By José Gandue @spinning zone (Images provided by Surfer Gorilla)
We won't let this album fade into obscurity. To the best of our ability, we'll try to make sure you all know about this sonic gem. which, otherwise, perhaps by pure miracle, you might find in the collection of curious objects of some obsessive enthusiast that are piled up in the drawer of unique and unrepeatable objects. Okay, let's not exaggerate, it's on all digital platforms, and you can listen to it right now, but it would be wonderful if a good independent record label, like ZZK Records, Ninja Tunes, or any of those companies that are always looking for material with amazing essence, discovered it. This project was made between, on one side, a Colombian and a Venezuelan, residents of the city of Santa Marta, and, on the other side, a few hundred kilometers further to the left and further north, a Costa Rican addicted to samplers. This is a fusion formed by curiosity and a resonant infatuation from afar. Therefore, Surfer Gorilla y Tri-fold brochure They joined together to create their own world, made up of 15 sound recordings, called Planetary.
When I listen to this album, the first thing that comes to mind It is a profound gratitude to those old-school hip hop masters who taught subsequent generations the worthy art of recovering pieces of old musical memories and adapting them to contemporary times.. Recycling and reworking is healthy, and luckily that spirit of resonant freedom, free from guilt and with a desire for enjoyment, persists and enriches today's music. This album, clearly inspired by the geographical landscape surrounding its protagonists, It is a brilliant combination of electronic music, recordings from other times and ancestral acoustic instruments. It has a good sense of humor, experimental substance, and a need for dance. In its mission to create dance, it draws on a multitude of rhythms from the region, deconstructs them, and adapts them to the hallmark of this artistic fusion. It is the Caribbean in all its vastness, resonating in the 21st century, and with the desire and ability to be heard and cared for without any prejudice throughout the world.
This compilation, to get technical, contains son, champeta, calypso, cumbia, afrobeat, bullerenge, guaguancó, rocksteady, conga, mambo, and other genres from the Antilles and the Atlantic coasts north of the Equator, encapsulated in an urban technological package that allows them to coexist in peace, harmony and constant revelry. The best time? The third cut, Looking Up, a bilingual anthem performed by two guests, Diggis and 4 heads, that gives off the scent of a beach sunset enveloped in wholesome smoke and a good, cold beer.
I insist, being produced and promoted "handmade," this album could get lost in the morass of independent productions that the masses don't pay attention to because they don't come with intense advertising behind them, but If you're looking for something that can relieve your ears of so much unnecessary noise, and show off to your closest friends and family the discovery of a great record, which is worth adopting into your everyday soundtrack, hop on this thunderous truck and share it with whomever you can. The idea is that they Many will be able to celebrate with this little treasure.
