Listen to the birds from "A Guide to the Birdsong of Mexico, Central America & the Caribbean”, the second Volume in the series following on from "A Guide to the Birdsong of South America", originally released on Robin's label Rhythm and Roots. Volume I raised nearly 15,000 USD for two birding organisations and featured artists like Nicola Cruz, Dengue Dengue Dengue and Chancha Via Circuito.

For this second edition we have shifted focus north of the equator and to the vulnerability of bird species like the Momoto Carenado (Nicaragua), Ferminia (Cuba) and the Jamaican Blackbird (Jamaica), birds who have dwindled in numbers as a result of the environmental repercussions of climate change, deforestation and trapping for the pet trade.

For the album we chose 10 endangered or threatened bird species and challenged 10 of our favourite producers or musicians from the region. Working with the Xeno Canto birdsong community and the Macaulay Library, we sourced a recording of each bird’s song. Each artist was then asked to create an original piece of music inspired by the bird and its song.

In line with out vision at Shika Shika the curation of artists is specifically geared towards those bridging connections between traditional music and modernity, or between organic and electronic sounds. There are contributions from artists in eight different countries, ranging from Jamaica’s organic dancehall trio Equiknoxx, to Dj Jigüe, one of the leaders of Cuba’s burgeoning electronic scene. Belize’s critically renowned Garifuna Collective have been bringing the unique Garifuna culture and language to a global audience for many years, while Tamara Montenegro has been one of the leaders of Nicaragua’s electronic music scene for the past decade.

The project would not have been possible without the support of an incredible Kickstarter community, helping us raise £12,599 in August 2019.

Once the costs of production have been covered, all of the proceeds from this album will be donated to Birds Caribbean, La Asociación Ornitológica de Costa Rica and Fundacion TXORI in Mexico. All profits from the sales of the record, music streaming, poster and t-shirt will be shared between these organisations who focus on engaging local communities to help improve and grow the bird tourism sector, create awareness of vulnerable birds with young people and crucially, provide rescue, rehabilitation and breeding programmes.

xeno-canto

Black Catbird (Melanoptila glabrirostris)

Selecta (Filth DNB)

AAMU KUU - AAA (MIRZHA Rework)

Desert Adventures

Welcome to a little private showcase of past, present and future songs that are part of Waxploitation Artists / ZZK in 2012.   For more info, please visit www.zzkrecords.com and www.waxploitation.com.   Or check us out on Facebook or Twitter if you prefer.

King Coya "Cumbiatron"

Original by :

https://soundcloud.com/jgbmusic

Remixed by:


https://soundcloud.com/nillocr

j g b - Desapego (NILLO's  Perspective)

Our series botanas is back! 

We´re happy to introduce another gem from Argentina. This time Muno a.k.a. Gurtz bring a fresh sound joining the Latin and African roots in three colorful tunes.

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soundcloud.com/munomusic
facebook.com/munomusic

03 Lampa

Cassette Blog proudly presents the debut EP - The Worlds Between by Jyun Jyun. 
"Wonderful melodic and instrumental flights arrive from across the world and intermingle in an unprejudiced, fresh way in this EP.  Melodies that raise the hairs on your skin. Instrumental hip hop with powerful beats that never become aggressive, and certain doses of oriental energy that appear both in their original sonority and subliminally through the phrases of each song. That's what "The World's Between" is, Jyun Jyun's new EP that feels like a long dip in a lake in the middle of nature.  

Read the full review and download at: http://cassetteblog.com/2017/11/jyun-jyun-the-worlds-between-ep-exclusivos-cassette/

The Worlds Between

Melancholia

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MELANCHOLIA

track by soundcloud.com/kousk & soundcloud.com/esylus <3
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In December 2018, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) turns 70. Designed to prevent the repetition of the horrific human rights violations that had been committed during World War II, this landmark document has been ratified by the majority of countries. Up to now it seems that the UDHR has fallen on hard times; that's certainly not perfect, and somehow it is important to point out that emphasises individualism over community. Don't deceive yourself, UDHR remains as significant today as it was in 1948. However, reflection becomes easier when we realize that the saddest chapters of human history are ultimately derived from the ideology of domination. 

Given its unique rational nature, only the individual is able to use reason to perform an act. Going further, we should understand why our interests often prevail to the detriment of the interests of other species. In fact, if we exam closely, we're always reclaiming the world as our own. Sometimes it made us drift from a tender-hearted logic. 

Hovering over these aspects, the compilation MUX in its fourth edition put us through the wringer! Have you ever noticed or had the feeling that social solidarity is more and more undermined? The drama of the modern human which causes individuals to become commodities of exchange such as capital goods. It resumes every morning, but always with the decentralized, crooked, fragmenting self. In contrast, even though we still do not have a fair and peaceful world, we have to believe that there will be regeneration. There's a smell of good years coming, our hopes are placed in some future ahead. We want to believe. 

