I love going on a deep musical journey with an audience. Slowly and steadily seducing dancers with tantalizing grooves, building the trance. From there going to epic peaks and also gentle but mesmerizing breaks, re-charging for another wave of colorful dancefloor pleasure.

Ecstatic Dance sets

Buy: https://lnk.to/zzksoundvol4 

ZZK Records Presents ZZK Sound Vol. 4

Born out of an underground Buenos Aires party and first launched in 2008, ZZK Records has spent more than a decade at the forefront of Latin American music, carving out space for artists putting a futuristic (and often electronic) spin on classic rhythms and folklore traditions. Along the way, the label spread across the globe and helped launch a few stars—Nicola Cruz, Chancha Vía Circuito, La Yegros and Son Rompe Pera among them—but ZZK’s search for new artists, sounds and perspectives is never complete.

ZZK Sound Vol. 4 brings together a fresh crop of talent from across Latin America, along with a pair of choice selections from veteran acts Maga Bo (Brazil) and Tremor (Argentina). Compiled by ZZK co-founder DJ Nim—the label’s original A&R (and Chancha Vía Circuito’s older brother), he’d actually taken a five-year hiatus from the project prior to 2020—the compilation’s origins can be traced back to the early days of the pandemic. As the world went into lockdown, he put out a call for submissions, and within three months, he’d received more than 1000 tracks. Nim literally listened to them all, whittling the pile down to his 11 favorites, and after hearing his selections, Grant C. Dull—another ZZK co-founder, who runs the label’s day-to-day operations—couldn’t believe his ears. Nim had done it again. There were no notes, and no changes to the tracklist. ZZK Sound Vol. 4 was quickly put into production.

While previous ZZK Sound compilations were primarily focused on the club, Vol. 4 follows a deeper, more introspective path. It’s not an ambient record—no ZZK release would be complete without drums—but the hypnotic rhythms here are far more concerned with the collective unconscious than the dancefloor.
Opening with spellbinding tracks from Pawkarmayta and QOQEQA—both hailing from Perú—the compilation immediately exudes a sort of ritual magic, calling upon both African and indigenous musical traditions while tapping into modern electronic music and a uniquely Latin sense of mysticism. Sebuky, a native Ecuadorian currently stationed in Barcelona, adds a bit more low-end heft to the proceedings, and that percussive weight continues through the similarly transportive contributions of Mangle (Colombia), Cruzloma (Ecuador) and Selvagia (Perú/Argentina via México).

Elsewhere, Yoyoyo transforms the cueca music of his native Chile, Akilin enlists American rapper Bomani Armah to help him explore Afro-Venezuelan traditions and Maga Bo’s “Cadê Zé”—the first Brazilian track to ever appear on a ZZK release—is a bass-loaded (albeit undeniably spiritual) banger. Galo Vermelho (Argentina) delivers a polyrhythmic lesson in digital folklore, following in the footsteps of Buenos Aires outfit Tremor—one of the first acts ever signed to ZZK—who close out the compilation with a rousing bit of almost Lynchian revelry.

At this point, few music fans need to be sold on the appeal of Latin music, but ZZK, which has been operating in this sphere since long before the genre became the “next big thing,” is dedicated to the idea that the potency of these sounds extends well beyond the pop charts. Hopping between continents and recontextualizing rhythmic lineages that date back centuries, ZZK Sound Vol. 4 is both an arresting snapshot of Latin America’s electronic avant garde and a thrilling preview of its next wave.

ZZK Sound Vol. 4 will be released on May 20th, 2022 on vinyl and streaming platforms.

Artwork by Anabel Uyana AKA @mofractal https://www.instagram.com/mofractal/
Curated by DJ Nim
Mastered by Matias Parisi

ZZK Sound Vol.4

Cruzloma - Brisas feat. Humazapas

'Sacred Riddims' is an ecstatic-dance journey which includes devotional, melodic and tribal music from all over the world.

Highlights of this journey:

- Devotional Jewish psalm, Soft tribal African, and a melodic guitar piece by a French-Moroccan composer,
- American folk, traditional Indian music, and Ragga-Jungle, all infused with BASS
- A truely cross-genre one-song-journey by Shpongle
- A remix of a classical spanish-guitar piece
- A groovy hip-hop remix of a legendary soul anthem
- A tribal Brazilian song

Enjoy and please comment on your favorites - i'd love to know.

Featuring:

Ora Zinter 
Miriam Makeba
Avi Adir
The Human Experience
Rising Appalachia and The Human Experience
Ethnicalvibes
Shpongle
Golden Gate Quartet, Thornato
Borchi, Catrina Son System
Borchi, Fela Kuti
Thornato, Petrona Martinez
DJ Alarm
Aidonia, DJ Snake, Kunfu
Mercan Dede
DJ Theory
David Starfire
Rising Appalachia
Spaniol
Captain Planet
Afro B
The Busy Twist
Pecoe, The Mohawks
Emmanuel Jal
Mixwell
Maga Bo, Sabo
Armand Amar
iNDWE
Max Richter

Image: "Dancing in the rain" by Marietjie Hennin

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Sacred Riddims Ecstatic Dance 16.10.21

New moon DJ Set @Balidacha by Karunika

Bonding Time ☆ A Celebration of Love & Friendship ☆ Live @ Private Location, October 2022

Este Dj Set fue grabado en vivo la mágica noche del 10 de Junio de 2023 en la fiesta TRIBE ROOM organizada en el mítico club de la ciudad de Santiago de Chile. Noche inolvidable donde muchas almas danzaron al ritmo de las percusiones y el sabor del Afro House y otras variantes Afro.

