Colombia Calling - The English Voice in Colombia
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Welcome to Colombia Calling – I’m Emily Hart and today I’m talking to ZZK, one of the top music labels in the world for latino electronica, digital and experimental cumbia, and rainforest electro. From a Wednesday Night party in Buenos Aires to a global record label, ZZK are now celebrating 15 years working in the business.
The now-huge digital cumbia scene was incubated in large part due to ZZK’s parties and label, which exploded into a community of artists whose experiments with blending unlikely sounds and styles have continued ever since, bringing cumbia from Colombia, through the barrios of Argentina, through an experimental digital wave – now to a phenomenon which plays worldwide.
I’ve got two of ZZK’s co-founders in the studio, as well as the lead of new Colombian signing and Bogotá phenomenon Los Cotopla Boys - We’ll be talking parties, rhythms, and the experimental scene in Colombia – as well as reggaeton, K-Pop, and how to survive as an indie record label.
At the end of the show, I’ll also be giving you guys an exclusive listen to a brand new track by ZZK artist Montoya.
516: It's ColUmbia not ColOmbia! A look at press coverage of protests in the US and Colombia
515: Justice for Colombia's Children
514: Two Hoteliers in Colombia Share their Experiences...and it's not Pretty
513: In Colombia, things are seldom just black or white and one can never take anything for granted, except for the unexpected
512: There is no such thing as Spanish
511: Adventures on the Pacific Coast with Linsey Rankin
510: Cryptolombia? Digital currencies in Colombia and Latin America
509: Colombia: A Wound that Never Heals
508: My Neighbourhood, My Dream – boxing and women’s empowerment in the barrios of Medellín
507: Explaining Nearshoring in Medellin, Colombia
506: The Amazon Blackwater Expedition
505: Photographing the Arahuacas of the Sierra Nevada
504: Colombia's violence from two perspectives
503: "Colombian food isn't bland, it's subtle."
502: Zombies, Magicians, Climate Saviours? Inside Colombia’s Fungi
501: "The greatest show on earth? A good conversation"
500: Fernando Montaño: Colombia's Billy Elliot
499: A Review of Colombia's Politics in 2023
498: Birdwatching for Peace
497: Unseen Universe – Exploring Colombia’s Sonic Worlds via the Humboldt Institute’s Natural Sound Collection
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