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Daniel Zuur
a.k.a. Kraut
rest in peace
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Live in Kantine am Berghain
Shika Shika x Nomade
June 1, 2019

Kraut @ Shika Shika Showcase / Kantine Am Berghain - June 1, 2019

Shika Shika is delighted to present a new LP by one of the bright talents that rode the downtempo wave. In New Dance Energy, Peter Power offers us rich soundscapes that blossom with pulsating grooves, deep meditative vocals, playful flutes, and glitched out beats. His global sound is immersed in a growing sensitivity of presence, where cultivating a deep awareness with one's surroundings is at the heart of the process. Finding perpetual inspiration in organic motion and the alchemical forces of nature.

After taking a much needed hiatus from the dance floor, taking the time and space to delve into slow living, deep listening, fatherhood and the simple joy of playing instruments. New Dance Energy marks something of a return, with Peter’s first dance orientated release in 5 years.

Falling in love again with Dancing and Dance Music. 
Reveling in the diverse freedom of conscious dance forms such as ecstatic, meditative & cacao dance ceremonies.
Dancing for the joy of dancing, and finding new ways to move the body.

On this release, Peter sways away from habitual four to the floor archetypes. Taking inspiration in lower chakra liberating, body shaking Afro-Brazilian & Dancehall rhythms. Playfully contrasting with soft and wholesome tones, uplifting mantras and traditional flute playing. 
With the intention to bridge the hard hitting modern urban sound with the gentle, holistic and folkloric realms. A striking departure from his usual drawn out, slow burning, meditative style… Exploring short and direct composition , with the average track length on the album teetering in around 4mins. Seven bite sized beauties to sink your teeth into.

20 % of all royalties will go towards Projeto Sapucaia.
A regenerative agro-reforestation project in the valley of Raposa, Chapada Diamantina, Bahia, Brazil. A community initiative that Peter is involved in since 2016. The money collected will go towards maintenance of the agro-forest, to the recently established cultural centre and to the continual reforestation of new areas of the land. Revitalising the conditions for it to flourish how it once was as part of the Mata-Atlantica rainforest.

Bon appetite !

New Dance Energy

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Peter Power - Rubble Dance

Shika Shika is glad to announce the new version of our classic Botanas series, this time featuring Scottish producer Kusht. 

This EP is a perfect example of Kusht's musical journey, as two of the songs were dug out from an old demo folder. "Blurry Wemba" began as a jam with an old friend, Veslemøy, who provides the almost haunting vocals as the track evolves into something playful. "Midnight Organ Call," the track that triggered the EP's overall sound, is also an old demo. The song was inspired by hearing a giant organ being played in Glasgow's Kelvingrove Museum and envisioned within the dark rainforest. Both tracks feature vocal sampling and chopping from the Wemba Tribe, the recordings are from circa 1930 and are catalogued by the amazing website revivethis.org. A Kusht release wouldn't be complete without a signature guitar track, and "Black Rock Cruise'' gives us that in a bluesy laidback tone. 

Kusht wanted the EP to have an adventurous feel and a hard-to-pin-down direction - "I always want the listener to be able to close their eyes and visualise a place. I think with this release, somewhere tropical and dangerous comes to my imagination. In fact, I see crocodiles, an old steamboat, and a casino within 'Black Rock Cruise,' but that's maybe just me..."
credits
released June 7, 2024 

Produced by Kusht 
Mastering by Sebastian Cordovés 
Artwork by Clau Smith

Kusht - Black Rock Cruisin'

At Shika Shika we are delighted to present ATALAYA, new project by SPEC co-founder of Matanza, and Chilean singer-songwriter FERNANDO MILAGROS.
In their own words, ATALAYA delves into a glocal (global+local) sound, inspired by acoustic instruments, roots rhythms and vocals, all filtered through available technology, to shape a sonic and rhythmic experience.

 Their debut EP "La Sed" features 4 tracks that undoubtedly surprise, through new rhythmic explorations and the power to transform folk-spirited songs into deep danceable tracks.

La Sed

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ATALAYA - Todo Cae

“Tenalach - The relationship with the land, the sky, the water and the deep connection that allows you to hear the earth sing and be one with nature” 

Following on from their many mutual remixes and first collaborative EP “Pleamar” (Wonderwheel Recordings 2020) Chancha Via Circuito y El Búho return with a new EP “Tenalach" which sees the duo enter new territories and soundscapes. This mysterious, atmospheric and melancholic EP is like the soundtrack to a videogame that takes place in a strange and wonderful parallel universe. Imagine Zelda set in the jungles and mountains of Latin America. 

Croaking frogs sit next to driving snares on the genre-defying Sapo Cururú, birds float above strobing synths on Oropéndola while Sumay’s epic synth lines melt into Chancha’s trademark percussions on Sumay. Opener El Samurai is perhaps the closest to the pair’s well-known folktronic sound, marrying cowbells with bowing violins and its animal-esque synth line. 

While the BPM may have risen, this is neither ‘downtempo’ nor ‘umtempo’ and an EP that cannot easily be pigeon-holed - it is fresh and original. It also reflects a darker side to the pair’s music, a sub-conscious reflection of a changing world, holding in each song a constant tension and the desire to escape to new realities where the connection between humans and nature is blurred and equal.

Credits:
Produced by Pedro Canale & Robin Perkins 
Matthew Mansfield, guitar on "Tails Ends" 
Mixing by Andrés Oddone 
Mastering by Sebastian Cordovés 
Artwork by microdosys (www.instagram.com/microdosys/)

Chancha Via Circuito & El Búho - El Samurai

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)

Praying with all great spirits of Nature, to open the portals of light, our paths and hearts in the ceremony of our life. An excerpt from new upcoming album "Ceremonia", by Herbert Quinteros, Pepe Danza and Txai Fernando. This track have Txana Bane as special guest :-) Haux

Herbert Quinteros - Flute and Voices
Txai Fernando - Keyboards, Soundscapes and Effects
Pepe Danza - Percussion and Effects
Txana Bane - Prayer

Ceremonia

Chakaruna

Ram Dass

05 We Are Truth

This is a healing icaro for invocation of tribes, groups, peoples all over the world.  Usually with the intention to 
summon the spirits of the ancestors.  And this to learn from them, to feel their legacy.  We ask for their help by 
accompanying us with their wisdom.  "Tribus was for me (Marijn) the first song I composed on the N'Goni." (The N'Goni is a West African harp/guitar painted on the CD cover).  "For me (Juanita) this song was the starting point for a much greater work.  While singing along to the sounds of the N'Goni, a deep connection with Marijn was 
created, opening up a new world for me which started in 2014 as The White Arrow.  This song has been accompanying us for years during ceremonies.  It has become an icaro that calls for the letting go of the grief of the past and to stand here and now in your power.  We made a very musical 'heartbeat' version for the CD to emphasize the atmosphere.  A giant canoe takes you across the waves of the past all the way back and forth.  We learned this song for our Maestra Ema’a, but the song is registered to Herbert Quinteros (owner of the song).

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Opening of the Heart

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On Sacred Ground

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I Just Want To Make The People Of The World Dance!
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