Gracias a los organizadores @tribe-room y a los otros artistas.

@maca-navarro-perez
@gabrielestaydj
M Godoy

15/06/2023

Dj Set - TRIBE ROOM (Onaciu Chile)

kaleema @ WooMoon Ibiza

A dancefloor trip full of lush, energetic summer grooves. Recorded live at KAAP for Ecstatic Dance Amsterdam.

Ecstatic Dance - Willow Grooves - Kaap Amsterdam

Salvación

Pampa

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A trippy global dancefloor journey in an Ecstatic Dance flow with peaks as well deep valleys, to energise you and connect you with the joy and lust for life as well as the silence and more introspective shades of your being.
Recorded live at Dansunie in Deventer.

Breathing Dawn

A deep and spicy dance journey which mixes Greek folk, global dancehall, psychedelia, oriental slow rave, trance music from Mali & Kenya, afro house, kuduro, film music & field recordings from the city & countryside of Crete. The trip starts and ends at the market in Timbaki, a village in the south of Crete. The sea between rocks, a peaceful stream in a botanical garden, a solitary owl and crickets all make appearaces in this groove tale.. which travels from the drowsy last days of summer into te fiery first chapter of autumn.

DJ Socrates spend a month in the South of Crete camping in the mountains, harvesting olives, recording soundscapes, and gathering fresh musical inspiration. This is a snapshot of all the vibes, spices sounds and colours he took home. 

 Live impro set for Ecstatic Arts & Dance, Kokopelli Amsterdam October 19 2024. https://www.instagram.com/leilarts_ecstaticarts/

Tracklist:

 *      Market ambiance edit 01, featuring street musician Yiannis 
1 	Erhomai Ki Esy Koimasai - Kristi Stassinopoulou & Stathis Kalyviotis
2 	The Garden of Joy (Ο Κήπος της Χαράς) - Areti Ketime
3 	From Greece with Love (feat. Yiannis Mandas) - Atropolis
4 	Seer (feat. Ilias Mantikos) - Supersan
5 	Bennu - Thornato
6 	Wangga - Pedra Branca
7 	Rosa - Tosca
8 	Keep You Satisfied (AmuAmu Remix) - Andre P & Sam Nobo
9 	Juma - Jaalex
10 	Vimana to Brahmaloka (Señora remix) - Adari
11 	Traversata (Xique-Xique Remix) - Landikhan, Caravaca:, Xique-Xique
12 	Thalassa Mavri (Black Sea) - Ross Daly & Labyrinth
13 	Waritarita - Ayub Ogada & Trevor Warren
14 	Baro - Tama
15 	Ubiquity - Ayala 
16 	Baxoje (VOODOO CHILD remix) - DJ Inko
17 	Leo Leonski & Abel Ray - Fela - Leo Leonski
18 	Vimana To Brahmaloka - Adari
19 	Machi Funk - Lua Preta
20 	Echoes (Original Mix) - Silvio Luz
21 	The Calling - Max Pashm
22 	Spirits (feat. Jonathan Colombo) - Viento
23 	Anna Loves / Leaves - Thomas Newman
* *     Market ambiance edit 02, featuring street musician Yiannis

Echoes from the gorge

Live recording of my set for the very first edition of Freeflow Ecstatic Dance In Utrecht, the Netherlands. It was clear for everyone there that Sunday morning that it was the start of something special, fresh and exciting, a new community in the making. The euphoria in the air made for a great collective dance experience with a lot of movement, joy and expression.. One of my best experiences mixing an Ecstatic Dance set.

the mix kicks of with some of my own field recordings, then Nick Drake's "Sunday" sets the tone for a trip full of color and imagination. A  groove journey that travels through Ecuador, Spain, West Africa, Rio to Lisbon, Delhi to Glasgow and back. Enjoy!

Sputnik Freeflow (Ecstatic Dance)

A hot summer Ecstatic Dance trip recorded live at Dansunie in Deventer. Incl. some live whistle playing by Socrates and if you listen closely.. you can even hear some cheering from the audience in the middle peak of the set.

Live @ Dansunie (Ecstatic Dance)

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Bonobo - Don't Wait (Isaque Solaris Interpretation)

Las hojas tienen mudanza

Won Je Jej Zaudal * Intiche & Walburga

DJ Socrates is on a mission to spread uplifting vibes & spicy grooves. To broaden musical horizons, to inspire & exchange.

Breathing Dawn

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