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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

nicolas jaar just friends

I rearranged this epic song and put a DMX beat under it so that you can dance to it.

Silly - Abendstunden (Gegen Morgen Irgendwann Edit)

Pingipung proudly presents the predecessor to "Uzun Havalar" from 2017, newly assembled and mixed by the artist, remastered and also available on vinyl for the first time. Release date: 9th June.

Hatıralar was Anadol's second album, originally composed between Berlin and Istanbul around 2012 and released years later only in digital form on the Ankara based label Inverted Spectrum. The title Hatıralar ("Memories") turns out to be a self-fulfilling prophecy. Anadol recalled and revisited the music in 2023, gently editing and mixing the compositions for the newly mastered LP format in which they now see the light of day. Hatıralar represents an early version of the melodic, instrumental synth-pop that Anadol refined on her album Uzun Havalar (2019) before exploring the more free, krautrock-inspired musique concrète of her last album Felicita (2021). Here is the text that accompanied the original 2017 release:

Anadol, named after an old-fashioned Turkish automobile brand, is an instrumental synth-pop project by Gözen Atila, an artist, dj and keyboard player. She records with mini organs manufactured during the 70s and 80s, the built-in rhythms and arpeggios of these machines provide the backbone of her sound, and her melodies are influenced by pop music and soundtracks from France, Italy and Turkey from the same period. The music is awash with allusions to the moods of old Turkish and European cinema, from the erotic to the melodramatic, and with a reminiscence of the sound and spirit of so-called "tavern music" popular in Turkey's urban nightlife in the 1980s, a flexible pop style usually performed by a solo keyboardist-singer. Anadol is a continuation of the tradition of lone synth experimentalists like Bruce Haack and The Space Lady with their childlike curiosity for electronic sounds, and of the keyboardists pushing the boundaries of minimal equipment to entertain middle aged drunk couples in pubs and wedding parties of Istanbul.

Hat​​​ı​​​ralar

Her Şeylerin Arasından Göründü Bana Bir Ceylan

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Anadol: Her Şeylerin Arasından Göründü Bana Bir Ceylan (Pingipung 080)

Geschlossenheit schlägt Nähe (Original Mix) URSL 001

Etienne Jaumet is a true musician's musician, an audacious synth-wrangler, space-explorer and film-soundtracker, the sort of guy who can release a whole album of John Carpenter covers and make it work (as his band Zombie Zombie did in 2010), or who can call on Carl Craig to master his solo work (as he did for 2009's epic 'Night Music'). His new album 'La Visite' on Versatile is as shockingly accomplished as anything he's done before, featuring his own extemporised lyrics and sax lines along with his cosmos-spanning electronics, and we're happy to have this track from it. 

Etienne Jaumet "Metallik Cages" - Boiler Room Debuts

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Faithful to his love for breakbeat, Mystery Kid offers a dive into her deep universe.

Listening advice : close your eyes, and transport yourself
through the winding and dangerous Los Santos’s streets for a cruise full of twists and turns.

Tracklist:

Mystery Kid & Discord - GTA CRUISE
Mystery Kid & Discord - Kitkat Anthem

PREMIERE: Mystery Kid & Discord - Kitkat Anthem [Paco Tyson Records]

Remixed from the original version of 'H.S.K.T', from the album Sylvan Esso

Physical 12'' out August 21 2015
Digital album out May 12 2015 
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Sylvan Esso - H.S.K.T. (Hercules & Love Affair Boom Mix)

Silence

We've got an exclusive free download from the DTR compilation, that comes out very soon, and the rework of 'No More Words' is a funk-fuelled odyssey. 

Slick guitar licks, robotic 80's riffs and a killer progression, this is the perfect, if not super nostalgic introduction to the next DTR selection.

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Download: Yello 'No More Words' (Magda Vs NYMA Re-Construct)

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French duo Vox Low release new track The Hunt in exclusivity on i-D. A great fusion between psyche rock and cold wave rhythms which places their new EP "The Hunt" under the best auspices. 

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Premiere: Vox Low - The Hunt

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