in diversity loosely glued together by a single thread. Like a good party, you don’t just listen to the music, you experience it. 
In 2001 Dogu of Ancient Astronauts started his own label Switchstance Recordings, which was developed as a way of allowing them total musical freedom. The label soon gathered momentum and built up an impressive international fan base. Switchstance Recordings is now famous in international club circles for the integrity of its production and style.

www.ancientastronauts.de


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