Shika Shika is very happy and proud to share with you "QUERENCIA" our 2021 compilation introducing 14 tracks by artists from 14 different countries.

The theme of this compilation was migration in the broadest sense - how music, people and culture expands and goes beyond borders - and each artist approached that in their own way, in their own context. You can find out more about the inspiration on the individual tracks on Bandcamp.

Querencia: 'a place where you are your most authentic self; a place from which your strength of character is drawn, where you feel safe, where you feel at home'.

For the artwork, we invited Argentinean visual artist Gala Berger to collaborate with us with one of her pieces. She is co-founder of La Ene (New Energy Museum of Contemporary Art), an experimental museum based in Buenos Aires, and the Paraguay Printed Art Fair, a fair born with the aim of creating alternative platforms of exchange and circulation of independent publications without the traditional restrictions and regulations faced by the mainstream press.

featuring:
Ancestral Beats (COL) - Dengue Dengue Dengue & Prisma (PER + ARG) Elzy Padme (RU) - Eat My Butterfly feat. Syna Awel (Reunion Island + ALG)Expe (JP) -Hajna feat. Fayssal Naseur (FR + ALG) - Isami (JP) - LDLP (NL)Lilium (US) - Maggie Tra (CAM) - Nuri (TUN) - Penya (UK - FL) - Sidirum (ARG)Terror/Cactus & Pahua (ARG + MEX)

Artwork: Gala Berger (instagram.com/galaberger)
Design: Clau Smith (instagram.com/clau._.smith)
Mastering: Rob Small
Shika Shika 2021

Dwnld + Dona

Dengue Dengue Dengue & Prisma - Chise

Buy: https://lnk.to/zzksoundvol4 

ZZK Records presents QOQEQA's 'Xi', the 1st single from their upcoming various artist compilation ZZK Sound Vol. 4.

Formerly half of the Animal Chuki duo, Daniel Valle-Riestra has now established himself with his solo project QOQEQA. Hailing from Peru, Valle-Riestra successfully condenses this profound and mysterious track from his retreats into the jungle, dripping with the visions and revelations of a psychedelic experience.

The composition is a dance between light and darkness, as playful elements such as wood claves flit through the stereo field, contrasting with the melancholic song of the violins. Under these and the tensed-skin drums we hear the voices of an isolated Amazonian tribe, joyful at the reencounter with family members they believed dead.
 
Xi will be released on March 4th 2022 with accompanying music video.

ZZK Sound Vol. 4 is out on vinyl and all digital platforms May 20th 2022.

Artwork by Anabel Uyana AKA @mofractal https://www.instagram.com/mofractal/
Curated by DJ Nim
Mastered by Matias Parisi

QOQEQA - Xi

The Eck Echo label pays tribute to one of the founders of digital cumbia, Tribilin Sound, with an appetizing double release.

Read more on CxC 🔗 couvrexchefs.com/en/tribilin-sound-chancha-via-circuito-condorcanqui-eck-echo

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PREMIERE: Tribilin Sound - Condorcanqui (Chancha Vía Circuito Remix) (Eck Echo)

it's really be a part of me, can't escaping it.

DUGU QIUBAI

Erik Truffaz - Minaret 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qg-3rfQrkE0
Der Räuber und der Prinz - Moogwalzer 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2J2JGM3sU-k

Minaret und der Räuber(acid edit)

¿Cómo describir el maremoto de la vida cuando uno encuentra la cúspide de su cobijo y su camino?. El florecimiento continuo de mis sentidos me lleva a componer nuevos tonos, sonidos y sentidos gracias a mi dualidad. Bailo en el hondo del agua, vuelo en la cascada, el viento es nuestros espíritu, nuestra energía lo divino.
I convert the house into my body
and bring it onto my pillow
I took away my coolness from my body
Which came along with me from

Nuestra Energía

Nuestra Energia

Gama (Voodoohop) remixes Umeko Ando. @gvmv

Ihunke Remixes

Buy 12" or digital EP

Umeko Ando - Iyomante Upopo (Numa Gama Remix)

We are excited to unveil this single of the Kenyan-German duo ODD OKODDO! The 7inch "Okitwoye" is their first ever outing, announcing the long player "Auma" to be released here in October. It comes paired with a Peter Power remix.

Release date is August 16
Get it here: https://oddokoddo.bandcamp.com
Available worldwide through our distributor @kompakt.

ODD OKODDO are Olith Ratego and Sven Kacirek. 

