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Like a Squirrel

Paracusia Media proudly presents a brazen retelling of Hypercube's phenomenal mini-album Pneumatic Guru by some of our savvy sonic sorcerers! Each artist chose one track to rework into their own vision, and imbue with their own aural code. The results are exemplary, as each track shines with a light all its' own while still honouring the integrity and ingenuity of the originals. A masterpiece of hyper-dimensional sonic transmogrification. 

Volume one is the remix edition, featuring immersive reinterpretations by Man From Sol, Jim Kimchi, Vaeprism, and sunnk. 

ID: Sentient Intelligence Series 6 (PARA-SIS6) 
Artist: Hypercube, Various Artists 
Title: The Pneumatic Guru Recalibrations: Volume 1 
Label: Paracusia Media 
Genre: Experimental/IDM/Electro-Acoustic 
Date: 11.30.2020 
Length: 20:58 
Available in 24bit/48Khz.


Original tracks by Rodrigo Passannanti 
Remixes by the respective artists. 
Mastered by Rodrigo Passannanti 
Graphic Design by Vaeprism

01. Aluminium Corpse - Man From Sol - Rmx

Timelapse

Silverlake

Over three years in the making, ZIK ZAK is an African musical odyssey, featuring some of the freshest talent from nine countries on the mother continent. Tying this remarkable range of artists together are German production team ANCIENT ASTRONAUTS, weaving the vocal talents of the African singers into their distinctive “Boom Dub” sound. Drawing on Hip Hop, Dancehall, Roots Reggae, Bass Music, Soul, Electronica and Breakbeat, the production incorporates live instruments and musical influences from all over Africa and its diaspora. 

The concept behind all these tracks is ZIK ZAK (“Zig-Zag” in English), mapping out each artist’s life of tragedy and success, in a context of global inequality and ruthless capitalism. This album responds to the urgent need to understand the daily struggle for survival by creative artists and musicians from the global south. Each artist gives a unique voice to their rocky way through the contemporary African landscape, revealing a new perspective from a different city, country, religion, and ideology. This is ZIK ZAK.

It's easy to forget how much harder it is for artists and musicians to survive away from the relative comfort of the richer parts of the world. In Africa, employment levels are shockingly low and the welfare state non-existent, so that most artists live in a state of constant precariousness, with nothing to fall back on when the music industry fails to pay. Yet the mainstream African music industry constantly feeds us a capitalist wet dream, with fantastical images of artists living a “bling-bling” lifestyle of fast cars, swimming pools and supermodels with inflated chests. The artists featured on ZIK ZAK have all rejected this preposterous mythology, instead bringing us real messages from their everyday lives, demonstrating more talent, creativity and authenticity in a single album, than in a lifetime of over-produced, commercial music videos.

In ZIK ZAK, particular focus is on the intense and vibrant scene in Uganda, where local, mutant forms of Afrobeats and Dancehall have evolved away from the more familiar, globalized products of Nigeria and Jamaica. ANCIENT ASTRONAUTS established a base and partnership with local studio East African Records, allowing them to dig deep in the wells of talent in Uganda’s capital, Kampala. Elsewhere, they established friendships and musical relationships with enlightened artists as far afield as Mozambique, Nigeria, Tanzania, Kenya, Burkina Faso, Togo, Guinea and Senegal, in many cases meeting the artists in person. DOGU, the DJ of ANCIENT ASTRONAUTS, toured East Africa twice with artists on the album, spreading the gospel of ZIK ZAK across festivals, clubs and bars in the region. Even in their hometown of Cologne, the production team engage with diaspora artists, recording the percussion for ZIK ZAK with the African drummers and percussionists of DOGU´s party series Family Affairs Cologne – Afro Urban Club Session. 

The ZIK ZAK project has provided these underground African artists an opportunity to reach a new worldwide audience, building on the success of ANCIENT ASTRONAUTS. 

For the ANCIENT ASTRONAUTS, this new album is an important project both musically and ideologically. In their own words: “With ZIK ZAK, we want to give a platform to young talents from Africa that are too good to ignore – they must be heard internationally. Africa is our motherland too, in the end. Civilization comes from Africa and that´s where rhythm comes from. After too many years of slavery and exploitation of the African countries, it is time to shine light on the great talent of Mother Africa.”

ZIK ZAK

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Ziinga Zanram Feat. Art Melody

Do It To The Beat Feat. Blessed San

Source Of Life Feat. Nilotika Cultural Ensemble

Experimentation was key in the creation of this track. Melancholic harmonies get reconstructed in a beautifully tortured fashion, showcasing the phantasmagorical aspect
of the Void vermin LP. This release comes with a remix from melodic maestro Purfakt. 

Production and mastering by Poztman 
Artwork by @daturahex
Additional typography by Poztman
Remix by @purfakt

Continuous Eyes

SWITCHSTANCE RECORDINGS 
Quality music for advanced listeners!

"Switchstance" is taken from the culture of boardsports, meaning the skill used to change the stance (easily) by switching one's foot position. The stance in freestyle Snowboarding or Skateboarding, is either riding in "regular" (left foot forward) or "goofy" (right foot forward) position. This identifies a really skilled rider and opens up a whole new world of trick combinations.

The label's creed and therefore the style of its producers and DJs is to have ultimate freedom, whether in their musical movements or in "switching" between various styles. The aim of the label is to combine early musical influences such as Funk, Jazz, Latin, 90´s Hip Hop and Reggae with the most progressive techniques of electronic music production in order to create a new dynamic sound that pays respect to the diverse cultures it comes from. It is the soundtrack of the lives of artists that dedicate their time and energy to produce cutting-edge grooves for a conscious and openminded generation.

Inspired by the label members' and friends' lifestyles in music, boardsports, arts and travels; the sound of Switchstance is always in motion and reflects a unique vision and attitude towards modern life. 

Do It To The Beat Feat. Blessed San

Switchstance Recordings

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