Drop of energy

The first of Shika Shika´s new #Botanas collection of singles and remixes we are delighted to present the first official release by Uji, aka Luis Maurette from Lulacruza featuring the Argentine trio Femina with remixes by the Shika Shika family.

"Romper el Hechizo" is a cover of “Orere Elijigbo” (1979) by Nigerian twins the Lijadu Sisters called “Romper el Hechizo” (‘Break the Spell’, in English).

Botanas: Romper el Hechizo

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Uji - Romper El Hechizo feat. Femina

Remix de santeria!

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Abriendo Las Puertas - Santeria (Lagartijeando Remix)

Cumbia Amazonica

Apocalypso Now!

Salvador Araguaya - Apocalypso Now!

Cerrero - Cuando canto grito feat. Lucía Pulido
Produced, recorded and mixed by Diego Gómez
Mastered by Matt Colton in Alchemy Mastering
Vocals: Lucía Pulido
Guitars: Juan Miguel Sosa
Written by Diego Gómez
Lyrics based on the poem "Las mujeres que cuando cantan" by María Paz Guerrero

Cerrero, navega entre las raíces del sonido colombiano y la producción dubera. En su segunda entrega, Cuando canto grito, parece atravesar cordilleras junto a la voz de Lucía Pulido, la poesía de María Paz Guerrero y la guitarra sutil de Juan Miguel Sosa, creando una atmósfera hipnótica y firmemente afincada en el poderío femenino de los Andes.

Sobre la historia detrás de este nuevo tema, Diego Gómez nos cuenta:
Cuando canto grito es la segunda parte de la colaboración con Lucía Pulido para Cerrero, mi proyecto en solitario. La letra es la adaptación del poema Las mujeres que cuando cantan de María Paz Guerrero, una gran amiga que ha dedicado su vida a la poesía. Aprovechando una corta visita de Lucía a Bogotá, nos reunimos en el estudio a grabar las voces sobre una idea de melodía sencilla que tenía a partir de unas guitarras que había grabado con Juan Miguel Sosa, un gran guitarrista de música popular colombiana. El resto fue subir las partes al sampler y darle forma con la consola. Lo repetitivo, la voz y la palabra, tres poderes.
En la imagen que acompaña a  Cuando canto grito, la artista bogotana Karolina Bebop nos sigue dando pistas sobre el enigmático universo que habita Cerrero, el más reciente proyecto de Llorona Records.

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Cerrero´s sound blends colombian roots music with electronic aesthetics and dub production techniques. His second single, Cuando canto grito, presents powerful legendary Singer Lucía Pulido performing an adaptation of Las Mujeres que cuando cantan a poem by young colombian Poet María Paz Guerrero. The subtle and intimate guitar, sampled flutes and minimalistic percussion creates an hipnotic track that serves perfectly to the powerful words sung by Lucía. 
Cerrero, brainchild of Llorona Records´ Diego Gómez, keeps releasing previews of the upcoming EP in the making.

Cerrero - Cuando canto grito feat. Lucía Pulido

Remixes del track "Ser o Tener", extraído del compilado New Latam Beats From Chile, el cual es un tributo a los sonidos ancestrales precolombinos. 

New Latam Beats From Chile 
newlatambeats.bandcamp.com/releases

released October 29, 2018 

Masterización: Álvaro Ernesto 
Arte: Tomás Ives

Ser o Tener

Carla Valenti - Ser O Tener (Salvador Araguaya Remix)

@a_cigarra

It was in September 2016 that Basy Tropikalne began operating as a netlabel and the first release came in a form of a Latin American compilation. Following the success of that album – which was featured among others by Indie Hoy, Cassette Blog, Sounds and Colours and tropicalbass.com - now it is time for a second installment which brings as many as eighteen previously unreleased tracks by a mixture of already recognized and rising and promising producers from all over the continent.

This massive compilation starts with Cigarra who has been doing an amazing work promoting female producers from Latin America with her work as the manager of Hystereofônica platform. Her uplifting track is followed by extremely talented Di Laif from Guatamela who came up with a deep and ominous composition called ‘Ominous’. Next up are the wonderful minds of Rafa Caivano and Lisandro Sona for whom this may actually be the last song in a long time under the alias of Klik & Frik as their big comeback with the Frikstailers project is planned for the next month. Right after them there are two fellow Argentinians – Maich presents delicate ‘Verde’ with a Caribbean touch whereas Kaleema turns to Africa and focuses her production on field recordings from Kenya.

Another remix and at the same time the longest track on the release comes from Liman producer Renzo Zong who has tried his chances on ‘Niña Salvaje’ by Jorge Mestanza and María Cristina Simon and changed it into something more profound. Subsequent track belongs to Inti Kunza, Santiago de Chile underground legend and one of the La Chimba Discos founders who jumps in with the hypnotizing ‘Peuma’. ‘Balada de Aventurança’, in turn, is delivered by Brazil’s Projeto Mujique who once again proves his skills in mixing the guitar sounds with electronic music.

Moving on we bump into a magical moment of witnessing the first ever collaboration between some of Costa Rica’s finest artists: producer Nillo and vocalist Javier Arce who created a masterpiece titled ‘Lamento de Aïa’. Then we are treated with back-to-back tracks from Buenos Aires-based acts as hard-hitting Camanchaca duo’s ‘Seneca’ is followed by a decent song from Uruguay-born Xanducero (just listen to this wonderful drums in the second part of ‘Aguilucho en mi Ventana’…).

