Browse by Artist: CHANCHA VIA CIRCUITO

Artist:	CHANCHA VIA CIRCUITO
Title:	Rodante
Label:	ZIZEK RECORDS
Format:	CD
Price:	$15.00
Catalog #:	ZZK 003CD

"As the Zizek cumbiatrain rolls on, it's appropriate that the second release for this Argentine label is from an artist named after a train. The train in question is 'La Chancha' (the pig) and the line that Pedro Canale takes to his hometown, 30 miles out of Buenos Aires, is the 'Circuito' (circle). Chancha explores the minimal side of cumbia digital, influenced through images caught in his head, snapped from train windows. Sparse beats are interspersed with female vocals and there's the signature cry of 'cumbia' that rings out in many of his tracks. Computer bleeps share sonic space with folkloric chant. Candombe drums are accompanied by the sample of a machete splicing the air and a vocal line of indigenous bebop over hints of drum&bass. Chancha is popping off all over the web, you can find mixes, remixes, and blog entries galore (check his 2 tracks on the new Jahdan Blakkamoore CD on Dutty Artz), you can even check him live on tour in the States while you wait for his CD to come out. There's also an EP of instrumentals and mash-ups that relate to the CD release going into production as we speak."

Artist:	CHANCHA VIA CIRCUITO
Title:	Rio Arriba
Label:	ZZK RECORDS (ARGENTINA)
Format:	CD
Price:	$15.00
Catalog #:	ZZK 008CD

"Rio Arriba is the sophomore album from ZZK artist Chancha Via Circuito who molds local South American rhythms into global artistry. Rio Arriba bubbles up from the Andes like percussive lava, seething as it is soothing. Layers of drums play out like water and earth battling heat -- heat brought by Chancha Via Circuito, the Pig on the Circular Train. Chancha has forged a path from his town outside the urban sprawl of Buenos Aires in the east of Argentina up across the border with Bolivia and into the Northern hemisphere where he's bringing new fans to native drum traditions. In his first release, Rodante, Chancha took cumbia into uncharted territory retrofitting the Latin rhythm for a worldly audience. With Rio Arriba, South American folklore takes the reins and, under Chancha's steady hand, obscure backwoods rhythms take on a top shelf lifestyle as folklore hits the club. Obscure backwoods rhythms take on a top shelf lifestyle, mixed and chopped by Chancha. He imports raw material to metro landscapes, reminding listeners of the mysteries of nature lurking beyond urban gates."

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