AYA Records, imprint of the pioneering Latin American label, ZZK Records, transports listeners to Andean Amazonia with its first release, Respira, by Mateo Kingman. 

Kingman, 24, is a singer-songwriter of Ecuadorian Amazonian music that fuses traditional Latin American sounds with hip-hop, rock, and pop. Respira, his debut album, is an energy overload that sings of biodiversity, sketching natural landscapes of magic and water colors. It is infused with sounds guiding the listener from the jungle and to high mountains, between the tangle of trees and the meandering sound of the wind on the moors. 

Kingman's childhood was spent in Macas, a small town in the Amazon, where he was exposed to the cultural richness of the Shuar community and Amazonian mythologies. There his feet grew calloused on mountain grass, there he dove in the Amazonian rivers searching for ancient sounds of water devils. He walked narrow, muddy roads, hearing the cries of the wild, of the Amazonian nymphs, of the dense green. In this environment, Kingman began experimenting with the guitar, drums, and traditional instruments. He began exploring the universal nature of music, which ties the finite and small human condition, full of passions hard to understand, with the cosmic, the chaotic, and the infinite. 

After a brief interlude pursuing semi-professional sports (100 meter hurdles), Kingman moved to Quito in 2012 and launched his music career. Just a few short years later, he finds himself at the forefront of the Latin American music scene emerging out of Ecuador, both as a soloist and a member of the band EVHA. 

Respira exemplifies this sound, fusing electronic with organic and acoustic in order to create a musical oxymoron: chaotic harmony. Inspired by artists such as Simón Díaz, Atahualpa Yupanqui, Violeta Parra, Juaneco y Su Combo, Control Machete, Bomba Estereo, Sidestepper and Café Tacvba, the album combines samples and synthesizers, with organic sounds he records himself in rivers, forests, and mountains. Kingman's lyrics connect the concrete jungle with the past of four million years of human life historically tied to the natural world. His soundscapes are full of the spiritual energy of all that is good, of what makes us dance to scare away the demons. His fiery voice constantly stabs at the melodies, spilling out the verses with rap and timbres of traditional songs. 

With the swagger of Calle 13 and the groove of Manu Chao, Mateo Kingman is ready to show you his world. Respira is out on August 12 on AYA Records, and will be available everywhere.

Mateo Kingman - Respira

Ana Tijoux - Sacar La Voz (feat. Jorge Drexler)

Evelyn Cornejo: Solo Tú

Un reggae hecho en el año 2008 con mis amigos Tiano Bless y Mistah Dijah.

Hombre De La Jungla

10 Chiquitita

RASTRILLOS - TIEMPO DE HIBRIDOS

Respira

Mi Pana

Agua Santa

Levanta

Ragasonico

Se Va

Lluvia

Sendero del Monte

Byt bus es un paisaje sonoro incluido en el Álbum "Mi Oaxaca" de la cantante mexicana Eugenia León.

Tema que vió su origen en el tradicional concierto móvil de los aniversarios de la banda, música en vivo sobre un autobús que recorre las principales calles de la ciudad de Oaxaca invitando a los transeuntes a subir y vivir un concierto sobre ruedas

Byt Band

Byt Bus

Cancion creada y compuesta entre el 2012 y el 2013 
Grabada en Santiago de Chile,
mesclada y masterizada en DF, Mexico
Unification Riddim hecho por The Scrucialist, Banda Reggae de Basel, Suiza
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AYA is a new imprint of ZZK Records focused on contemporary Latin American musical expressions.  Our focus is to provide a solid platform for exciting new sounds to be seen and heard.  We may even throw in a couple surprises in the mix just to keep things interesting.

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