'A Guide to the Birdsong of South America' is a non-profit, crowd-funded album of music inspired by birdsong. Featuring some of the continent's most talented young musicians and producers, each artist used the recorded song of an endangered species from their country and created an original track.

The album aims to raise awareness about the plight of these birds and also to raise funds for those working to protect them. All proceeds will be donated to a pair of Ecuadorian NGO birding charities, which will include paying the salary of chief ranger of the Tapichalaca reserve, home to the Jocotoco Antpitta, Franco Mendoza.

The compilation highlights the new wave of South American musicians revisiting the region's rich musical heritage in the 21st century and offers a diverse snapshot of the region's new sound. Taking in seven South American countries from Brazil to Chile and ten artists, from the much hyped digital Peruvian cumbia of Dengue Dengue Dengue to Argentinian rhythm trio Tremor. French born Nicola Cruz has worked with electronica whizz Nicolas Jaar, and has now returned to his roots in Ecuador, making this project close to him in every sense of the word.

The birdsong and the story of these 11 unique birds became the building block for each track in a myriad of different ways by each artist. Some used the song as a sample throughout, others incorporated it into the background while some even transformed the birds into a synthesizer.

This album not only celebrates great music but also the majesty of these species and the need to protect them. Art can be an effective vehicle to transmit a message and, in this case, remind us of the need to protect our planet and the species we share it with.

Barrio Lindo - Capuchino Pecho Blanco

Xica Xica

Xica Xica (Live Edit) [feat. Uji & Barrio Lindo]

Mirando el Fuego

Mirando el Fuego (Live Edit) [feat. Minuk & Joaquín Cornejo]

Buy: https://wonderwheelrecordings.bandcamp.com/album/el-oro-de-la-tolita-ft-grupo-taribo-busy-twist-remixes

Thornato - El Oro de la Tolita ft. Grupo Taribo  (The Busy Twist Remix ft. Zongo Abongo)

Astro

Mangüeiro

Mangüeiro (feat. Aliboria)

La Danza

El Hijo del Altiplano

Chancha Via Circuito - Ilalo (feat. Mateo Kingman) [Baiuca Remix]

Buy / Stream: http://hyperurl.co/jallalla_rmx

After diving deep on his latest album "Jallalla", Lagartijeando returns with five killer remixes from friends and fam around the world of some favorites off the LP. Spain's Baiuca goes for a dubby, driving remix of "Milenio" with a bubbling bassline while Wonderwheel favorite El Buho turns "Anoranza En El Yungas" in to a flute driven cumbia stomper. Chile's DJ Raff comes in on "La Frontera" with some slo mo acid vibes, while Ulises takes "Chakana Cosmica" into mid tempo dubby tech house range. Lastly Steffen Ki (formerly Steffen Kirchhoff) turns "Villazon Potosi" into a beautiful ambient touched, understated affair - keeping the original spirit alive while building on percussive elements.

Jallalla Remixes

Lagartijeando - La Frontera (feat. Minük) [DJ Raff Remix]

La Amazonía Andina refresca su identidad musical a través de los sonidos del creador ecuatoriano de 24 años. En 2016 presentó su álbum debut ‘Respira’ bajo el ala de AYA Records, el nuevo sello hermano de los pioneros ZZK Records. El álbum de Kingman es una sobrecarga de energía que canta la diversidad y dibuja paisajes naturales de magia y colores del agua. Las letras y los sonidos nos conducen en la compleja relación entre selva tropical y altas montañas, entre la maraña de los árboles y el sinuoso sonido del viento delos páramos.

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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.

Label: AYA RECORDS
Booking: CHARCO
Management: maki_oficial@me.com

Astro

Mateo Kingman

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