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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 Sounds Vol. 4

ZZK Sound Vol. 4

Galo Vermelho - Domingo Cura

Ustad Zakhir Hussain, Ustad Sultan Khan, Bill Laswell, GiGi And Karsh Kalle

Darkside - Things Behind The Sun (feat. Tamara) (Nick Drake Cover)

Weekly Session #009 | With Poyan Shifter

A Gift of Love Vol. 2 - Oceans Of Ecstasy

Lady Of Silence - Essence of Love

"Albura" out on April 6 vía @ShikaShika
@barriolindo

Shika Shika - the record label without borders or owners - celebrates its first physical format release with ALBURA, the new album of Barrio Lindo, available as a 12” limited edition and in digital format on April 6th.
ALBURA is a portrait of the last three years of touring through Latin America, USA and Europe, that inspired this new phase in the work of Agustín Rivaldo, producer, luthier, and co- founder of Shika Shika Collective.
With its 12 tracks, ALBURA invites the listener to go on a deep and fresh journey into the contemporary sound of Latin American music, accompanied by organic electronica. In the midst of cumbias, sambas, carnavales and folkloric melodies, this record includes collaborations with indispensable referents of the new wave of South American producers who have crossed paths with Barrio Lindo: Jhon Montoya, Ela Minus, Lulacruza, Clara Trucco a.k.a. Wende Wen (Fémina/Weste) y Carrot Green.
This album merges the two universes that coexist in Agustín Rivaldo: the role of producer and the role of a luthier dedicated to traditional South American instruments. In fact, the name ALBURA is a botanical nod to the youngest part of the wood of a tree, and where the most recent growth rings of the trunk are found, at the same time a vital part for luthiers.
During the production process, Rivaldo recorded with instruments that he made himself: charangos, guitars, quenas and marimbas, among others.

Albura

Barrio Lindo Feat. Lulacruza - Otoño Primavera ("Albura" new album out April 6)

Alturas/Inti-illimani(Mr. Toé Edit)

Podcast #4  |  A Sacred Journey 

Trough music the world is beautifully and truly connected 🌏💚

Tracklist: 
1. Song of the Red Dervish - Ghazal Shakeri
2. Urpillay (Bedouin Remix) - LUM
3. Lalitha Ashtotram Audio Junkies (Sahar Z Remix) - Craig Pruess Feat Ananda
4. Conga Conga Original Mix - Fashion Victimz
5. Dont Miss (Armen Miran Remix)- Fake Mood feat Jinadu
6. Suton Original Mix - Tebra
7. Jana - Quatri
8. Behold (Rancido Dub Edit)- Yann Cabaret
9. Meree Aatma (Sabo Remix)- Zakir
10. Yamana Original Mix - Kintar Feat Romana
11. Stop Fooling Around Original Mix ft Isabelle Rajotte -	Quicksound
12. IWURI	- PAAX Tulum
13. Hidden Original Mix - Manjumasi	Brian Cid
14. Zamin Original Mix	- Rasi Z
15. Magnolia -	PHCK Bona Fide
16. Fragile -	Kora

Podcasts

Podcast #4  |  A Sacred Journey

Shika Shika is more than happy to present a new Botanas single by Brazilian talent Numa Gama from the Voodoohop Collective. In Numa Gama's words:

"Sounds can transport us in every single way. Right now, we cannot get together so I decided to collect these tracks to give everyone out there the chance to listen and dance. Together still, but in a more diluted spacetime.

This release contains two tracks I used to play a lot on the dance floor, an amazing spontaneous cross remix by Barda and Barrio Lindo, as well as an ambient mix which I couldn't resist to make at the eleventh hour. 
All the sounds were collected from the many recordings I made in Amatlan the Quetzalcoatl, México, in early 2018. Even the echos were extracted from how the sound of the fireworks bounced between the mountains - something you could hear often because of the religious celebrations between November and December. In an improvised home studio, I added percussion, ngoni and guitar layers. The synth sound design for the tracks turned out to have an airy, smooth touch which resembles somehow a West African sounding texture - but from another dimension. As if it was a memory swimming in ether.

I hope more memories will keep being added to the magnetic field that these tracks represent. 

Many thanks to Shika-Shika for making this happen, Hannah Sulamith who provided the Ngoni at that time and Renata Chebel for the picture.

See you all soon!

With love,
Numa Gama

Written & Produced by Numa Gama
Mastering by Rob Small
Photo: Renata Chebel

Name your price/Dwnld

Numa Gama - They Re Calling

Elia Y Elizabeth - La Gran Ciudad (Gerra G & Kadum Fairy Tales Remix)

They say my heaven is a place
i'll find my own way out
they say my soul is something
pushin me back for my own right
said write me up
write me up for one lie
for one single lie


See i thought about for a while
but it didn't make no sense my love
see my mind is only safe enough, from me
If i do me wrong, i'll do you right down low

they say my blood it runs
between my legs, between my own right
I say that love it feels like
something that goes crawlin' round sight

said write me up
write me up for one lie
for one single lie
for i have told these storys
as the promise land is stands before me
as i sing below these stars



Ustad Zakhir Hussain, Ustad Sultan Khan, Bill Laswell, GiGi And Karsh Kalle

Silent Psychosis