New York, NY (Top40 Charts/ Girlie Action Media & Marketing) "There's really nothing like ZZK Records anywhere in the world: the avant Argentinian label releases experimental, digital cumbias and other unique interpretations traditional Latin genres; acts as a family, collective and nightclub in Buenos Aires; and, of course, travels the globe." - FADER
"ZZK Records proves that the mash-up of cumbia, reggaeton, and baile funk isn't just a trend, but a worldwide art form." - XLR8R
"Whether it's making thousands of European ravers lose their shit at Roskilde, winning over tents of sunburned Americans at Coachella, or inspiring Argentines to dance to something besides endless drum and bass, the artists of Zizek have gone from their own tropical new-school cumbia club night in Buenos Aires to stages all over the world." - Blackbook
Check Out the WAX ZZK Mixtape Premiere via XLR8R
The Waxploitation Artists label has announced it has formalized a worldwide relationship with ZZK, the critically-acclaimed Buenos Aires music collective and one of South America's premiere record labels. Waxploitation will provide global distribution, artist development, and marketing for the entire roster which includes some of the best and brightest in electronic music: Chancha Via Circuito, El Remolon, Fauna, Frikstailers, King Coya, La Yegros, Mati Zundel, Super Guachin and Tremor to name just a few.
In celebration of the label's partnership, Waxploitation/ZZK premiered a digital compilation with one song from each artist here: https://snd.sc/sIfHK8
Waxploitation will release the debut Super Guachin EP Piratas y Fichines on December 13th, followed by Fauna's full length album Manshines on January 10th, as well as Mati Zundel's debut album Amazonico Gravitante on March 27th. Not just one style, ZZK is a movement that blends traditional South American music with futuristic interpretations, forging ahead with all kinds of new sounds and rhythms. Even at its most experimental, it's always hypnotic and danceable.
"It's always inspiring when artists take everything they have around them - old, new, rural, urban -- and make it their own", says Waxploitation founder Jeff Antebi. "With ZZK, you have so many artists putting out their debut albums right now, and already making a huge cultural impact. It's a tremendous creative flashpoint happening in Buenos Aires. Especially with electronic music."
ZZK Records developed organically out of the famed Zizek Club nights at Buenos Aires' premiere venue, Club Niceto. The shows were a bold move in 2006 when Argentine nightlife was still under siege by law enforcement after the tragic fire at Buenos Aires venue Cromagnon. Club Zizek brought together Buenos Aires' disparate electronic music scene, and which began fusing cumbia and reggaton with dancehall, folklore, electro, dubstep and funk. The club immediately gained a rabid following in Buenos Aires, highlighted by FADER in their 2008 feature on Cumbia in South America. Founding a label off their successful club nights, ZZK branched out beyond Buenos Aires playing Mad Decent vs. Iheartcomix's SXSW showcase in 2008, followed up by Roskilde Festival, Summer Stage in New York, and eventually Coachella in 2009.
About Waxploitation: Waxploitation is best known for developing the careers of the Grammy Award winning group Gnarls Barkley and Grammy Award winning artist/producer Danger Mouse as well as the Grammy nominated band Broken Bells. Other projects have included Dark Night of the Soul (with David Lynch), and ROME (with Jack White, Norah Jones). Waxploitation developed and managed Danger Mouse's producing career from 2003 to 2010, a period of time when Danger Mouse produced albums by Gorillaz, The Black Keys, and Beck. Recent label releases include Causes 1 and Causes 2 to benefit the work of Oxfam, Human Rights Watch and Médecins Sans Frontières, with songs from Animal Collective, The Decemberists, LCD Soundsystem among many others. The company publishes artists including Black Moth Super Rainbow, and Tobacco.
