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Douster x Zonora Point Mixtape

Zonora Point & Douster - Puerto de Palos (mixtape vol.5) by douster

Chilean rappers Zonora Point & French producer Douster have teamed up for the Puerto de Palos Mixtape that drops today. The mixtape includes ten original tracks with influences from cueca (latino-american folklore) a touch of dancehall, hip hop, cumbia, reggaeton and futuristic space sounds. Camilizi, Serpiente $yms and Lioz delivers proper street themed lyrics filled with girls, drugs and pornography while Douster's beats runs from classic rap to weird 6/8 industrial lazer music. It's hard to describe what you're listening to, you're in front of a futuristic rap mixtape, dared and dangerous, South American music with a year 3090 swag.

Tracklist :
1 - Intro swaggaeton
2 - Que podria ser
3 - El mejor
4 - Empleado del mes
5 - 3000
6 - La chica mas linda
7 - Dame Yerba (Produced by Matenlo)
8 - Algo pasa en el planeta
9 - 4 Days
10 - El Motin
11 - Fuck Paco

CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD

ZZK West Coast Tour Video

Sooooo the ZZK homies Chancha, El G, Tremor & El Remolen were in town this summer playing a show at the Croc & an in studio at KEXP.

Here iz the video for it! Big ups Dj Chilly for reppin'. Yayer

ZZK TV EPISODE 5 - WEST COAST! from ZZK Records on Vimeo.

Frikstailers ZZK Mixtape (via The Fader)

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 entertaining distraction or they’re just incredibly fond of blacklight, everything the duo does is psychedelic multicolor madness—even a performance on Argentinian television is juiced up by trippy cartoons and banana-skirted honeys—and their ZZK mixtape is a perfect intro to their steez, all outre cumbia circuit-bent through neon dance tunes that interpret the most electric side of South America. Whether they’re cumbia-izing synthy tracks like “Hold the Line” or technofying their own take on traditional Buenos Aires rhythms, clearly these are two dudes who know well the hypnotic effects of a pulsing strobe

Download: Frikstailers ZZK Mixtape Vol. 10

01- Intro – Frikstailers
02- Sudaka Invasor vs. Soy Raka – Frikstailers vs. Los Rakas
03- Cumbianchamuyo – Frikstailers
04- Para mi – Fauna (Frikstailers Remix)
05- Dancehallete – Frikstailers
06- Dun Dun – Los Rakas (Frikstailers Remix)
07- Hold the Line – Major Lazer (Frikstailers Remix)
08- Fuego – Bomba Estereo (Frikstailers Remix)
09- Kalise – El Guincho (Frikstailers Remix)
10- Knippelsuppe – Copyfokking (Frikstailers Remix)
11- Saudage da Ex – Frikstailers feat. MC Maiquinho
12- Cumbia Kamisama – Frikstailers
13- Latinectro – Frikstailers

Frikstailers @ Nectar Sept 29th

It’s 2020 and you’re on a jeep in the rainforest, in search of a notorious underground dance party. You’re pursued by the jungle police, who are cracking down on unreported tropical clubs with jetsetter deejays and the most savage gogo dancers. But you give them the slip, through an especially dense patch of banana trees and rabid shrubbery. You find the club, enter through the trunk of a hollow tree and bless the ecosphere with your hotness on the earthy dance floor. Cumbiancha Muyo blasts from the speakers – your favorite deejays are on the bill, responsible for a night of green mayhem and abandonment. Kings of the futuristic tropical landscape, the Frikstailers. All going down at Nectar Lounge on Sept 29th. With support from El G (ZZK) Darwin & The Crooked Clef.

Fader - "all outre cumbia circuit-bent through neon dance tunes that interpret the most electric side of South America."

Global Noize Blog - "it sounds like Four Tet stepped into a jungle cantina with a wicked percussionist and found a casio laced with peyote.

ZZK TV!! BROOKLYN / NYC

ZZK TV EPISODE ONE - ZZK NYC from ZZK Records on Vimeo.

Footage from the adventures of ZZK in NYC...This Tuesday its going down at The Crocodile. HUGE

ZZK SUMMER TOUR 2010

In less than 2 weeks the ZZK Records crew will be once again taking a slice of emerging Buenos Aires culture to the North America. This time, they’ve been invited by the city of Denver to represent Buenos Aires music in the Biennial of the Americas.

