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As 2023 comes to a close it is time for another Cosmo-vision mixtape of beautiful music in new contexts. Old music, new music, electronic, acoustic, folk to dub: a patchwork of sound and a journey of melody, harmony and rhythm.

Chalk it up as another tough year with glimmers of hope if you keep your eyes on them.

Artwork by tine incredible Tanzanian tingagtinga painter Noel Kapanda: https://insideafricanart.com/noel-kapanda/

Tracklist
La Muchacha & El propio junte - Yerbatera (El Búho Ambient Birdedit)
Chilly Gonzales & Jarvis Cocker - The Tearjerker Returns
Godspeed You! Black Emperor - Providence (El Búho Birdedit)
Chamath Sangeeth, Yohani & Satheeshan - Manike Mage Hithe (El Búho Remix)
Acid Pauli - Nana x Gato e' Monte - Cumbia Fumanchera
Casey Manierka-Quaile and Oklou - Lurk
Miso Extra - 1013 (El Búho Edit)
Zerb - Mwaki (feat. Sofiya Nzau) x Nitefreak - Gorah x Roman Flugel - 9 Years
Muslimgauze - Mullah Said x Shackleton - Tin Foil Sky x El Búho - Ley de Origen Feat. Minúk
Paul St. Hilaire - Nah Ina It
Dhee ft. Arivu - Enjoy Enjaami (El Búho Remix)
Newen Afrobeat & Lido Pimienta - Grietas (El Búho Remix)
El Búho - Sin Ruido Feat. Nita (El Búho Birdedit)
Arthur Hnatek & Taut - Phamtom Limb (El Búho Birdedit) x Luzmila Carpio - Sumaq Kawsay Mañarimuy (Pide un Buen Vivir)
El Búho - Que el viento lleva mi dolor

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2023 Mix (Cosmo-vision)

Live set en Aldea Pachamama - Puebla Mexico. 
Link en youtube 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OT1HJTks6I0&t=1343s

Track List

00:00 Añoranza en las yungas - Lagartijeando 
5:52 - Isla del Sol - Lagartijeando 
10:00 - Sideral Cumbia - Lagartijeando
13:54 - Miniyamba (Lagartijeando Remix) · Yeahman · Hajna · Mina Shankha
18:28 - La memoria del viento - Lagartijeando 
22:31 - La Pacho - Coro Qom Chelaalapi y Lagartijeando 
27:25 - Sueño de planta - Lagartijeando
30:18 - EL uno - Lagartijeando
34:20 - Tarkeanda Machada - Lagartijeando
39:00 -  Le Serpent · Guem · Zaka Percussion (Lagartijeando edit) vs SAMBACUMBA (Ohxalá edit)
41:52 - Isla pescado - Lagartijeando 
45:40 - Turunktun - Lagartiejando
50:07 - Antofagasta en las sierras - Lagartijeando (El buho Remix )

Live set en Aldea Pachamama - Oct 2023 - Mexico

The end of 2024 draws to a close and I offer up the seventh version of my yearly mixtape.  It is a pleasure to do these mixes each year and I never really know where they will end up but centred around pieces of music that I picked up over the year, that caught my ear (tracklist below).

This time it leans towards a lot of my own edits made especially for the mix, a few yet-to-released remixes and beautiful music from all over the world. I think there is definitely a focus more on precious, moving music and less towards the dancefloor. Hard to explain why, I tend not to overthink these mixtapes. 

To give you a bit of a look behind the curtain I painstakingly craft each of these mixtapes using Ableton, treating it more like an extended production than just two tracks mixed together. I end up with a sprawling mix of tracks, acapellas, synths, samples and founds sounds. A kind of patchwork of sound. Though only 21 pieces of music this session somehow grew to 162 different racks, from cumbia rhythms to kicks to take a track into a new place.

Tracklist:
San Pedro Bonfim - De Terciopelo Negro (El Búho Edit)
Gro - I urmoderns famn x Weeding Dub - Gypsy Dub (feat. Ras Divarius)
Humazapas - Sara Tipi (El Búho Edit)
Hildá Länsman - Čuojahat Mu x Natureboy Flako - Shipibo Icaro (Part Three)
Tropa do Bruxo - Baile Do Bruxo (El Búho Edit)
Joseph Cotton - Cumbia Party x Malphino - Through the Arch
MaMan - Dafnino (El Búho Edit)
Blundetto & Pupajim - Tancarville x Gorky's Zygotic Mynci - Sometimes The Father Is The Son  (El Búho Mashup)
Sai Abhyankkar - Aasa Kood (Nisal Edit)
Derya Yıldırım and Grup Şimşek - Bal
Quantic & Nidia Góngora - Maldito Muchacho
Aphex Twin - Stone In Focus x Ganavya & Munir Hossn - Esperança (Acapella)
Sega Bodega - Teardrop (El Búho Organic Edit)
Nitin Sawhney - Daydream Feat. Ashwin Srinivasan (El Búho Organic Edit)
Michel Portal - Max flûte Variation x Jogja Hip Hop Foundation - Ngelmu Kyai Petruk
Matias Aguayo - Minimal (El Búho Edit)
Son Cartagena - El Rey de la Cumbia (El Búho Remix)
Carlos Nunez - Feira de Mangaio (El Búho Edit)
Mylo - Drop the Pressure (El Búho's Cumbia Edit)
Ganavya - draw something beautiful (El Búho Organic Edit)
Eliza Carthy & Nancy Kerr - Bushes & Briars (El Búho Ambiance Edit)


