Cover artist: Espectro Caudillo https://soundcloud.com/espectro-caudillo

Latin Experimental Electronic: Ruptura

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ZZK Records Presents ZZK Sound Vol. 4

Born out of an underground Buenos Aires party and first launched in 2008, ZZK Records has spent more than a decade at the forefront of Latin American music, carving out space for artists putting a futuristic (and often electronic) spin on classic rhythms and folklore traditions. Along the way, the label spread across the globe and helped launch a few stars—Nicola Cruz, Chancha Vía Circuito, La Yegros and Son Rompe Pera among them—but ZZK’s search for new artists, sounds and perspectives is never complete.

ZZK Sound Vol. 4 brings together a fresh crop of talent from across Latin America, along with a pair of choice selections from veteran acts Maga Bo (Brazil) and Tremor (Argentina). Compiled by ZZK co-founder DJ Nim—the label’s original A&R (and Chancha Vía Circuito’s older brother), he’d actually taken a five-year hiatus from the project prior to 2020—the compilation’s origins can be traced back to the early days of the pandemic. As the world went into lockdown, he put out a call for submissions, and within three months, he’d received more than 1000 tracks. Nim literally listened to them all, whittling the pile down to his 11 favorites, and after hearing his selections, Grant C. Dull—another ZZK co-founder, who runs the label’s day-to-day operations—couldn’t believe his ears. Nim had done it again. There were no notes, and no changes to the tracklist. ZZK Sound Vol. 4 was quickly put into production.

While previous ZZK Sound compilations were primarily focused on the club, Vol. 4 follows a deeper, more introspective path. It’s not an ambient record—no ZZK release would be complete without drums—but the hypnotic rhythms here are far more concerned with the collective unconscious than the dancefloor.
Opening with spellbinding tracks from Pawkarmayta and QOQEQA—both hailing from Perú—the compilation immediately exudes a sort of ritual magic, calling upon both African and indigenous musical traditions while tapping into modern electronic music and a uniquely Latin sense of mysticism. Sebuky, a native Ecuadorian currently stationed in Barcelona, adds a bit more low-end heft to the proceedings, and that percussive weight continues through the similarly transportive contributions of Mangle (Colombia), Cruzloma (Ecuador) and Selvagia (Perú/Argentina via México).

Elsewhere, Yoyoyo transforms the cueca music of his native Chile, Akilin enlists American rapper Bomani Armah to help him explore Afro-Venezuelan traditions and Maga Bo’s “Cadê Zé”—the first Brazilian track to ever appear on a ZZK release—is a bass-loaded (albeit undeniably spiritual) banger. Galo Vermelho (Argentina) delivers a polyrhythmic lesson in digital folklore, following in the footsteps of Buenos Aires outfit Tremor—one of the first acts ever signed to ZZK—who close out the compilation with a rousing bit of almost Lynchian revelry.

At this point, few music fans need to be sold on the appeal of Latin music, but ZZK, which has been operating in this sphere since long before the genre became the “next big thing,” is dedicated to the idea that the potency of these sounds extends well beyond the pop charts. Hopping between continents and recontextualizing rhythmic lineages that date back centuries, ZZK Sound Vol. 4 is both an arresting snapshot of Latin America’s electronic avant garde and a thrilling preview of its next wave.

ZZK Sound Vol. 4 will be released on May 20th, 2022 on vinyl and streaming platforms.

Artwork by Anabel Uyana AKA @mofractal https://www.instagram.com/mofractal/
Curated by DJ Nim
Mastered by Matias Parisi

ZZK Sound Vol. 4

QAAQ

Pawkarmayta - QAAQ

ZZK Sound Vol.4

Cruzloma - Brisas feat. Humazapas

https://soundcloud.com/samediashebeen

Karawane (pronounced kara-va-neh) are Scottish-based global music DJs, producers and change-makers, focused on bringing people together through the primal bonds of rhythm and sound.