Beyond this duality, under two parts - [a] & [b] - MUX vol.4 put together a wide spectrum of artists that prepared tracks with a semblance of freedom, faith, dignity. Undoubtedly, an "ethereal, humanoid and dancing" facet guides this sonic miscellany, where judgements of value aren’t fit and nothing feels the same as it did. It call us to take our emptiness away, to eradicate the dark selfishness that still inhabits our hearts. 

In the endeavor of progress we are beings in constant evolution, without the knowledge of ourselves there is no inner transformation. <3

Credits\

released December 10, 2018 

Artwork\ jnth <3 
www.facebook.com/allanjnth 
www.instagram.com/jnth/ 

Master\ André Torres @ RD Studio, Brasília - DF <3 
www.facebook.com/andreh.torres.br 
bash.br@gmail.com

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Kousk feat. Esylus — A Thousand Little Drops

Frente Bolivarista presets to you the new EP from the Scottish mastermind: CAIN. 

CAIN has a really unique style and pushes the crowd to mantric and dreamy soundscapes blended with uplifting Afro House constructions. For the lovers of higher BPMs this is a must on your case. The EP has big support on the latest mixes from Auntie Flo, Huntley+Palmers, Nicola Cruz among other great djs. 

Produced & Mixed by CAIN in London
Mastering by GS Mastering in Stockholm
Cover Art by Britta ( www.ibbritta.com ) in Berlin

Buy on Bandcamp!

Cain - Jawa

"Skolas Iela" means in Latvian "school´s  street", thats the name of the street in Riga, Latvian Capital; where the kkc "Kanepes Kulturas Center" is located.
i did plenty of concerts and workshops in latvia at Kometa Festival, kkc, one on one, autentika, pink moon,...
have very good lovely and conscience friends there and always is a beautiful experience travel to the baltic and meet them, make music , connect and share experiences.
like a lot the connection that they have with nature and they apreciation of life and arts, so humble and heartfull.
this guitar impro was recorded at the backstage of kkc before my live set in feb 2020.
one take without mixing or mastering, recorded with phone mic.
<3

Skolas Iela

October 5th- Burke Museum, Seattle, WA 
September 22nd - Unleashed, Los Angeles, CA 
September 14th - Planet Home, Palace of Fine Arts San Fran, CA
September 7th - Burningman Decompression, TBA
August 17th - Future Ancestors, Seattle, WA
July 6th - Priceless - Belden, CA
Apr. 20th - Hotel Kabuki - San Francisco, CA
Apr. 19th - Origins POTC - San Francisco, CA
Feb. 27th - SAAFF- Seattle, WA
Feb. 2nd - Strategic Reserve- Oakland, CA 
Nov. 15th - Nectar - Los Angeles, CA 
Nov. 9th - SFMOMA - San Francisco, CA
Nov. 7th - SFMOMA - San Francisco, CA
Oct. 13th- Asian Art Museum - San Francisco, CA
Aug 11th - Cal Anderson Park - Seattle, WA
Aug 10th - Duwamish Waterway Park - Seattle, WA
July 1st - Priceless Festival - Belden, CA
June 8th - Vivrant Thangz @ Brix - Oakland, CA
May 19th - Global Barrio - Oakland, CA
April 20th - Element San Francisco
March. 17th - Berkeley Art Museum
Jan. 27th - UBI Fundraiser, Woodside, CA 
Jan. 7th - San Francisco, CA @ Asian Art Museum
Dec. 5th - Berkeley, CA @ Alchemy Collective
Nov. 17th - Oakland, CA @ Brix581
Sept 23rd- San Francisco, CA @ The Glint
Sept 21st - Oakland, CA @ Era Art Bar
Sept 16th - Seattle Asian Art Museum - Off the Walls
August 31st - Seattle, WA @ Seattle Art Museum 
August 25th - Beijing, CN @ Yue Space
July 8th - Seattle, WA (Cal Anderson Park)
July 7th - Seattle, WA (Duwamish Waterway Park)
July 1st - Belden, CA (Priceless Festival)
Jyun Jyun is a multi-instrumentalist musician, producer and DJ.  Rooted in the immediacy and presence of live music, Jyun Jyun creates multi-sensory projects that explore the boundaries between acoustic instrumentation and modern production.   Whether performing with a live band, looping instruments or DJing, Jyun Jyun sews together a sonic space time migration across the globe. Traditional and indigenous sounds meet new forms of electronic music, space funk, future rock, soulful vocals, melodic instrumentation and bass heavy, galactic beats.   Interested in the invisible connections that exist around us, his music explores the relationships between seemingly disparate elements: silence and form, ancient and future, acoustic and electronic all blend together into a cohesive sonic voice.  While each performance, project or set may vary, expect a through-line of phat basslines, head nodding beats and impactful musicality.

MELANCHOLIA

Jyun Jyun

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