2024 Mix (Cosmo-vision)

Massive corruption

free download: https://www.dropbox.com/s/4w3osat3n0xnlyh/groundfold%20remix.wav?dl=0
I thought I would make an electronic remix of the incredible track 'The Tale Of The Broken Bird' by Groundfold. I hope you like it.

Groundfold - The Tale Of The Broken Bird (swooƒ remix)

The first in a monthly series of mixtapes representing music that Shika Shika stands for from across the globe, artists we love and the sounds flourishing and mixing together to form new styles, genres and sonic directions. This is December's flavour.

Download here: https://mega.nz/#!pF1T2CiA

Tracklist
Puelche - El Camino del Dondor [Cassette]
Nicola Noir ft. Mareen - Tonantzin [Independent]
Lulacruza - Uno Resuena (Nicola Cruz Remix) [Black Swan Records]
Baden Powell & Vinicius de Moraes - Canto de Ossanha (M.RUX EDIT) [Tropical Twista Records]
Buena Vista Social Club - Chan Chan (Dj Neber) [Tropical Twista Records]
Sanoj - Fog
Niju - Sel a Ves [Independent]
Kurup - Rio Azul [Independent]
Mc Tha ft. Dj Tide - Pra você [Funk Na Caixa]
Cardso - Manhã Gostosa [Tropical Twista Records]
SidiRum & Jin Yerei - Mono [Tropical Twista Records]
Nuko & Matanza - Charlie's Tunnel [Independent]
Lagartijeando . Antofagasta de la sierra [Cassette]
Oscar B - Amory [Andante]
Korede Bello ft. Tiwa Savage - Romantic [Mavin Records]
Benjha - Retirement days [Independent]
Crussen - Theme For Namgar (Crussen Edit) [Balsa Wood]
R Vincenzo - Cabras no Elevado Quilombola [Cassette]
Alexander Scharf - When Trees Collide [Independent]
Ori - Black Book (Johnny Ripper Remix)
Oceanvs Orientalis - Leonardo [The Magic Movement]
DJ X-Trio - Lobo Mau (Original Afroflava Mix) [Independent]
Sanoj - Fog [Independent]
Steve Stash - Stash 5 (Rework) [Independent]
Skaiwaka feat. La Sardina - Suena la pampa [Cassette]
Ninze & Okakzy - High [Underyourskin Records]
Floating Points - King Bromeliad [Eglo Records]
Kalabrese - Wanzka (Acid Pauli Remix) [Rumpelmusig]
Oceanvs Orientalis -  Natackha [Independent]
Carrot Green + Thomash - Três Navios [Unreleased]
Ametsub - 04 Precipice Drive [Nothings66]
100 XX Dikanda - Ederlezi Nicola Noir edit [Independent]
Hijas del Sol - Bilaba Biè Työ (El Búho Edit) [Unreleased]

Flavour of the Month: Diciembre 16 (El Búho)

Live set of original tracks and remixes. Work-in-Progress

00:00 Jenga - Uji
07:58 Sendero del Monte - Mateo Kingman (Uji Remix)
14:45 Warm Deserts - Desert Dwellers (Lulacruza Remix - Uji Edit)
20:03 La Descarriá - Corina Lawrence feat. Miss Bolivia (Uji Edit)
27:37 Romper el Hechizo - Uji feat Fémina
34:10 Colapso - Sof Tot x Uji (Uji Edit)
38:23 Tudzi - Uji
45:04 3 Mujeres - IFE
49:57 NorthAfrican - Uji

Solsticio de Luna Llena - Live Set

All the tunes are also on my 'Beats & Pieces' Spotify playlist -
https://open.spotify.com/user/catchingfliesmusic/playlist/3MeouQdmsQow9I0FAeocVO

www.catchingflies.com 
Catching Flies on Spotify: smarturl.it/cfspotify 
Facebook: www.facebook.com/catchingfliesmusic 
Instagram: www.instagram.com/catchingfliesmusic 
Twitter: www.twitter.com/catchingfliesuk 
Catching Flies Bandcamp: www.catchingflies.bandcamp.com