They are asking for fans and friends to help take ZZK bigger and broader through ZZK TV. Click here to be a part.

Like many modern movements, the internet has played a large part of ZZK’s success. When before could the rest of the world see and hear what was going on at the bottom of the world as quickly and clearly as now? Through myspace, youtube, vimeo, facebook, podcasts, mixtapes, blogs, twitters and other forms of instant worldwide communication the ZZK bunch have managed to get their sound and vision out at rocket speed.

TOUR DATES!

July 20 – New York, NY - Le Poisson Rouge
July 22 – Brooklyn, NY - Brooklyn Bowl
July 23 – Martha’s Vineyard, MA – Martha’s V
July 24 – Montreal, PQ – Divan Orange
July 25 – Toronto, ON – Wrongbar
July 26 – Detroit, MI – The Lager House
July 27 – Chicago, IL – Beauty Bar
July 28 – St. Paul/Minneapolis, MN – Turf Club
July 31 – Denver, CO – Biennial of the Americas
August 1 – Salt Lake City – Urban Lounge
August 3 – Seattle, WA – Crocodile
August 4 – Portland, OR – Rotture
August 5 – San Francisco, CA – Rickshaw Stop
August 6 – Los Angeles, CA – Echoplex

ZZK Kickstarter - Help a Label Out from ZZK Records on Vimeo.

Now, they are calling on the internet once again, this time upping the ante and taking along a film crew to document their latest tour in hopes of putting the footage up on their newest idea, ZZK TV.

To make this happen ZZK is raising funds for the project. They have enlisted Kickstarter, a great Brooklyn based website for funding creative projects to donating as easy as buying on Amazon.com And, they are giving away rewards. Click here to be a part.

If you haven’t heard much about the record label, start here. ZZK has played an important contemporary role in the revitalization of South American culture for new global audiences, we invite you to listen to Chancha Via Circuito’s newest album which bridges music across generations, borders and time.

Chancha Via Circuito - Rio Arriba 2010 by zzkrecords

MEET THE ARTISTS


Tremor

Tremor is hands down one of the most exciting bands in all South America. There is a reason there is only one live band on the ZZK label, and seeing Tremor perform you will quickly understand why. Tremor is Leonardo Martinelli, a multi-instrumentalist and composer with ten years of experience scoring film and theater in Argentina. Together with Camilo Carabajal and Gerardo Farez, Tremor deftly combines IDM with the sound of Northern Argentina where guitars, drums and other instruments breathe to the beat of computer bleeps. Tremor performs live with native Argentine instruments like the charango guitar, the bombo legüero drum, keyboards and synthesizers. It might be easy to pass off Tremor’s sound as “cumbia digital,” but after one listen to his style and influence of native instruments and folklore – you will quickly realize he’s forging his own sub-genre – “digital folklorico.”


Chancha Via Circuito

Chancha Via Circuito is ZZK’s secret gem. As talented as producers come, Chancha Via Circuito is carving out his niche as a genre bending musical talent on the highest levels. When Diplo rolled through to play Zizek 3 years ago, it was Chancha’s CD that struck him first. Chancha Via Circuito explores the minimal side of digital cumbia with inspiration from afro-dance, murgas (marching bands), minimal dub, IDM, and down tempo. Computer bleeps share sonic space with folkloric chant. Candombe drums are accompanied by the sample of a machete splicing the air and a vocal line of indigenous bebop is layered over hints of dub.


El Remolón

If there were ever to be a superstar DJ in the digital-cumbia scene, it is El Remolón. El Remolón brings a global dance sensibility to digital cumbia, dubstep and electro-reggaeton cuts. With hypnotic beats influenced by everything from Colombian cumbia, cumbia villera (cumbia from the slums of Buenos Aires), and reggaeton to dubstep, dub, IDM, and minimal techno, El Remolón cuts his own vision of electronica for global dance floors. His sound is laid-back but heavy-hitting with a European dance floor sensibility. Listen to El Remolón's new EP Pangeatico Here


El G

EL G is the DJ name of Grant C. Dull, label manager of ZZK Records, co-founder of Zizek Club and a 6-year adopted citizen & cultural ambassador of Buenos Aires. DJ sets of El G are powerful showcases of ZZK music: past, present and future. B-Sides, mashups, bootlegs, official and unofficial releases plus the newest music from the ZZK label is tested on audiences during his fiery, eclectic and intensely fun DJ sets. El G has commandeered ZZK Records as a global movement, both behind the scenes and on the turntables at festivals like Coachella, Roskilde & Summer Stage in Central Park, NYC. El G also runs WhatsUpBuenosAires.com & FeatBA.com

Support a movement, be a part of a record label and get some new music and merch while you’re at it!

