New Mix: “Sweet II Bad” by Dave Nada
Ecuadorian-American, Los Angeles-based, DJ Dave Nada often travels the world making dance floors go wild with his global style. After... Read Article
Soundtrack of a Postponed Homesickness: Interview with Maria Usbeck
Maria Usbeck was born in Ecuador but moved to New York when she turned 17, initially feeling more attracted to Anglo-Saxon... Read Article
ZZK Announce New Imprint, AYA Records, Focusing At First On Cutting-Edge Sounds of Ecuador
It seems like ZZK Records have caught the Ecuadorian bug. Following on from the release of the incredible Prender El... Read Article
Cultural Memory in the Americas: Immemorial
Immemorial is a new film-in-the-making about the natural environments of the Americas and the cultural memory of its people. As... Read Article
REVIEW Nicolá Cruz – Prender el Alma
The first time I heard Nicolá Cruz’s debut album Prender el Alma, one of the first thoughts that popped into... Read Article
Episode 6: Disques Barclay and the International Collection
Music is as long as it is wide. from the smallest pluck of a string, to the incessant groaning of... Read Article
REVIEW Ochentaysiete
Directors Daniel Andrade and Anahí Hoeneisen present us with a well-rounded story, of how teenage friendships survive the test of... Read Article
REVIEW Feriado
Feriado (Holiday) explores the sexuality of Juan Pablo, an upper class Quito teenager. The title is a play on words,... Read Article
Episode 5: Música Popular Ecuatoriana
Before being a musical genre, complete with tonal structures and rhythmic conventions, pop music was just short for popular. It... Read Article
REVIEW Sin Otoño, Sin Primavera
I am always apprehensive about films marketed as tales of youth, love and disenchantment. They can take themselves far too... Read Article
PREMIÈRE: Cuñao “Saana, El Extranjero” [VIDEO]
The artistic evolution of Cuñao continues on their upcoming album and video, premièring exclusively here on Sounds and Colours. “Saana,... Read Article
REVIEW The Afectados
Director Mark Donne’s short documentary covers a 22-year-long battle for legal redress for what Amazon Watch, an independent environmental NGO... Read Article