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.
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440: Visiting Providencia after Hurricane Iota
439: SOS Amazon
438: Futuristic Nostalgia - The Meridian Brothers on salsa, technocracy, and their latest album
437: A look at President Petro's Government in Colombia
436: Football: the only thing to unite Colombians?
435: La Leyenda MTB race returns in Colombia
434: Deforestation in Colombia
433: Colombia's Truth Commission and UN Report
432: Colombia under President-elect Gustavo Petro
431: Colombian Bullerengue in Barcelona
430: The Real Medellín
429: Antonio Nariño and the Rights of Man
428: Bogotá's Recent Past and Colombia's Future
427: Colombian Literature and the Human Experience
426: The Colombian Presidential Election Special
425: Glyphosate for Coca Eradication in Colombia
424: Crossed off the Map
423: Protests in Colombia: Cali, one year on
422: Explaining the Falsos Positivos in Colombia
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