"Nicolá Cruz is the 2015 representation of these kids who have embraced their roots with an electronic musical production. He's not just making electronic music, he's bringing the Ecuadorian sound to… ...

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Here at OKP, we have no qualms about raising our voice in the name of a fundraising campaign, so long as the purpose is noble and the beat is funky. Both criterions are covered in ZZK Records' new ...

This Saturday, Argentine electronic cumbia producer Chancha Via Circuito plays downtown L.A., with San Jose’s Turbo Sonidero opening. Together, they showcase the latest chapter in cumbia’s evolution ...

The Buenos Aires digital cumbia label is moving to Los Angeles in 2019. By Alexei Barrionuevo In the final season of AMC’s Breaking Bad, a desperate Walter White drives a white van into the desert in ...

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 ...

Music to lift your spirits. An expansive sonic journey featuring new and classic rhythms from all over the globe. Music to lift your spirits. An expansive sonic journey featuring new and classic ...

Villa Diamante and El G of ZZK Records in Buenos Aires came together at a time when the experimental cumbia scene was bubbling up and decided to start a weekly club night called Zizek Urban Beats Club ...