After that there is the fastest track on the whole album with Ecuador’s Ataw Allpa remixing last year’s ‘Candirú’, the effect of collaboration between himself and Brazilian DJ Nirso who also appears on ‘Basy Tropikalne # 2 (Latin America)’ just few tracks further into the release. Brazil is also where ElPeche hails from and his major contribution to the compilation was not only mastering it but also handing over his own composition called ‘Cuicwah’.

‘Daisukidesu’ is a work by Argentina-born Germany-based Kumbale Records founder Pocho who created a kind of cinematic cumbia song sampling anime – hence its Japanese title. Ore Rüb , the name of the next project, may sound mysterious but the producer behind it is no other than Andreh Torres, previously known as Nacho Libre. It is a great honor to present the debut track of his new alias in the Basy Tropikalne release.

Beautiful and melodic ‘Renjasé’ by Mr. Toé of Konn Recordings perfectly introduces the true gem that is hidden at the very end of the compilation. Colombia's Cerrero and El León Pardo once again reinterpreted one of the Afro-Colombian legendary groups to create a magnificent dub remix of a classic song.

Cigarra - Dona Gira

una re-version del clasico Fox Incaico, Rosas Y Espinas, interpretado por el Conjunto CAIFE. 

Este edit fue hecho en el 2015, y ha estado guardado en el baúl desde entonces. Ahora, celebrando nuestra alianza con Honest Jon's, empiezan a salir estas joyitas.

https://www.quitocultura.info/event/honest-jons-presents-discos-caife/?fbclid=IwAR1D2XkIQrQfYAPJ_ErfEMGpMX1d_DKSrUY5aSjv3gITDr_RmIz21GASwvA

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Conjunto CAIFE - Rosas Y Espinas (fox Incaico) [Quixosis edit]

El nuevo álbum del productor colombiano Jacobo Polanía a.k.a. Mente Organica marca su vuelta al estudio y a su país, luego de vivir más de un año en Europa. Grabado en ese barrio de Bogotá (Chapinero), el disco maneja energías y velocidades diferentes, pero marcadas por el uso de melodías, claves y motivos latinoamericanos, abarcando desde la cumbia a la salsa, todo ello ejecutado y gestionado a partir de elementos clara y evidentemente electrónicos. Ya desde la primera escucha se configura como un disco nocturno, ofreciendo diferentes temas y climas para diferentes noches. Como ya sucediera en su anterior álbum Ojos (Fertil Discos, 2018), Jacobo hace un particular uso de la voz, cuyo tratamiento se acerca más al pop que a las producciones típicamente electrónicas. Pequeñas frases, mantras de lo cotidiano o de episodios festivos, se repiten hasta hacerse familiares. En Cumbia Afrodisíaca la voz de Mcpto agrega una sensualidad lenta y firme a la base cumbiera. Y en el resto del disco aparecen elementos ácidos, de mínimal techno, samples de Palenque, sintetizadores de todo tipo, cajas de ritmo… la mezcla exacta de quien llega al trópico proveniente del reino del tecno, y se encierra solo en un estudio.

Disponible desde el próximo 12 de Junio de 2020

ENGLISH

MARINERO EN CHAPINERO
Going back home feels like an after party

Mente Organica’s new album was recorded after he went back to his country and his studio, after more than one year in Europe. The title refers to the famous quarter of Chapinero, in Bogotá. Just as it happens there, the record mixes very different energies and velocities, all of them coloured by latin american melodies, keys and motives. From cumbia to salsa, everything is executed with purely electronic means. RIght from the beginning, the record brings us to a nocturnal mood, providing different climates and textures for different nights.Just as he did in his previous album Ojos (Fertil Discos, 2018), Jacobo has a very peculiar way of using voices, closer to pop music than to the usual electronic productions. Short sentences, every-day-mantras, brief episodes - they are repeated subtly but steadily until they become familiar. In Cumbia Afrodisiaca, Mcpto’s voice adds a slow and firm sensuality to the cumbia base. In addition to latin american rhythms, the record includes acid and minimal techno elements, Palenque samples, synths of all kinds, rhythm machines… the exact balance for someone arriving in a tropical country, seeking to spend some time in the studio after living two years in the land of techno.

OUT 12th JUNE

Cumbia Afrodisiaca

Original version written by William Palchukán, colombian folklore master. This remix version produced by Lascivio Bohemia. Buy: https://edmoonrec.bandcamp.com/album/tributo
Lascivio Bohemia: https://facebook.com/lasciviobohemiaec
Quito, Ecuador 2020.

William Palchukán - Indio Cúper (Lascivio Bohemia remix)

Felices de compartirles el segundo corte de World Riddims Vol.6!!
En esta ocasión damos la bienvenida a " @djraff ", reconocido productor originario de Santiago (Chile), presentando "El Trip" . Una pieza llena de energía que nos transporta hacia algun lugar místico del Caribe, fusionando cajas electrónicas de ritmos con percusiones orgánicas y melodías hipnóticas.
Fuego para la pista de baile!

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We're happy to share with you the second single of World Riddims 6!! This time we welcome the London based (Chilean-born) music producer "Dj Raff" presenting "El Trip", an amazing track full of energy that transport us to some mystic place into the Caribbean landscapes, blending electronic drum machines with organic percussions and hypnotic melodies . 
Fire to the dancefloor!

Mastering: Santiago Sanchez
Cover: Felipe Granda

Free download will be available with the full World Riddims 6 release , late in June 2020, stay tuned!

Dj Raff - El Trip

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Cigarra - Dona Gira

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