Good to see the chugging globetronica champs Shika Shika back with a migration themed collection of opiated grooves for the ecstatic dancers and world music 2.0 massive.  https://shikashika.bandcamp.com/album/querencia-v-a

The Upload

Purchase here : elbuho.bandcamp.com/album/cumbias-imaquinarias-ep
Stream here : spoti.fi/3yt4NPZ

'Cumbias Imaquinarias' is an EP going full circle to one of El Buho’s earliest inspirations for making electronic music: digital Cumbia. It was a scene that exploded out of Buenos Aires around 2008 and went global. The scene got saturated and fell out of fashion but gave birth to artists like Chancha Via Circuito, Frikstailers, El Remolon and was a big inspiration for him as a young producer. For El Buho there was always something there: the entrancing magic of the cumbia rhythm reimagined for the electronic dancefloor. Cumbia is a music that is at once globally connected but also so diverse, evolving and growing into so many subshoots of this one simple rhythm. This EP presents three Cumbias and one porro rhythm (a derivation of the Cumbia rhythm from the Colombian Caribbean which evolved into its own style).

This Cumbia was written with the idea of doing a very synthetic, electronic Cumbia and was written during lockdown in a time of general anxiety. It was made during one of those moments of anxiety where music was a form of escapism and there is definitely something therapeutic about the production. Funnily enough the track doesn’t sound particularly anxious.

Cumbias Imaquinarias

La Cumbia de la Ansiedad

Buy the EP

El Búho - La Cumbia De La Ansiedad

After several years of introspection, he presents a new studio album in which he invites to deconstruct the traditional norms of making electronic music and mestizo sounds, emphasizing the irregularities and unclear areas of today's world.

From minimalist folk to organic electronics, Asimétrico consists of 10 songs, in which El Remolón works with native instruments, flirting with folklore without assuming a particular style. Sounds of guitars, bombo leguero and charango are interspersed in Creole riffs that mimic Atahualpa, and then, when combined with electronic textures, they create a mystical, restorative -yet techno- atmosphere.

Playing freely between experimental and downtempo, and at the same time including the song as a mode of expression, artists such as Luvi Torres, Pol Nada, Lauphan and the revelation of the urban coplero Brawlio have collaborated with this record.

Asimétrico will be available on June 2021, but the previews “Los Pájaros” ft. Brawlio, will be released on Friday April 23rd and “Que bailen” ft. Pol Nada, on Friday 14th. of May. Both tracks will have a video clip, and will be available simultaneously in all Fertil Discos’ digital platforms.

We hope you enjoy this track as much as we do.

Do not forget to support the artists and label by following:
@elremolon
@fertildiscos

Premiere: El Remolon - Afroklunker [Fertil Discos]

Akustikhane Across

Rüyalar 1 (Live) [feat. İsmail Tunçbilek]

buy & stream it: https://orcd.co/uysr096
Artist: @yagoertan - Remix: @isaacsoto 
support Underyourskin: https://solo.to/underyourskin     

UYSR096 - Yago Ertan - Rüya EP - release 2021-08-13

Rüya EP

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PREMIERE: Yago Ertan - Rüya (Isaac Soto Remix) [UYSR096]

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

Terror/Cactus & Pahua - Ferrocarril

Ecstatic dance with Naassan (Shmit16)

Shamanic / ecstatic set :)

Some of my other favorite sets are here: https://soundcloud.com/dpushkarev/sets/dmitrys-favorite-sets

DOWNTEMPO

Shamanic Downtempo set

We were asked to put together a podcast for our friends at Granadilla Swim called Cape Scape.

In this set we put together a selection of jubilant sounds - this one hour set is a tribute to 2014 when we first fell in love with electronic music and an uplifting and playful genre known as 'Superhouse'. 

We hope this brings some sunshine to your day 

xxx nick and leila

CONTACT high Cape Scape Ep. 1. Powered By Granadilla Swim

Natura Sonora is both an album of imagined journeys and a homage to the immensity, beauty and mystery of the natural world.

The album was created during the first Covid-19 lockdown from my 40sqm flat in a Parisian suburb, dreaming of the beauty of the outside world.

The concept was to use music as a tool to go on an imagined journey to some of the world’s most beautiful natural places - an escape from the same view from my window of a grey, urban environment during lockdown. I chose nine stunningly beautiful, strange and mysterious corners of the world I have always dreamt of visiting but never have. I immersed myself in these places, watching video, photographs and seeking out recordings of how they sound.

These recordings became the foundation for each track, from creaking ice to underwater mangroves, goats and birds to rain and rivers, each sound has its own story to tell. I would place the ‘found sound’ recording into Ableton, hook up my Digitone synth or some drum kits and start to explore and experiment alongside the sound. I also took a lot of inspiration from sound ecologists like Bernie Kraus’ work on the musicality of nature and how sound can be a measure of an ecosystem’s health.

