Das Projekt "RIZA" sollte eine Brücke zwischen traditionellem griechischen Liedgut und moderner elektronischer Musik schlagen. Um dies zu bewerkstelligen habe ich erst einmal eine teilweise geographisch, teilweise kulturspezifische Recherche betrieben, um auf besondere Momente griechischer Musiklandschaft zu stoßen. Meine Auswahl ist dabei auf folgende Lieder gefallen:

1. Domna Samiou - To Miroloi Tis Panagias (Das Klagelied der Maria, Mutter Jesu) / Osterlied
2. Domna Samiou - Lismono Kai Xairomai (Ich vergesse und freue mich) / Epirotisches Lied
3. Loudovikos Ton Anogeion - Unbekanntes Lied / Kreta
4. Domna Samiou - Ena Mouni Stin Kerasia (Pussy On A Cherry Tree) / Fastnachts-Lied

Somit folgen die Hörer einer Reise startend von orthodoxen Kirchengesängen, zu alten epirotischen Flüchtlingsgesängen, zu den Klängen der minoischen Kultur und letztendlich dem Gesang der sexuellen Freiheit und der Dämonenvertreibung griechischer alt-traditioneller Fastnacht.

Diese alten Traditionen habe ich in ein neues elektronisches Gewand gekleidet und hoffe damit den modernen Ohren eine alte, fast vergessene Wurzel wieder näher zu bringen.

Pussy On A Cherry Tree

Album Cover by me

Track 2 w/ @findxophy on INSTA
Track 19 w/ @trill_virtual_boi on INSTA

I'm not enough, I wish I was. body, mind, and soul.
I will be enough. 
True Human, True Sorrow.
Love Is Art, Art Is Love (True Human) 
This album is about many things. The concept of love. 
The idea that everything is beautiful, 
but it's mainly about what it means to be human. 
Accepting your flaws, accepting who you are. 
Being yourself and loving yourself. 
I understand that is a very difficult task, but i believe that makes it even more beautiful. Remember your past and accept yourself you've done well. 
true human, true sorrow, true peace.

Hypnos (@prodzelkova)

Quick Fix

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. On the songs Pura danza, Saudade and Intensidad mañanera he uses his own singing voice.

Written, Played and Composed by Agustín Rivaldo a.k.a. Barrio Lindo 
Tape Master by Jerónimo Escajal in Estudio El Nogal 
Mastered by Sebastian Cordovés 

in collaboration with: 
Jhon Montoya "1-Facón" 
Lulacruza "3 . Otoño Primavera" 
Carrot Green "4 - Na rúa" 
Wende Wen "6 - Belleza en el Aires" 
Ela Minus "8 - Túneles" 

Artwork Volcán Studio

Barrio Lindo - Circunvalar

Summer Sol 2

Bloem / Sadhu Sensi - iziBongo [Sol Selectas]

Njishe

@mmakossa

Well well well!

The seemingly endless hibernation is over and the birds are returning to their habitats, as well as we are returning to our habits ... of delivering you carefully crafted music.

Today we have the honors of finally presenting the long anticipated debut EP of our Italian compagno m@kossa, by the ever-so-fitting name "Unhurried Creatures".
As he is a true globetrotter — never being able to stay in one place for a longer period of time — it came naturally to him to feature this trait in his first release. So it happens that he combined African, Indian, Japanese and Berlinese voices and soundscapes into a charming and unique selection of global tracks, just like an international cappuccino of music.

Now kick off your slippers, turn up your stereo and indulge in the stories, this traveller has spun for your pleasure.

From Drosssel with loads of love!

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"Ino", "Giora Semente" and "Isiimela" were written and produced by Matteo Machetti (@mmakossa)
"Kolkul" was written and produced by Matteo Machetti and Max Svendsen (@maguera)
"Kolkul" was remixed by @lukasendhardt
"Giora Semente" was remixed by @yulemansur
"Isiimela" was remixed by @tmplsound
Mastering by Tilmann (@haunted_water)
Artwork by Eve Svéc (https://www.facebook.com/svec.art/)

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Unhurried Creatures

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m@kossa — Ino

Ready for a dreamy journey into the UCR sound? If so, here comes a special occasion to let your mind fly on the vibes of our ‘Sonorities’. Our latest compilation features some of our old and new friends which joined the mission to trespass geographical and cultural borders, and to create a multifaceted community united in the common love for music. Our ‘Sonorities’ travel slow, but they travel far. Organic and joyful sounds reminding of Latin America and of their native people are flanked on the one side by instruments and motives coming from the East, on the other side there are urban trippy rhythms. Ecstatic dancing beats travel alongside ethereal and mesmerizing melodies. Such diversity is not only meant to present the variety of sounds which these great artists can exhibit, but also to represent the diversities among human beings which are here united in one heterogeneous and harmonious complex, as it’s the world we envision - a whole symbiotical organism...   

