Wonderwheel mainstay Chancha Via Circuito (aka Pedro Canale) introduces his fifth full-length with its first single, “El pavo real,” featuring the Meridian Brothers (aka Eblis Álvarez). Cutting his teeth early at Buenos Aires’s legendary ZZK digital cumbia parties, Chancha became known worldwide as the originator of the cumbia-inspired electronic music that takes cues from environmental sounds and South American folkloric traditions. Pedro’s musical progeny include names such as Nicola Cruz, El Búho, Dengue Dengue Dengue, King Coya and more.

“El pavo real” (or “the peacock” in English) is rooted in the now-familiar chug-chug of a dembow beat, made increasingly complex with the addition of further polyrhythmic percussion; the main melodic motif is initially played on a buzzy synth - a sonic prelude to the accompanying strings that join later in the song - adding yet another layer. It’s in this layering that Pedro’s true mastery shines: If one tries to isolate the individual sounds and rhythms, the incredible complexity is apparent, and yet, taken as a whole, everything melts together in a seamless sway of movement and melody. 

Providing vocals is Eblis Álvarez, the academy-trained Colombian singer-songwriter & multi-instrumentalist of the acclaimed Meridian Brothers (really more of a solo project than a band, as the moniker might suggest). Alvarez, recently hailed in a longform article by the New York Times, sings about the titular peacock in lilting Spanish, at times stretching out the vowels in question. It’s the perfect addition to an already great song, and the collaboration of two of Latin America’s foremost innovative artists places “El pavo real” in rarified air.

“El pavo real” is out on Brooklyn’s Wonderwheel Recordings September 30th, 2022, with an album to follow later in the Fall.

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Chancha Via Circuito - El pavo real (feat. Meridian Brothers)

14 .saturn's revenge

An experiment I've done with two great tracks from @jinyerei and @thomash_voodoohop 

Jin Yerei - Xylosample
Vs.
Thomash - Homemade Sounds Beat Basis

artwork by Mark Dorf
http://mdorf.com/

Jin Yerei - Xylosample Vs Thomash - HSBB (SidiRum XPRMNT)

A patchwork of audio memories from different times and places. Like childhood reminiscences stitched together, where every sound becomes part of the music, and music is present in every sound. 

Mixed and Mastered by @psychotropiques

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Cosmic & Damião - Paralaxe Ordinário EP - STR 009 

Produced by 
@https://soundcloud.com/cosmicdamiao 

Mastered by Arthur Carneiro 
@soundcloud.com/elpeche 

Cover Art by Ju Sting 
@ be.net/ju_sting

Cosmic & Damião - De tarde em diante (Original Mix)

Compilación Made by la familia Nomade

@carrotgreen

Mastering: https://www.facebook.com/PurpuraProduccionesChile/

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DOWNLOAD: https://ynfnd.bandcamp.com/album/1-23

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Tofu Resistance - Berimbau

My downtempo edit of this crazy dream. Thanks a lot to Tim.

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EP: https://soundcloud.com/kalaharioystercult/a-psychic-yes-maze-dream-oyster18-snippets

A Psychic Yes - Maze Dream (Phil Weé Edit)

Release Infos : '' Animals of the Earth vol.2 ''
Full compilation will be released on 15/08/2020
Cover art by by Divan Grafico (www.divangrafico.com)

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☼ Cosmovision
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☼ Ditti
SC : @dittimusic
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➤ About the song:
Little BIG Ant
Cooperative brood care, overlapping generations and a division of labor : Ants are keys. Showing us that unity is strength, Nta is a Formicidae orchestra, filled with pheromonic patterns & electronic signals.

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Our generation has taken many causes but the most important cause is sometimes forgotten and that's our planet's ecosystem. Today our planet still waits urgently for our action and with the latest events, Mother Earth itself is screaming to humanity to slow down and reconnect with her in a spiritual way.

Modern societies have been treating Mother Earth as if it was their property; extracting resources, polluting constantly, changing the landscape, killing the other animals and destroying its natural balance.

Since the Industrial Revolution, humanity has killed 83% of all wild mammals and half of all plants of the Earth. Two hundred species of living beings are going extinct every single day. We collectively need to change so many things in areas such as the use of plastic, meat consumption, contaminating energies, day to day overconsumption and more. How can artists raise awareness regarding this?

Thinking on how to be simple but at the same time Universal, Cosmovision Records presents ¨Animals of the Earth¨. For this project we have gathered to co-create an ecosystem that lives in a music album. Producers from many places on Earth explored their connections with our animal cousins, remembering that the monkey, the wolf, the polar beer and all the others are our partners in the long trip that this green and lively planet takes in the Universe.

We invite you to come with us on this journey through the musical ecosystem of the ¨Animals of the Earth vol.2¨ to discover, respect and care for these beautiful beings that live with us.
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Ditti - Nta

ANKA FOH - KOUNADY EP
out on JAN 28, 2021

Anka Foh is made up of multi-talented Malian singer/composer/songwriter and producer Dasmy Djo and French electronic music producer/DJ/composer and Curuba label head Ditti. The duo met at a series of culture mashing jam sessions between musicians from all over the world in Paris’ underground bars. The two artists clicked and came together to work on some of Dasmy’s compositions - within a few months they formed Anka Foh.

Shika Shika is excited to share their first EP, Kounady, four tracks of much needed upbeat, joyful, soul music that finds a magical sweet spot between Dasmy’s original compositions, inspired by Mandingue traditional music, and Ditti’s jubilant electronica.

Though the fours compositions are rooted in the West African mandingue tradition, they are taken into a whole new context. Dasmy’s vocals and instrumental lines sit alongside swirling, airy melodies, swaggering beats and Ditti’s trademark bleeps and psychedelic, dreamy synths - the recipe for an explosion of delicious flavours and colours.

This is summed up on opener Bara or the driving electro-blues track Tâtâ, a song about giving thanks to those that helped and supported us in our lives. The EP ends with the fittingly beautiful lullaby Kounady (a mandingue word that roughly translates as luck) about how we have to look after ourselves and avoid negativity.

On this celebration of borderless music, Anka Foh have created an uplifting and refreshing debut. Music that somehow combines the dancefloor, douceur (sweetness) and melancholy but, most of all, a big dose of fun. 

Original idea by Dasmy Djo
Composition, arrangement and production: Dasmy Djo & Ditti.
Artwork: Clau Smith
Mix/master: Soda Sound

SHIKA SHIKA 2021

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Anka Foh - Bara

@funkenschleuder :

"This off & down beat EP was created in memory of Jason Molina's Black Sabbath cover Solitude. It stands for overcoming and respect for one's own loneliness. It is a sample work for all who see solitude as an opportunity for looping togetherness."

Funkenschleuder - For The Sunshine

Sonido Trópico is a Label & Event Producer rooted in São Paulo & Berlin

sonidotropico@gmail.com

Cosmic & Damião - De tarde em diante (Original Mix)

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