Celebrating music without borders, they have been instrumental in bringing a new sound and attitude to the scene in the Scottish Highlands via numerous residencies and parties, as well as hosting charity events for Choose Love, the Highland Migrant & Refugee Advocacy and Last Night A DJ Saved My Life.

Their dedication to positive action through music has been an inspirtion to Samedia and we are delighted to be representing their sound on Samedia Trax 002.

This release features two original tracks from Karawane alongside a remix from Brussel's based producer Rafael Aragon.

Tracks 1 & 2 written, recorded and produced by Ali Aitken.
Track 3 remixed by Rafael Aragon.
All tracks mastered by Haden @ Height Mastering

Samedia Trax 002

Karawane - Snake Oil (Rafael Aragon Remix) [Samedia Trax, 2021]

@elremolon - Canal (feat. @luvitorres & @klikandfrik) (taken from 'Asimétrico', out on the 6th of August via @fertildiscos)

El Remolón is an Argentinian producer who was part of the very first releases by ZZK Records which went on to be very influential in terms of showcasing the Latin American folktronica movement to the world. On the 6th of August his brand new album 'Asimétrico' will be published and it will bring the sound of native instruments interspersed with electronic music. One of such examples is the bombo legüero drum played by fellow Argentinian artist Luvi Torres and heard in the song called 'Canal' which was enriched with an additional production by Klik & Frik's Rafa Caivano resulting in a pulsating and intriguing track.

[PREMIERE] El Remolón - Canal (feat. Luvi Torres / Klik & Frik) (Fértil Discos)

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ZZK Records presents QOQEQA's 'Xi', the 1st single from their upcoming various artist compilation ZZK Sound Vol. 4.

Formerly half of the Animal Chuki duo, Daniel Valle-Riestra has now established himself with his solo project QOQEQA. Hailing from Peru, Valle-Riestra successfully condenses this profound and mysterious track from his retreats into the jungle, dripping with the visions and revelations of a psychedelic experience.

The composition is a dance between light and darkness, as playful elements such as wood claves flit through the stereo field, contrasting with the melancholic song of the violins. Under these and the tensed-skin drums we hear the voices of an isolated Amazonian tribe, joyful at the reencounter with family members they believed dead.
 
Xi will be released on March 4th 2022 with accompanying music video.

ZZK Sound Vol. 4 is out on vinyl and all digital platforms May 20th 2022.

Artwork by Anabel Uyana AKA @mofractal https://www.instagram.com/mofractal/
Curated by DJ Nim
Mastered by Matias Parisi

QOQEQA - Xi

The Eck Echo label pays tribute to one of the founders of digital cumbia, Tribilin Sound, with an appetizing double release.

Read more on CxC 🔗 couvrexchefs.com/en/tribilin-sound-chancha-via-circuito-condorcanqui-eck-echo

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PREMIERE: Tribilin Sound - Condorcanqui (Chancha Vía Circuito Remix) (Eck Echo)

Desiring codes it is a meme about the invasive doctrine of the entrepreneur of himself and individualistic tirany that implies, it is just an anti-iconic evocation of the romanticism about club and the ideas sourrounded them as a political way, as an ideologic counter-apparatus to create new perceptions and subjectivities. 

The future of this is a narcissist a-political-selfie, with all that entails.
credits
released November 18, 2022 

Production, mix and mastering: Imaabs 
Co-Production Track 1 : Zutzut 
Co-Production Track 3 : ORJ

Demon's Therapy

Nico - Si
https://nicodf.bandcamp.com/album/si

Radio

Kick

Ritual

Imaabs & Merca Bae - Costa Brava

04'20"88

Khalab and Baba Remixes

DJ Khalab & Baba Sissoko - Kuma (Dengue Dengue Dengue Remix)

'Quero Mais' is Lua Preta's latest single that has also become their biggest hit up to date. Featuring the ever-fresh intercontinental production from Mentalcut that bridges Africa and Europe, Ms. Gia's bold rapping verses and the guest vocal appearance from the one and only Morena Leraba from Lesotho, the song quickly caught attention of both the press and DJs all around the world. 