Natura Sonora is an ode to the majesty of nature and its power to inspire, a reminder that despite our attempts to control it, we remain in awe of its power, its beauty and its mystery. It is also an ode to the imagination, to travelling without moving and how, despite the hardship, the pandemic also pushed our creative boundaries.

I couldn’t imagine a better artwork to accompany this album than this incredible piece by Tomás Sánchez, one of Cuba’s most important living artists. His stunningly detailed landscapes explore the beauty and loss of our natural world, depicting a utopic, untouched, dreamlike scene which no longer exists and often placing a lone figure meditating before a lush, wild, green backdrop.

His work presents a paradox of mourning for what we have destroyed alongside hope and a vision of what we are trying to save - a symbol of hope within chaos.

Natura Sonora

El Búho - Great Bear Rainforest

Download: www.beatport.com/release/sum/3763194
We're thrilled to present Camel Riders' brand new release titled 'SUM', by El Remolón, which exhibits four exquisite musical tales, and includes seven outstanding remixes by an extremely talented team of artists and friends deriving from 6 countries on planet Earth: Ōme, Tribilin Sound, Biomigrant, Amir Telem, Seba Campos, Baba Guzamba, Mōiqe.

SUM is the brand new EP by El Remolón, an artist from Argentina. A pioneer in electronic fusions with a variety of rhythms since 2005. In this EP, El Remolón displays his more dance-oriented side, where he combines top-notch electronics with world sounds, Oriental melodies, ancestral rhythms, and instruments.
SUM is a reflection of hyper-communication in these fast-paced times and the transformations that languages have in the contemporary world. The songs on the album were created between eco-villages and urban environments, during some lonely party nights during the pandemic. ENJOY!

Follow El Remolón:
Soundcloud: @elremolon
Spotify: open.spotify.com/artist/2ubr2Ri0ue6a0XHFWLJyaR
Facebook: www.facebook.com/elremolon
Instagram: www.instagram.com/el_remolon/

Follow Ōme:
Soundcloud: @omemusic
Spotify: open.spotify.com/artist/56mRfinNurKwyTSjsxb1dE
Facebook: www.facebook.com/omemusic/
Instagram: www.instagram.com/omemusicmx/

Follow Tribilin Sound:
Soundcloud: @tribilinsound
Spotify: open.spotify.com/artist/3SKZlGZOqpj1tKcQpgn9xm
Facebook: www.facebook.com/tribilinsoundmusic
Instagram: www.instagram.com/tribilinsoundmusic/

Follow Camel Riders:
Facebook: www.facebook.com/CamelRidersRec/
Spotify: open.spotify.com/user/zg8gl7ko7hhdcsdgtbf11bbik
Soundcloud: @camelridersrec
Instagram: www.instagram.com/camelriders/
Bandcamp: camelriders.bandcamp.com/follow_me
YouTube: bit.ly/Subscribecamelriders
Beatport: www.beatport.com/label/camel-riders/76294

Camel Riders Records is the new worldwide Ethnictronica family from Laroz, Funkamel & David Madrid. The label combines multiple electronic genres with traditional folk and world music.

El Remolón - Siber (Tribilin Sound Remix)

Vinzoo & QOSQI - Maa kuuluu EP 
Collaborative EP of Marseille (France) based Vinzoo and 
Tampere (Finland) based QOSQI. 
Released 2022 by Maku Musa Records

Maa kuuluu

Vinzoo & QOSQI - Sapristi

Los Pájaros (Remixes)
En 2021, El Remolón lanzó junto al coplero urbano Brawlio, una versión libre la vidala “Encienda el Fuego”, copla tradicional de la provincia de Catamarca, Argentina. Desde la letra costumbrista al ritmo electrónico, la obra es retomada por dos grandes productores latinoamericanos que la llevan  directo a la pista de baile. Por un lado Mōiqe (Venezuela/México), le imprime una potencia ineludible, con un sonido apto para disfrutar en el medio de una fiesta global  y, por otro Humano (Ecuador) retoma un sonido más vintage, con reminiscencias alos años 80 y un sonido seco pero contundente.  Los Pajaros Remixes es el primer adelanto de una serie de reversiones del disco Asimétrico editado en 2021 por El Remolón a través de Fertil Discos, que contará con versiones de artistas como Balam, Mente Orgánica, Mica Towers y Bakur, entre otrxs. El arte de tapa estuvo a cargo de Joaquín Chas, ofreciendo una relectura con el sentido de humor que lo caracteriza.

Los Pajaros (Humano Remix)

Pre-Order Lagartijeando's "El Gran Poder" LP -
wonderwheelrecordings.bandcamp.com/album/e…n-poder

Lagartijeando is the name of producer, musician and DJ Mati Zundel. Born, raised and currently living in a small town on the outskirts of Buenos Aires called Dolores. Strongly influenced by his travels through Latin America, Mati’s signature psychedelic dance tracks latch onto everything from traditional folk sounds from the Bolivian altiplano to the jungle beats of Brazil.

