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Nicola Cruz - Prender el Alma 

Go Buy Prender el Alma:
➜ http://zzkrecords.com/album/Prender_El_Alma 
➜ Bandcamp: https://zzkrecords.bandcamp.com/album/prender-el-alma
➜ iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/album/prender-el-alma 

Watch the Music Video for ‘Colibria’:
➜ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iRV90c_uWpQ  
Watch the Live Music Video of 'Colibria':
➜ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hRugQvbt2J8   
Watch the album playlist on YouTube:
➜ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mg-nB2MqvXA&list=PL97ISVilOoYBg9X0DZDInNe6ZUBvWvbmC


Following his collaboration with Nicolas Jaar's Clown & Sunset label, Cruz has self-produced and self-recorded this landmark album. 

‘Prender el Alma’ is a new strain of Latin American music Cruz calls ‘Andes Step’. Influenced by new digital technology, blended with local influence, Cruz builds his tracks layer by layer, instrument by instrument, drum by drum, exploring local indigenous and Afro-cosmologies in a modern setting. 

From atmospheric opener ‘Sanacion’, the 10-track album journeys through short, sharp acoustic guitar riffs on ‘Puente Roto’ and the percussive ‘La Mirada’, to the electronic ‘Prender el Alma’. Down-beat ‘Equinoccio’ gets a vocal kick from Ecuadorian singer Huaira, ending with the blissful, lo-fi ‘Cocha Runa’ featuring Tanya Sanchez. ‘Prender el Alma’ ebbs and flows through a range of production of local sounds, feeling like a digital awakening.

This digital revolution is spreading through Latin America like wildfire, and nowhere is this more exciting than in the heart of the continent's bustling music scene, where Nicola Cruz is leading the way. 

Led by forward-thinking young producers and musicians, Ecuador is beginning to experience its own digital folklore revolution.  A new crop of producers and musicians are using homeland traditions and rhythms to build on a vibrant history of visual and sonic art, catapulting them into the 21st century.

ZZK are at the forefront of this burgeoning music scene. With artists such as Frikstailers, La Yegros, El Remolon and Chancha Via Circuito, they are defining a new and exciting Latin American music culture.

Tracklisting:
1. Sanacion
2. Puente Roto
3. La Mirada
4. Cumbia Del Olvido
5. Prender El Alma
6. Colibiria
7. La Cosecha
8. Equinoccio feat. Huaira
9. Eclipse
10. Cocha Runa feat. Tanya Sanchez






Nicola Cruz - Eclipse

Label: Equinox Records ‎– eqx-019tp
Format: 2 × Vinyl, LP, Album, Test Pressing
Country: Germany
Released:2009
Genre:
Electronic, Hip Hop
Style:
Leftfield, Neofolk 

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A journey through memories and dreams. Ilhoë shapes his artistic world as a cross between image and sound.

Composition/arrangements: Ilhoë
Voice: Marie-Eugénie Papastavrou
Violin: Barbara Baumann
Flute: Yves Sévy
Air from Another Planet ‘s speech: Pat Griffiths

Mix: Pierre-Marie Williamson (Stereoplane Studio, Paris)
Artwork: Sylvie Donaire

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In Fruits for Tomorrow pt.2:
Extract from Life Lessons From 100-Year-Olds documentary by Marcel IJzerman, Anna Snowball and Chris de Krijger (Emelia Tereza Harper’s interwiew) (©LifeHunters. All rights reserved.)

Fruits For Tomorrow Pt.1

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Buy Release: https://lionsdrums.bandcamp.com/
Youtube Stream: https://youtu.be/vPRXrQfXy2o

In May 2019, Lion's Drums recorded an album at a Kogis' (Kagabas*) village, in the Sierra Nevada mountain of Santa Marta in Colombia.

Kagabas are indigenous people who consider themselves to be the guardians of the Earth and are concerned by the modern world's attempts to destroy it. The mountain - in Colombia - is their home, it is quite literally a microcosm, a mirror of the planet in which every ecological zone is represented. The damaging lifestyles which stems from the capitalistic dogma are affecting their environment and from their vantage point on the mountain they can see how this is straining the rest of the planet. 

Singing is a staple feature of the Kagabas culture, it is considered as a way to connect with the environment. There are for example a song of the monkey, of the deer, snake, laughing or even death - singing is a way for the Kagabas to feel safe around these animals and concepts and to live peacefully among them without fear and without the need to chase them away. As there's no writing, music and singing are a way to pass memory, knowledge and awareness down through generations. 

The ongoing ecological disaster, the uncertainty of the current times and the temptation for many of the youths to leave the mountains for the big city life make this transmission issue all the more critical.

As we exchanged prior to my visit and while I was there, the recording and sharing of these songs was a recurring topic and we agreed to have singing at the core of this musical project. 

Lions's Drums was welcomed to spend a week within their community to record this album. I spent most of the time there with the Máma of the village (Mámas are spiritual and intellectual guides that keep the memory of the civilization) and his son Camilo, with help from Franz who has been working with the Kagabas for about 15 years now as part of the Native organization which he runs.

This album combines songs, field recordings of the village and of its surrounding nature, as well as musical compositions he made in his studio. They liked the result and approved this album to be released. Fully aware of the responsibility the Kagabas have entrusted him with. he decided to self release this album and will give all the benefits to the Nativa organization to support its fight for the replanting of trees and getting land back.

* Widely known as « Kogis », the name they were given to by the « civilised man », they actually call themselves « Kagaba ».

Kagabas EP

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