Tagged: ZZK Records
Super Guachin, “Se Pixelo el Vinito (Nite Jewel Remix)” MP3
It’s always nice to have a trusted source keeping you abreast with what’s going on in the southern hemisphere, which is what Buenos Aires’ ZZK Records does a consistently good job with. This time, their … read more »
NYC: Go See Frikstailers Tonight + MP3
New York! Frikstailers are from Buenos Aires TECHNICALLY, but we think it’s a ruse and they’re really from a crazy outer-space planet whose inhabitants speak in electro-cumbia blips. Like the dolphins! They’re on a little … read more »
Premiere: Frikstailers ZZK Mixtape Vol. 10
Live, Frikstailers dress themselves up in tropical muppet drag—they cap their heads with multicolored wigs and bug-eyed glasses as if to under-emphasize their skillful noodling on keyboards, racks and drum machines. But whether it’s an … read more »
Video: ZZK Records Takes New York (ZZK TV, Episode One)
There’s really nothing like ZZK Records anywhere in the world: the avant Argentinian label releases experimental, digital cumbias and other unique interpretations traditional Latin genres; acts as a family, collective and nightclub in Buenos Aires; … read more »
The Let Out: Tremor & Chancha via Circuito
Tonight on the Let Out, the FADER’s weekly show on East Village Radio, we have some very special guest DJs headed to the station directly from Kennedy Airport, where they will have just landed from … read more »
Stream: Chancha via Circuito’s Rio Arriba
Halfway through “Cumbion de las Aves,” the second song on this album, it sounds like Chancha via Circuito has recorded himself shaking a bag of quarters as a source of clattering percussion—and given the young … read more »
Copenhagen Raves: Julianne at Distortion Festival, End Times
Truncated report from days three and four of Distortion Festival: Almost died!
Premiere: El Remolon, ZZK Mixtape #9
El Remolon (nee Andrés Schteingart) is one of the scions of Buenos Aires’ ZZK scene, where traditional cumbia rhythms are re-envisioned for the digital age, forging new paths for tropical music and helping to ensure … read more »
