wow the biography and story of this tune is incredible

DENGUE DENGUE DENGUE AKA DDD - DOORAW (LIMA, PERU)

"Five years after the first volume, ARENA01, Agva Records is back with ARENA02, a mega-pack of almost forty tracks focusing on the experimental and hybrid club scene of Latin America.

Released in 2016, the first chapter laid the foundations of the label and unveiled a solid tracklisting composed of close and local members of the collective (Defensa, EL PLVYBXY, CHLO…) and international producers (King Doudou, Bigote).

For this second edition, the label did not go easy and gathered a real festival line-up. ARENA02 features projects from all over the continent and beyond, from emerging artists to real headliners: Dengue Dengue Dengue, Lao (NAAFI, Mexico), Bungalovv (TRRUENO, Argentina), Endgame (Precious Metal, UK), Catnapp, Doxxed, Pobvio, or even the Mexican producer who signed the revival of pre-Hispanic tribal, Ozomatecuhtli. Among others!"

Words by Philou, CxC.
Artwork by Mateo Outon
Mastered by Sky Parnes (Medix Cielx)
Management and networking by Gregorio Da Silva (El Plvybxy) & Lucero Gamerro (Rattlesnakke)

AGVA is a Net Label, Music Collective, Radio Show and Night Club based in Buenos Aires. Within the spawn of six years we met so many wonderful people and grew as independent artists and collective in an unprecedented way, this compilation being the visible tip of an iceberg of goals we never dream they would be realizable. We would like to seize this occasion to give thanks to all supporters, friends, family, artists, journalists, event promoters, dj's and others escaping this tags who participate and made this whole story's flow to lead us here.

Dengue Dengue Dengue - Dooraw

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Susobrino - The Edge (cumbia remix)

Bushbby - Oye

Remix by QECHUABOi
Design by Pounda
Mastering by Tribilin Sound

Brutal Macala - QECHUABOi Remix

Obeka - Move Like So Remixes (out on the 31st of March via Basy Tropikalne)

'Move Like So Remixes' not only reimagines 2021's EP full of Afro-Caribbean explorations courtesy of Bermuda-born producer Obeka (@djobeka) but also perfectly showcases different approaches to the art of remixing.

Take 'Test System' - a dancehall-infused track that has proven to be the most popular song from the original release with radio plays in Kampire's BBC Radio 1 residency among others - which comes back in a form of three impressively distinct versions. Influential Peruvian duo Dengue Dengue Dengue (@dengue) revisit their DNGDNGDNG alias and brilliantly come up with a rework in which jungle breaks smoothly intertwine with reggaeton. Further into the EP you can hear the voice of Swordman Kitala, a talented Ugandan MC with numerous appearances on Nyege Nyege's sister label Hakuna Kulala, who flawlessly delivers his verses in Luganda alongside original beat produced by Obeka. Last but not least, a true gem has been cooked up by DJ Danifox (@djdanifox). Strongly departing from the original, he brings his characteristic sound that ideally sets the tone for closing the release with an almost jazzy feel and a somewhat nostalgic manner (saudade, one may say).

Two remaining instrumental songs from 'Move Like So' also get new versions - and both will be perfect for your DJ sets. Title track receives a speeding up treatment from Ultima Esuna, Mexican artist already gathering much deserved attention for her dancehall-leaning compositions that earned her a place on the 2022 Nervous Horizon compilation. And then there's Bandicut, one of the key figures in the Lisbon's global bass scene, who went all out and delivered a true banger making use of the West African drums from the original song.

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Artwork: Ala Lesiala (www.instagram.com/lesiala/ www.instagram.com/precel.studio/ )
Mastering: Mentalcut (www.instagram.com/mentalcut/)
Special thanks to Pablo Pascual aka Pambulo

Obeka - Test System (DNGDNGDNG Remix)

@ignacio-la-conga - Sacabocado (feat. @plvybxy) (taken from 'Abran Cancha', out on the 28th of April via @eck-echo)

Ignacio La Conga is a trio with an already impressive line up - @r-o-o-i, @facundo-fernandez-alberdi and @medixcielx have all played crucial roles in numerous undertakings in the Argentinian alternative music scene in the past years. Add EL PLVYBXY to the mix and you end up with a dream collaboration that luckily did happen and resulted in a track called 'Sacabocado' which is a first single from their upcoming EP 'Abran Cancha'. A follow-up to Ignacio La Conga's 2021's 'Donde Se Quiebran Las Hachas' once again seamlessly merges Latin American folklore and electronic music production creating space to present the traditional genres in a new, somewhat darker and equally alluring, environment.

[PREMIERE] Ignacio La Conga - Sacabocado (feat. EL PLVYBXY) (Eck Echo)

Cumbia Amazonica

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Los Defensores - Pandilla (Dengue Dengue Dengue Remix) taken from Humos EP Vol. 3, the last part of the vinyl release series celebrating 10th anniversary of @dengue 

The story of this track dates back to 2015 when during my stay in Peru I got to spend a week in Lamas, a lovely town in the Peruvian part of the Amazon rainforest. One day, while waiting for food in the nearby village called Tabalosos, I suddenly heard very raw and intensive music based on fast percussive rhythms that seemed endless. Until that point I was rather surrounded by salsa, cumbia, reggaeton and música criolla so such vigorous sound came to me as a total shock and got me hooked instantly. It turned out that this music was pandilla, a queen of Amazonian folklore.

Thanks to Nelly Valverde and her family I got my hands on a CD filled with over eight hours of pandilla recordings. Fortunately I kept it safe, subconsciously understanding the great value of this material. Few months later I started Basy Tropikalne (back then operating simply as a radio show only) and some time after that I began searching for information about pandilla - which turned out to be almost nonexistent in English and very limited even in Spanish. I fantasized how amazing it would be to translate it into electronic music and hence introduce a new, completely fresh genre. In order to be culturally consistent I thought that it should be done by Peruvian producers - and when you think of electronic music and Peru, Dengue Dengue Dengue come into your head first.

Amazingly enough, the duo liked the idea and after our first meeting in real life in early 2018 it became clear that the project will be continued. It was firstly announced to the public later that year when Dengue Dengue Dengue got to perform at the opening night of the world-renowned Unsound Festival with a special show that focused on this concept of pandilla explorations - it was the first time that this genre was presented to a broader audience outside of Peru.

The track that we are premiering here opens another chapter by showcasing pandilla in the environment of electronic music within an official release. It was based on the recording of a group from Tarapoto called Los Defensores and it cleverly highlights the crucial elements of the genre - melodies played on wind instrument in very high notes and steady percussive sections - turning the song into a mesmerizing gem.

[PREMIERE] Los Defensores - Pandilla (Dengue Dengue Dengue Remix)

Dedicado para las comunidades Afro ecuatorianas, especialmente para Chalguayacu, que pese a estos momentos difíciles siguen en pie y unidos.   @Kaifo @entranas
tema masterizado por Oscar Bahamonde (Fantoche)

Kaifo x Entrañas _ Caña Negra

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[PREMIERE] Los Defensores - Pandilla (Dengue Dengue Dengue Remix)

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