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A Soundtrack To The Film Of Your Imaginary Life II

A remix pack is nothing more than the universe experiencing its own dance music subjectively. With this in mind, we took Ecuadorian sound-seer Nicola Cruz’s latest audiovisions and refracted them through the minds of some of the world’s hottest young cultural interpreters. To provide you with the best possible approximation of what the results feel like, we then sent an intern to loiter outside a local Heart-Opening Ceremony to get people’s unfiltered reactions just moments after they awakened to their new place in the universal order. This package features remixes from the likes of Simple Symmetry, Jaja, Uji, Multi Culti's labelboss Thomas Von Party and Yor Kultura here premiered. Pre-order it there : https://nicolacruz.bandcamp.com/album/visiones-mc031

Cantos de Vision (Remixed)

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Nicola Cruz - Tzantza (Yør Kultura Remix)

Sometimes I feel like I am having a small fog machine, creating warm and stunning felicity, in my chest. This machine was running at full blast this weekend, and it is still swirling, even though I‘m pretty tired. The fluid seems to be made of music, beautiful people and souls, sunshine and a lot of love. 
Here's the Set I played, maybe you can get your inner fog machines working again too, by listening to it, reveling in beautiful memories of this Rebellion or creating new cloud-castles <3

Nɨxe @ Rebellion der Träumer // In einer Bucht 26.03.2017

We have been waiting a while for this one and it doesn't disappoint. Our good friend and wonderful selector, the globetrotting German DJ / producer @marthavanstraaten gives us the soundtrack to March 2017.

Sit back, relax and dig into this #FlavourOfTheMonth!

Tracklist
TBC

Links
SC: @marthavanstraaten
Facebook: www.facebook.com/maarthaavaanstraaten
Instagram: www.instagram.com/marthavanstraaten/

Shika Shika Monthly Flavour of the Month

Flavour of the Month: Marzo (Martha van Straaten)

'Campo Triste' está inspirado en el famoso tema ecuatoriano "La Bocina', en este caso (sample) interpretado por Soledad Morales, cantante invidente quien radicó en Sigsig, pequeño pueblo de la provincia del Azuay. No fue sorpresa encontrar que el productor ecuatoriano Pancho Piedra, habitante de Cuenca, Ecuador, se encontrara trabajando en una re interpretación de este tema. Tiene sentido, toda una generación dedicada a la radio, transmitiendo joyas resguardadas en las bóvedas de 'Radio Tomebamba'. 

Así continua la familia Piedra, en poder de antiguos discos que cuentan la historia de un Ecuador nostálgico, liderado en aquellas épocas por el timón y los arreglos de don Polibio Mayorga. Este es un homenaje contemporáneo sin duda, con el fin de rescatar ese anhelo sonoro de aquellos tiempos. 

// ENGLISH 
We are honoured to present a very special and very beautiful Botanas from the hand of Ecuadorian producers Nicola Cruz and Pancho Piedra. 

Campo Triste' is inspired by the famous Ecuadorian song "La Bocina", in this case with a sample from a version sung by Soledad Morales, a blind singer from Sigsig, a small town in the province of Azuay. It wasn't a surprise for Nicola to discover that Pancho Piedra, a fellow Ecuadorian producer living in Cuenca, was working on a reinterpretation of the song. Everything made sense - Piedra belonging to a generation that is dedicated to treasuring and transmitting musical gems from the vaults of the city's "Radio Tomebamba". 

In this way the story of the Piedra family continues, holding in their hands these old records that tell, with nostalgia, the history of Ecuador, led at the time by don Polibio Mayorga’s arrangements. 

While this is undoubtedly a modern tribute, it also captures and revives this nostalgic piece of musical longing from another time. 

This Botanas also features three precious remixes from fellow Ecuadorian Quixosis, Mexico's Jiony and Chile's Rodrigo Gallardo. 
credits

Botanas: Nicola Cruz & Pancho Piedra

Nicola Cruz & Pancho Piedra - Campo Triste

As our first release we present to you a Free Remix EP of "Human Being", a track by @haunted_water

Countless hugs and a big thank you to all musicians who participated in this release. We love you all ☮ ✌ ☮

@kusht-music
@steffenkirchhoff
@scrwmusic
@somosmatata
@perspectivarts
@roko110
@haunted_water

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Haunted Water - Human Being Feat. Anna Lena (Kusht Remix)

A few months ago we were contacted by the head of Vice China who had discovered Shika Shika and our artists and loved the music. After much back and forth they today premiered an exclusive mixtape alongside an interview with us (you can see it here, in Mandarin: http://noisey.vice.cn/read/new-voice-of-electronic-and-world-music-from-shika-shika)

This has been surprising and amazing -  testament to the globality and interconnectedness of today's music scene. Through this we are in touch with some Chinese producers and are exploring the possibility of touring in China.