For the sake of good music, show these boys some love!

EL REMOLON - PIBE COSMO B SIDES

Celebrating the most recent edition and the digital distribution of Pibe Cosmo, El Remolon open the gates to his electronic vault (aka hard drive) so that we can have some exclusive B-Sides off the album Pibe Cosmo. Remixes, mashups and unedited material that has been played in sizzling sets for the last couple years. In the meantime El Remo is preparing on what is to be a wicked new album and a series of OFFICIAL remixes soon to be released. ZZK!! ZZK!! ZZK!!

01-El Remolon - Dabrye vs Mc Hammer
02-Cumbia Lescanera (ft Pablo Lescano) vs Zaptap-Citizen 10
03-El Remolon - Veridis Quo (Daft Punk reprise) vs De La Soul
04-El Remolon - Modeselektor vs Calle 13
05-Princesa - I Feel So Good (El Remolon Mix)
06-Animal Collective - My Girls (El Remolon Cumbia Mix)
07-Matias Aguayo - Minimal (El Remolon Remix)
08-El Remolon - Andres Landero vs Madonna
09-El Remolon - Escape a Barcelona (Ft Blitto & Jahcoozi)
10-Mochipet - Rambuktion (El Remolon Zapatillas Galacticas Mix)
11-Alcides - Violeta (El Remolon Remix)

RIGHT CLICK & SAVE!

DARWIN Cumbia en Otoño

Darwin has put together a real chill mix of Cumbia tunes for your listening pleasure. While he is sampling from Primo and Tribe, he is also mixing in some of his favorite Cumbia tunes of the past year. This mixtape is great and if you don't put one up in the air while this is on, you are wydin'.



CUMBIA MIX FALL 09 by Darwin206

El Remolon - La Bonita
Chancha Via Circuito - Cumbia murguera
Axel Krygier - Cumbia Tucumana
Darwin - Premier Dinosaur Concentration
Princesa ft. Rancho MC - Conla misma moneda (Chancha Via Circuito Remix)
Darwin - We've Got The Cumbia
Fanua - Paralelismo Style
Dj Negro - Texas Border Crunk
Lulacruza - Soloina (Alex Pasernak Remix)
Animal Collective - My Girls (El Remolon Remix)
Uproot Andy - Brooklyn Cumbia
Freakstailers - Cumbia Kamisama
Air - Sexy Boy (El Remolon Remix)
Alborosie - Kingston Town

You can also download the mix HERE.

Zizek Mixtape Vol.3 Fauna

Another mixtape from the Zizek boys. This time featuring Fauna. Check it and than get your ass to Nectar April 13th & watch them light up de stage!!

1. Intro
2. Las mil caras
3. El Gauchito Gil
4. El 04
5. El paquito (Daleduro wobble style)
6. Paralelísimo style
7. La colorada
8. La funebrera (Daleduro refix)
9. La picarona
10. Los piratas del zanjón

ZZK Vol. 3 Fauna Megamix

A Lil' Taste of What Zizek Gwan Be

Zizek Urban Beats Club from Whats Up Buenos Aires on Vimeo.

ZZK Mixtape Vol. 6 Douster

Hot new mixtape from the man known as Douster. He'll be up here for the April 13th show at Nectar. He combines Cumbia & Reggaeton (not corny Daddy Yankee shit) Balie Funk, Kwaito, Wobble & Electro. Also other genres that I can't even name...Check this shit!!

ZZK Mixtape Vol. 6 Douster

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Zizek Urban Beats Club & Darwin / 4.13 Seattle

Watch the hell out, its goin' to get sweaty. More to come in in the next month ;)

Here is a lil' somthin' to hold ya over

Darwin - Weve Got Cumbia (sendspace)

Villa Diamante - Dizze Rascal vs. Surtek Collective (sendspace)

Dj Panik - Te Ves Buena (sendspace)