Juana Molina is a singer, songwriter, and actress from Argentina who learned to play the guitar at the age of five. Sung in her native Rioplatense Spanish, Molina’s lyrics are intertwined with complex structures recalling ambient masters Brian Eno, Robert Fripp, and modernist John Cage. Molina usually writes, mixes tracks, and performs solo, intricately layering sound and rhythms performed on the spot.
Curumin (pictured), a São Paulo singer/composer/multi-instrumentalist, was first discovered by hip-hop duo Blackalicious while touring in Brazil. Curumin’s music is a head-spinning amalgamation of “música popular Brasileira” (MPB), Brazilian roots, samba-reggae, dub, hip hop, electronica, funk, rock, and pop along with hints of Brazilian jazz and samba-rock.
Zizek Club and ZZK Records founder, El G from Buenos Aires brings a pulsating mash-up of digital cumbia, electro-reggaeton, kuduro, Andean folklore, and other sound mutations to the decks.
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