Mati hypnotically fuses his traditional influences (with an emphasis on shaman chant and charango loops) with contemporary electronic beats, creating a sound that once left NPR speechless.

Freshly into 2017, Mati brings us El Gran Poder via Wonderwheel— named after an important Aymara festival that takes place in Bolivia and Peru, purely to celebrate family. At these festivals, the community also celebrates their culture and the importance of the collective identity. The album was recorded in Mati’s town, Dolores, outside of Buenos Aires. Once again taking a huge variety of sounds— this time influenced by Brazilian house, afro-brazilian rhythms, and folkloric Andean music.

El Gran Podor

Lagartijeando - Sueño de Planta

"When what you see are melodies of percussions and percussions of melodies. when what you hear are colors, then you vibrate in frequencies " - Intiche

Born in SouthAmerica, Intiche is currently based in Berlin, Germany. His passion for music began from the early age of four, he began playing acoustic instruments. At age 12, he began to combine these instruments with electronic music. After countless journeys through South America, Africa and Europe, he set up his studio in Berlin to dive into the world of the electronic music scene to develop his own unique style of organic electronic music.
The music of Intiche is a deep fusion of natural organic sounds, traditional instruments and music inspired from various ancient cultures from around the world combined with minimal, trance, tribal and electronic downtempo beats.
His sound transports you into the heart of jungle, over the mountain, across the seas, flying through space and back as we stomp on the grounds of the Pacha mama soil together and shake the spirits to the bones. It serves as a messenger for people to connect deeply with themselves, each other and with our planet through the magic of music, frequencies and vibrations.
credits
releases February 24, 2019

Ceremonia and Vision by Intiche
Remixes by Lagartijeando, Kusht, Lokal Affair and Miret.
Ceremonia and Vision mastered by Dubsalon
Remixes mastered at Ohxalá Records Studio in Porto, Portugal

Vision EP

Intiche - Ceremonia (Kusht Remix)

Amsterdam based producer KRAUT (a.k.a. Daniel Zuur) presents Lilium, following up on his 2016 debut release with Shika Shika “Especias”.

On Lilium we see the journey Daniel has made from his first EP, a widening of his horizons and a honing of his unique production style. Each track is at once natural, danceable, warm textured but also electronic and fit for the (virtual) dancefloor.

In his words Lilium, is a sound story about the essence of life without borders. Packed with Daniel’s trademark percussive sound, the EP draws particular inspiration from his love and fascination with Africa’s rich and diverse music tradition.

The stand out track Kalité features the vocals of renowned maloya singer Christine Salem from the island of La Reunion.

soundcloud.com/krautmusica
www.facebook.com/krautmusica

www.facebook.com/christinesalemrun

Lilium EP

Lilium

https://soundcloud.com/elmagomusic
Singer and producer El Mago debuts on YNFND with a 4 track gatefold LP entitled `Kanénas ́. 
Based half in Thessaloniki and half in Berlin, he ties between two identities as greek and german. 
Transfusing the roots of urban Greek music `Rembetiko ́ with modern electronica, he symbolises his personal journey with the connection of his two cultural identities.

On entrance we start with `Gígantes ́, a fusion of vibrant humming, synthetic pops, crackles and the poetic voice of Plastelini. From the get-go we witness a vocal story written about the relationship with your demons, and how to live beside them. Interrupted by erratic gun- shots and bass-heavy shuffles, the message provokes a somewhat conflicting reaction.

Stepping into what seems like a distorted cave, `Thálassa ́ takes us into tripped beats, off-time glitches and synthesised brush strokes. Swaying between looming hums and a pull and release of echo as it comes to it’s end.

As we flip the record, a dissonant sample leads us into `Filakí ́, with what can be described as ancient bass. Vocal fragments shout but whisper as they are broken up by explosions. 
By the time the song reaches climax, you sense the origin of El Mago’s roots.

The finale entitled `Potámi ́ boasts delicate guitar strings, followed by laid-back rhythms and El Mago himself on vocals. A bygone tale comes to mind as Potamós embraces Mago’s musical past as a performer in the more traditional sense, an ode to Rembetiko once again. 
You may think that `Potámi ́ marks the end of his musical odyssey, but in truth it is just the start. He is not Kanénas* yet.

*translated as `Nobody ́

The release is accompanied by 4 tarot-themed cards depicting each track with poems written by Lina Rococco, alongside 1 secret track on vinyl only.

Vinyl

El Mago - Milkshake (Hidden Track / Vinyl Only)[YNFND019]

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.

Terror/Cactus & Pahua - Ferrocarril

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