The sisters
1. THIS IS HOW GHANA SOUNDS
The story of the discovery of Ata Kak begins with one of the impulses that move the world: the thirst for knowledge . The American Ethnomusicologist Brian Shimkovitz he moved to Africa for a year to learn the ins and outs of new Ghanaian music. And there he bought a cassette tape, Ata Kak, which he revealed on his blog Awesome Tapes from Africa, a true musical encyclopedia of the continent, which years later would become a record label. Ata Kak is the project of Yaw Atta-Owusu, soul, reggae, even rap, sung in twi language and with all the frenzy of the streets of Ghana.
two. TEL AVIV SYNTH
Red Axes are Dori Sadovnik and Niv Arzi , a delicious paranoia of tropical and oriental rhythms from Israel. In a word: exoticism. Although to this definition another term should be added: hypnosis . It is to enter through the gate of Israel to get lost in a unique universe: the one that you generate in your mind.
Red Axes
3. JAPAN 'DANCING THE HOUSE'
Remember that angry monkey game on the PlayStation Escape Apes ? You will be able to listen to the author of his soundtrack this Sónar 2016: ** Soichi Terada ** has arrived from Japan (obviously) to present his solo project of warm and danceable house. Oriental sounds like in 'Rising Sun Up' or songs that can remind us of the most kitsch 80's electronica like in 'CPM'. Terada will not disappoint. laughs. smiles. JIJIJAJÁ Japanese style.
Four. ETHIOPIA AT 135 BPMs
Do you know what the Ethiopia of the dance floor sounds like? Welcome to the world of Ethiopiyawi Electronic , a scene embodied in ** Mikael Seifu **, who studied for a couple of years in the United States, returning to his country of origin with a clear idea: the bpms of Ethiopian folklore are compatible with the bpms of electronic music. Boom boom, boom boom, the drives are universal.
Michael Seifu
5. ECUADOR
** Nicola is a soundscape painter**. His music plunges us into the natural atmospheres from which it comes: the Ecuadorian jungle (pay attention to the traditional songs of ** 'La Cosecha' **, for example) and the Andean essence (dance to the rhythm of ** 'Healing ' ** ) without forgetting, of course, his French origin and the elegance in the good work of his songs. Light, hypnotic, authentic and local, to travel from Barcelona to Ecuador in a couple of rhythms.
Nicholas Cruz
6. IN SPAIN WE PLAY LIKE THIS
... And with our star player, John Talabot, from Barcelona and for Barcelona with love and with his captivating atmospheres, a vine of captivating sounds. to the mess:
7. HYPERACTIVE SOUTH AFRICA
To be the perfect spectator of Nozinja you just have to do one thing: let you go and dance until you drop. He is the 'master of commanders' of the sounds of the shanghai electro african , that is: speed, hyperactivity, songs and traditional African dance.
south african madness
8. CHILEAN TROPICALISM
We warn: Matias Aguayo click stick His music reaches the depths of our body. Slow, dark rhythms, provocative lyrics and mixes that lead us down the path he marks. The seal of him eat me , directs a new breed of producers of Latin origin or preference, such as Alejandro Paz, Ana Helder, Daniel Maloso or Charisma.
9. (T) NORDIC RAP
Yung Lean, dude ... Laugh at Pxxr Gvng. Yung Lean comes from Stockholm to give a rap class (with his 20 years old) and savoir faire at the microphone and on stage. The aesthetic is evident: here we have come to be bad, bad boys (or, rather, **Sad Boys**) and enjoy all the swag.
10. THE COLOMBIAN FAMILY
** Las Hermanas ** is the project of Diego Cuellar. Get ready for an initiatory journey through sounds that refer to the Colombian tradition, to the rites of a not so distant past and to environments of deep introspection. The names with which he titles his themes are part of a poetics that knows no limits: here the earthly and the divine coexist . On his mixing desk.
eleven. ARABIC ACID
The perfect finishing touch to an imperfect trip (we apologize: there are many artists who fall by the wayside, like the French Jean-Michel Jarré and his mystery-filled seven-hour session; like the sounds from Turkey of Insanlar or the performances of the Canadian Myriam Bleau) : the pastiche between the rhythms of the West and the sounds of the East of the Parisians ** Acid Arab ** is pure magic, the same as multiculturalism and acceptance, assumption and even falling in love with the foreign. This is Acid Arab, acid love between cultures.
Acid Arabic
And now, you just have to ENJOY the trip: