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.
481: Witchcraft in Mompós, Colombia
480: Power Leaves - unleashing the power of coca in Colombia and breaking Coca Cola's global monopoly
479: A Woman's Life on the Road with Sara Wheeler
478: Colombia's La Leyenda MTB
477: Clearing landmines in Colombia
476: Moxe: Bean to Bar Colombian Chocolate
475: Slow Peace in Colombia's Montes de Maria
474: 40 Days Alone in the Colombian Jungle
473: A Love Letter to Colombia
472: Happy 10 Year Anniversary, Colombia Calling!
471: Mesa Franca: Latin America's 50 Best Restaurants 2022
470: This Wound Full of Fish, the debut novel by Lorena Salazar Masso
469: Saving Primates in Colombia
468: From business start-up to gentleman of leisure in Colombia
467: Chinese Investment in Colombia
466: What's in a name? The Evolution of contemporary Art in Latin America and Colombia
465: A History of Coca Prohibition in Colombia
464: Black and Foreign in Colombia
463: Volcanic Activity in Colombia Explained
462: Empowering women in the Community of La Honda, Medellin, Colombia
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