Stream: Douster, “Alleluja” MP3
- story Julianne Escobedo Shepherd
- photo Guy Martin (outtake from FADER #63)
When we built with France-born, Argentina-based producer Hugo Douster for our latest issue (on stands now, readable online two weeks from Tuesday), we learned of the dinosaur obsession that inspired his fiercely unique forthcoming EP, Triassic Genesis; that he has to envision an epic, movielike scene when he composes his music; and that he is next working on an album based on medieval times. It’s like the Imaginarium of Dr. Parnassus up in here, and this latest song is no exception: He calls it “Indo-christianisme + LY Funky” which, if you consider the chanty vocal sample and the vaguely UK Funky drum pattern (we’re guessing the “LY” refers to his homebase of Lyon, France), that’s exactly what it is. But channeled through his mind, it extends into the realm of completely creative, slightly but unoffensively cartoony, and utterly about to be your shit.
Stream: Douster, “Alleluja”
NYC: ZZK at Union Pool + Santos
- story THE FADER
FINALLY, it’s the arrival of the ZZK Records tour stateside from Buenos Aires. Born out of that city’s poppinest cumbia club Zizek (as chronicled in F55), the label roster is packed with amazing purveyors of digital Latin music. Tonight at Union Pool and tomorrow at Santos (with FADER faves Tanlines), the serious business of ragga-cumbia duo Fauna, major French producer Douster and El G will summon the tropical vibes and hopefully chase away some of this crap rain. Bonus! ZZK gave us this Alcides track as a teaser and it is banging. More ZZK US tour dates after the jump.
Download: Alcides, “Violeta (El Remolon remix)”
Freeload: ZZK Mixtape #6—Douster
- story THE FADER
Buenos Aires’ ZZK Records recently relaunched their Zizek Club, good news for fans of all strains of digital cumbia and twerky next-level reggaeton. To celebrate they laced us with their slamming new mixtape, electrified with the full-bore club tropix treatment by ill Argentinian-via-France producer/DJ Douster. Now we are going to celebrate, because they’ve booked a North American tour(!), the schedule of which is located after the jump. CUUUUUMBIA!
Download: ZZK Mixtape #6—Douster