Find Psycho Tropiques here:

soundcloud.com/psychotropiques
facebook.com/Psycho-Tropiques-1947541662135298/

mastered by Nicolas Behler (https://soundcloud.com/rlhbslcn)

Artwork by Pacaya
-> www.elpacaya.com // www.facebook.com/elpacaya // @pacayapacaya

Psycho Tropiques - Bicicleta Transatlantica

https://soundcloud.com/biomigrant

Frente Bolivarista is proud to present to you the North American multi-instrumentalist Michael Alfred Wagner aka Biomigrant. This brave man took an incredible bike journey throughout the American continent down to Colombia whereas he found himself and settled his studio and inspirations.

"Biomigrant - Las Américas" is a collection of stories, told more through sound than words; a collage of field recordings, original instrumentation, and carefully constructed beats that explore the beauty, pain, contradictions, and joy of everyday life on the American continent.  


Street parties in the Colombian pacific, 
Rain prayers in central México, 
Verses of African resistance in the Caribbean, 
Sonic memories of an oasis in Baja California, 
Introspective footsteps, lost in the jungles of the Sierra Nevada, 
The faded colors of a picó and a taste of palm wine, 
A personal reaffirmation of the struggle to learn and grow,
And a collective remembrance of our fragmented history.


Credits:
- Percussions: Arnulfo Mancera , Waidis de Jesus Ortega Miranda (track 6)
- Spoken word: Jaime Ocampo and Natali Fosado (track 2), Eustiquia Amaranto (track 3), Gina, Maya, Emilia, Coral, Vanina, Celina, Miren, and Patty (track 9)
- Production, Analog Drums/Synths: Ueli Peter "Oilst" (track 3)
- Trumpet: Jorge Emilio Pardo "El Leon Pardo" (track 6)
- Guitar: Tomas Salcedo (track 6)
- Voice, Silver Flute, Colombian Gaita, Trumpet, Keys/Synths, Guitars, Percussion, Production, Mixing: Michael Alfred Wagner (Biomigrant)
- Mastering: Sebastián Cordovés
- Cover Art: Juliana Lira (https://www.julianaalira.com/)
- Distribution: Musicdeli


In Memory of Camilo Jimenez ✞

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Biomigrant - Pan De Mesquite

Marcelo Berges - Montañas (Original Mix)

Buy / Stream:

Bandcamp (Buy Vinyl 2xLP): http://bit.ly/389HzjA

Spotify: https://spoti.fi/2xpTugq
Apple Music: https://apple.co/2xrzj1B
Amazon Music: https://amzn.to/33QXkLR

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"Ramas" (branches in Spanish) is El Búho’s third album of original material and stands for a celebration of the art of collaboration. Featuring 19 collaborations with artists from 12 countries, the album was born organically out of collaborations, mutual appreciation or a desire to experiment and try something new. 

Some of the tracks were started in person, such as "Sky City", born out of a spaghetti-western jam in Thornato’s Queens studio or "Gaviota" inspired by the the seagulls of Brighton following a shared show with Rumbo Tumba in the city. Meanwhile others such as "Elefta" with Hungarian producer Stas or "Kuuma" a track made with Finnish multi-instrumentalist QOSQI were created over long-distance with the producers never actually meeting face to face. The album also contains tracks from long-term friends and collaborators like Chancha Via Circuito, Barda and Wonderwheel head-honcho Nickodemus. 

Musically the album references the blend of Latin American traditional music with original electronic music on tracks such as "Resiliencia" with legendary Chilean producer DJ Raff, an homage to the recent protest movement in Chile, or "Absolut," a track sculpted from an unfinished melodic idea by Argentine electro-folk trio Tremor. Meanwhile songs like "Nevar" and "Kif Kif Kuf Kuf" with Didacte and Kraut, both part of the Shika Shika collective, take El Búho’s sound in a new direction, embracing a more melodic or impactful and rhythmic electronica. 

At its heart of "Ramas" was Perkins’ desire to challenge himself creatively, forcing him to see his own ideas and production style from a different angle or see ideas started in one direction come back completely transformed by the collaborator. The result is at once surprising and diverse but El Búho’s signature sound and aesthetic is the thread that runs through all of the tracks, the trunk to each branch. 

Carrying on the spirit of collaboration, El Búho made an open call for collaborations with dancers & choreographers in his community. Overwhelmed by the response, the album is accompanied by 18 original choreographies by dancers and dance groups from 12 different countries, from Mexico to Taiwan, South Africa or the Galapagos Islands. Each chose the track that most inspired them and shot a video of their dance in a unique and beautiful natural location, in doing so creating yet more ramas or branches for the project.

Ramas

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El Búho x Joaquin Cornejo - Salford Cumbia

Born at the tip of Africa, Sadhu Sensi has spent most of his life in music and nature. Sadhu Sensi's immaculate feel for stylistic shifts, percussion and melody takes us on a lively electronica odyssey. Playing with a colourful spectrum of musical elements - african influence, country guitar riffs, and atmospheric nature inspired percussions to name but few - Sadhu moves through styles with a smooth dynamism that leaves us feeling breezy and light.

booking/inquiry:
sadhusensi@gmail.com