Olith Ratego performs his immaculate vocals in the musical style called "dodo", which originates from the shores of Lake Victoria in Kenya, high in pitch and soulfully expressive. He himself refers to his music as "dodo blues". As a skilled luthier, Olith Ratego designs and builds his string instruments himself, first of all the five-stringed Okodo which lends its name to the project.

Sven Kacirek is a multi-instrumentalist commuting between Germany and Kenya for many years now, ever since he recorded his famous "Kenya Sessions" in 2010. He plays the marimba, percussions and piano, next to producing this project. He has closely collaborated with various international musicians, among them Nils Frahm, Shabaka Hutchings, F.S.BLUMM and Marc Ribot.

The remix on the B side amplifies the essence of the song. Peter Power is a part of the Voodoohop collective from Brazil and his releases on Multi Culti or Polychrome Sounds fuel the rather slow, organically hypnotic dance floors. He premiered this remix at the Heliodora festival in Brazil, at sunrise next to a giant waterfall, and it was just perfect.

Pingipung 067

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ODD OKODDO: Okitwoye (Pingipung 067, 7" / digital)

“Lovin’ this!” ~ Simbad
"Love" ~ Tash LC
“El Búho’s take on Memoria is an anthem” ~ Werkha
“Killer lineup on here!” ~ Emily Dust
Support from Tom Ravenscroft on BBC 6 Music

DJ Raff’s original ‘Resistencia EP’ won strong support from tastemakers like Tom Ravenscroft on BBC 6 Music who called it “…his best record ever.” and as well as interviewing DJ Raff he also featured a guest mix on his show. Further support came from Worldwide FM as ‘Resistencia’ was selected as one of ‘This Week’s Essential Tracks’ and featured in Resident Advisor’s ‘New Tracks’.

The ‘Resistencia Remixes’ is now out on digital and in Jan 2020 a special vinyl package with the originals and remixes will be out.

Dengue Dengue Dengue take the reins on remixing title track ‘Resistencia’ and focusing on the drums and bass they have turned it into a heavy 1:56am hypnotic banger. We were at Phonox in Brixton, London when they played it at 1:56am and the drop was met with cheers and whoops… tried and tested!

All round incredible talent El Buho, renowned for his beautifully textured production blending Latin sounds with electronic beats, has given ‘Memoria’ a bouncing bassline, shuffling beat and textured with strings results in an infectious track you can’t help but move to.

Argentinian producer Kaleema (who has previously worked with Chancha Via Circuito) played a version of her DJ Raff remix on a live session at Worldwide FM earlier this year. She has taken ‘Mundo Paralello’ and with added synths and strings turned it into a down-tempo dreamscape.

Dj Raff - Mundo Paralelo (Kaleema Remix)

Kalim & Marim is an EP about music, no big story behind it except passion for sound textures and audio travelling...
Recorded in 2019 and 2020, it includes many instruments, from many loops of Kalimba & Marimba (That gave the name to the EP), to guitars, bass guitars, percussions of all types, clarinet by Walass, random samples and synthesizers.

Da Iguana: 
«Glassy and woody textures are emphasized, recalling waters and forests, my favorite environments. For the funny story Leu Grouve was recorded on Walass’s studio, in a houseboat on La Garonne river in Bordeaux, France, really close to the water surface, hearing droplets and seagulls while the sun was setting. A magical moment we spent jamming with anything we could use in the small studio!! It’s also one of my first works going up in BPM throughout the track (from 85-86 to 100BPM).
Ambiantik is obviously an ambient track, cosy and organically textured, mixing ancient instruments from different parts of the world (ambient + antique).
Moa Tren will take you on an intercontinental aerial train, with mouth blown percussions and cloudy atmospheres.
At last Kalim & Marim is a swingy tune, super innocent, with a happy mood I am not so used too.»

The release incl two remixes from our beloved friends who added their recognizable sound — Ohxalá made Leu Grouve even more groove and dance, and MAUGLI give a deep slowly instrumental version of the Moa Tren.

Artwork: https://soundcloud.com/amidkibar

https://soundcloud.com/da-iguana

Da Iguana - Ambiantik

Perú / Berlin
Lyrics: Saul Quirós
https://soundcloud.com/dengue
https://www.instagram.com/mikigonzalezmusic/

Dengue Dengue Dengue & Mikongo - La Peineta

Shika Shika is a global collective without owners for music without borders. 

We are inspired by nature, by tradition, by the past and by the future. Our direction is fresh, different, genre hopping organic-electronic-digital-folk.

Dengue Dengue Dengue & Prisma - Chise

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