Since 2011’s ground-breaking Rio Arriba, it has become apparent that Chancha Via Circuito (Pedro Canale) is more than just a producer of digital cumbia. Three years, and a multitude of incredible remixes, have passed since then, and his... Read Article
Andrea Echeverri knows a thing or two about success. With her band, Aterciopelados, she won Latin Grammys, performed on national television, and rocked festival stages around the world, and in the States—Coachella, Bonnaroo, and Outside Lands.
Atropolis‘ debut album Transitions is the debut release from New York’s established tropical-bass collective Cumba Mela. Run by producers/DJs Atropolis, Thornato and 2Melo, for over three years the club night and production collective have been at the forefront... Read Article
Brooklyn-based musician/producer Adam Partiridge, otherwise known as Atropolis, released the first video from his recent album Transitions today. “Reza Por Mi” features the vocal talents of Lido Pimienta and continues the mix of electronic and tropical influences that... Read Article
It’s been a couple of years since Atropolis released his excellent first album but finally the sequel, Transitions, is here. Picking up where the debut kicked off, while also adding a larger tropical quotient, the new album represents... Read Article
On Boxeo Constitución, El Remolón has offered up what must be the world’s first digital cumbia soundtrack. Approached by Austrian documentary maker Jakob Weingartner, who had been inspired by the Argentine producer’s digital cumbia anthem “Bolivia”, El Remolón... Read Article
The 14th annual Latin Alternative Music Conference rolled into to New York City on July 9 through the 13th, bringing with it brutal humidity and heat, and loads of good music in a variety of subgenres.
Boxeo Constitución is a new documentary from Austrian director Jakob Weingartner, a snapshot of life inside a boxing gum in the basement of Buenos Aires’s historic Constitución train station. Weingartner asked local musician El Remolón – well known... Read Article
It’s that time of the year again in New York, where fans of the very fluid Alt Latin music scene can find a show just about every night in the Big Apple thanks to the Latin Alternative Music Conference (LAMC).
You’ve probably heard Mauricio Alvarez’s project, Cero39, before. He’s churned out remixes for a lot of the cumbia digital heavy hitters, from Colombia’s own Bomba Estéreo and Lido Pimienta, to ZZK greats Fauna. Now we get to hear... Read Article
On November 5th Argentine label ZZK Records will be releasing their Future Sounds of Buenos Aires compilation in the UK on CD, vinyl and digitally. The compilation shows how much the label has grown from it’s originally club-focused... Read Article
This week we officially released our Colombia book and CD, a project devoted to sharing the amazing music and culture of Colombia. The book contains 198 pages of articles, illustrations and photos by contributors from Colombia, Europe, North... Read Article
