By the Zonagirante.com team @spinning zone

Cover art by Zonagirante Studio 

In this special week, we will refer in this note to three recent publications of female origin made in our hemisphere:

Ana Barajas – Mango Motel

This Colombian woman, who has lived in Austin, Texas for more than ten years, He has released an eclectic album of mostly Latin American covers, performed with enough experimental freedom to avoid being confined within limiting boundaries. And rather, to offer a varied repertoire in textures and sonic intentions. That said, above all, her impeccable voice stands out in each of the tracks, giving unity to the entire production. This album sounds like "contemporary nostalgia"., a kind of feeling in which the atmosphere of the bars and bowling alleys of yesteryear is recovered, but, in the process, modern elements processed by the technology of our times are added. which make an interesting difference compared to the original versions. If we can get overly poetic, We could say that this could be the usual music of a Caribbean cabaret with reminiscences of the mid-20th century, adorned with retro-futuristic effects. It's an entertaining, sensitive album with an exquisite dose of risk. Three moments stand out for their successful blend of past and present: Siboney, Taboo y Gypsy face. 

Emy Castro – N/A

And suddenly a light appears before us And we discovered among our information this Peruvian woman residing in the United States, who just a few days ago released this sort of three-track single, which includes a mysterious half-minute intro, a ninety-two-second remix at the end of the album, and in the middle, noticeably, a tune that plays at recovering sounds of Andean folklore, which, in turn, are intertwined with jazz pieces and laboratory moments with threads of other genres. It is clear that here is a gem whose evolution must be observed, due to the sensuality of its vocal expression, and the desire to update the original references and assimilate them to current times., without ever losing the essence or the original grace.

Valentina – Another sad Valentine's Day

Her name is Valentina Victoria D'Achille Ducoudray, she is Dominican and lives in Mexico., and it seems that she will soon become one of the stars of urban pop, about which we will hear many comments in the coming years, if everything works according to traditional marketing. And while we wait for that, we dare to publish a review of their five-song EP, where we allow ourselves, before our prejudices as alternative music listeners take over, to feel attracted to that particular voice, that striking accent, that, as soon as we hear it, our alarm bells go off, believing it will be used in more explosive songs, of boom boom incessant, And luckily, the contradiction comes along, and it turns out that everything sounds pleasantly calm, with ample room to break the obvious boundaries of the forced commercialism of the big record labels. Hopefully, it will continue to sound as natural and fresh in the future as we can hear it in Sad or something like that, The final track of the production. Hopefully, in the future, Valentina will delve deeper into her effort to sound different from what's always echoing around and is already getting tiresome. Hopefully we can say that his work was part of the reinvention of a genre that cannot stagnate due to the fears of executives who sell music as if they were selling soap. Good luck with that, dear Miss D'Achille Ducoudray.