Over the years, tropical bass has managed to stay fresh by channelling different local sounds, in the process shape-shifting from dubbed out cumbia villera, to clubbier folkloric beats and darker dembow. When thinking about the new sounds of... Read Article
Let’s go back about seven years. Chances are the first time you heard the term ‘electro-cumbia’ it was in relation to a song released by ZZK Records. In 2009 the genre got hot for a New York minute... Read Article
From cumbia’s modest beginnings in Colombia, its influence has now stretched across the majority of South America. The sound of “Digital Cumbia” is a relatively new beast, with the primary sites of production now being Lima, Peru and... Read Article
Because we live in such a digital age, most things are divided between that which is technological and new, or that which is organic and conventional. And music is no exception – in it’s most basic forms, it... Read Article
Tasty selection of nueva cumbia tracks from Pedrolito that should take the edge of the wintry conditions for all those Northern Hemisphere types out there! Features tracks from Kumbia Queers, Cumbia Bestial and Makina as well as remixes... Read Article
Great new compilation from El Remolon in support of his and the ZZK crew’s tour of Europe this Fall/Autumn. The aptly-named ZZK Fall Tour Mixtape features a tonne of El Remolon remixes, refixes, edits and mashups, as well... Read Article
Nobody knows where the Chancha train is going, but regardless of where the journey leads us, one thing is very clear: it’s not going in circles. Pablo Canale took his artistic moniker from the train line that does... Read Article