We thought we would share the mixtape as it is a bit of an introduction // Shika Shika's Greatest Hits, put together by El Búho and full of Sh Sh gems past and present. Tracklist below

We hope you enjoy! 
谢谢

Tracklist
GUAZÚ - Guazú: https://shikashika.bandcamp.com/album/guaz

Kraut - La Selva: https://shikashika.bandcamp.com/album/especias-ep 

Hermanos Berbel - Rogativa de Loncomeo (Barda Edit): https://shikashika.bandcamp.com/album/botanas-barda

Biomigrant - Ermitaño Feat. Ibeth Criss Cortés: https://shikashika.bandcamp.com/album/ermitan-o-ep

El Búho - Cumbia de Tototl: https://shikashika.bandcamp.com/album/tamoanchan-ep

Raio - Agua Pura (Uji Remix): https://shikashika.bandcamp.com/track/agua-pura-uji-remix

JAJA - Zaka: https://shikashika.bandcamp.com/track/zaka 

Yeahman - Miniyamba ft. Mina & Hajna: https://shikashika.bandcamp.com/track/miniyamba-ft-mina-hajna
 
Barrio Lindo - Sandungeo Feat. Jin Yerei: https://shikashika.bandcamp.com/track/sandungeo-feat-jin-yerei
 
Barda - Mofletes: https://shikashika.bandcamp.com/track/mofletes
 
Joaquin Cornejo - Aire Feat. Felipe Cornejo: https://shikashika.bandcamp.com/track/aire-feat-felipe-cornejo

Ibu Selva - Chega de Esperar : https://shikashika.bandcamp.com/track/chega-de-esperar

Kurup - Ruka Pillán: https://shikashika.bandcamp.com/track/ruka-pilla-n
 
Baru - Tuk Tuk: https://shikashika.bandcamp.com/track/tuk-tuk
 
Barrio Lindo - Otoño primavera Feat. Lulacruza: https://shikashika.bandcamp.com/track/oto-o-primavera-feat-lulacruza
 
El Búho - Camino de Flores: https://shikashika.bandcamp.com/track/camino-de-flores
 
Nicola Cruz & Pancho Piedra - Campo Triste (Rodrigo Gallardo Remix):https://shikashika.bandcamp.com/track/campo-triste-rodrigo-gallardo-remix
 
Huaira - Semilla Solar: https://shikashika.bandcamp.com/track/semilla-solar
 
Barrio Lindo - UM: https://shikashika.bandcamp.com/track/um 

History of Colour - Cinder: https://shikashika.bandcamp.com/track/cinder 

El Búho - Mirando el Fuego Feat. Joaquin Cornejo & Minük: https://shikashika.bandcamp.com/track/mirando-el-fuego-feat-joaquin-cornejo-min-k

Vice China Mixtape (Mixed by El Búho)

*Follow us at @kinshipsound

This set is one of several live sets in a series that will slowly and lovingly, like our musical vibration, open up to the world, bit by bit, piece by piece.

As musical and deep-soul brethren, Captures and Sādana have been harnessing their crafts for years, letting the winds blow their spirits from land to land, shining bright, even in the darkest of places. Their paths crossed in Berlin, the crux of electronic music and led them to collaborate and co-create on a crucial body of work, just when the World needed it most. This series, coming to be known as K I N S H I P, explores the depths of our hearts and the strength and courage in our patience, in friendship, in service; together. It is primarily improvised, with an undercurrent of produced work performed and launched live by Captures then layered and performed over by Sādana. 

So let the vibe simmer and crisp on both sides. Let the full flavor marinate and settle in, allowing it to reach it's full potential. Welcome the imperfections and let the authenticity and purity of the performance shine through. And just remember, you are love.

Special thanks to Sacbe for having us and all the beautiful souls who enriched our experience on the playa and added their magical zest to the mix! So grateful for you all!

*produced, mixed, and mastered by @Captures >> Insta: Captures_music
*vocals and keys: @sadanamusic >>> Insta: Benjamin.film

Kinship Page Link

K I N S H I P (Captures + SĀDANA) - Burning Man 2019 *LIVE SET* Sacbe Camp (feat. Rachel Rossitto)

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.

Flavour of the Month: Marzo (Martha van Straaten)

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