The concept of a remix EP seemed irresistible and the result comes in a form of 'Quero Mais Remixes EP' which brings four reworks from top players in the game. The journey starts with Jowaa - the Accra-based duo consisting of Benjamin Lebrave, head of Akwaaba Music, and Gafacci, one of the most promising African producers of his generation - who have just followed their last year's killer singles with a releae of 'Asokpor 1.0 EP'. Next up is Ugandan dancer and producer Faizal Ddamba Mostrixx whose 2017's 'Tribal Match' was one of the most valuable albums in the continent's electronic music scene and definitely one of the most important debuts. 

Then European producers come into play. Italy's Lorenzo_BITW who famously collaborated with Mina on a perfect jam 'Tombura' few years ago, now polished 'Quero Mais' into a lovely laid back tune just as he prepares for the release of his debut album out in June on Friends on Friends label. The last track hides a real gem created by the exceptional mind of Rafael Aragon who transferred the original song to another universe by producing a moody and psychedelic composition that captivates the listener in every single second over its seven-and-a-half minutes duration.

Artwork: Marta Chojnacka - 
www.martachojnacka.com, www.instagram.com/chojnacka/ 

Thank you!
Basy Tropikalne 
www.facebook.com/basytropikalne/ 

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Lua Preta - http://bit.ly/2yICiyt 
Morena Leraba - http://bit.ly/2mg2ZFC
Rafael Aragon - https://bit.ly/2seqH9g
Lorenzo_BITW - https://bit.ly/2sdlz58
Faizal Ddamba Mostrixx - https://bit.ly/2GZ1gwR
Jowaa - https://bit.ly/2IQBHEa

Quero Mais Remixes

Lua Preta - Quero Mais (Rafael Aragon Remix)

On the Corner Records was awarded ‘Label of the Year’ at the Worldwide Awards 2018. OtC is a story of artists and scenes that goes way beyond being a record label. DJ, label owner Pete On the Corner has created a home for innovative, border-crossing, genre-pushing artists. The OtC vision is to bring music to the world that is knocking at the ‘Door To The Cosmos’. The label is an inimitable mixture of Miles Davis ‘call it what you want’ attitude, Sun Ra’s Afro Futurism and the ecstatic soul lifting influence of black music on electronic dance music.
On ‘Door To The Cosmos – Dancefloor Sampler’ Pete has curated a volume of cuts from present and future label family. This first in the series, is not just knocking at the door but giving it a kick! It’s club music referencing the source, be it Detroit, or UK bass culture combined with future sounds rising from cosmopolitan hotbeds of sonic heat. On this maxi EP Venezuela meets India via New York, the street sound of Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania pulses through UK Jungle. Undergrounds pushing the dance, breaking borders and genre alike. Rhythms from the ancestors channelled for future times.

PREMIERE: Dengue Dengue Dengue - Yodeller [On the Corner Records]

Quixosis - Especies Afines [FRE014]

In Especies Afines, Quixosis explores tempo duplicities, combining disparate species of rhythms into synchopated, polyrhytmic doublecounts, that are both slow and fast, that anchor down thick and fluctuating ambiences layered in tape feedback and games of time. With rhtyhmic elements of footwork, dub, ambient, breakbeats and DnB, Especies Afines are an uplifiting and energetic series of tracks, full of detail and bass heavy rhythms, and deeply enveloping ambient cushions that give off an energy that is both hot and calm like an bonfire, transparent and liquid, like a quicksilver prisma.

Listen to https://soundcloud.com/quixosis !
Listen to https://soundcloud.com/joaquincornejomusic !

Especies Afines

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Quixosis - Creer Es Ver (feat. Joaquin Cornejo)

Bushbby & Swuni - Agua Viva ft Kantiqena

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