By the Zonagirante.com team @spinning zone
The Fox Zapata – It has to be done
Why is Zonagirante.com featuring this Peruvian artist? For the same reason we've championed other emerging musical talents from the continent: because within this small group of artists, we find courage, creative innovation, freshness, and a desire to break all the molds, seize established platforms, and ignite a beautiful bonfire within them. Furthermore, and this isn't something everyone does: Zapata the Fox knows how to use the limitations she and her environment have to her advantage, turning what is potentially unfavorable into her effective weapons of combat. Upon closer examination of this video's technical aspects, we can admire the skillful camera work and meticulous editing, which creates the perfect tension without losing any of the narrative or the song's energy. It's a remarkable piece of work that confirms a shining example of the current strength and even brighter future of independent Latin American music.
Nico Ginesin – Lift up the sky
Don't take offense, friend Ginesin, at this first sentence of our review of your new video: We saw it and it reminded us of that old children's series called Heidi. We might even suspect that a large part of the drawings used to create this animated clip came from memories of that Japanese anime work made in 1974, which was successfully presented all over the world. All this, my friend Ginesin, we say with respect and admiration. The statement may seem overly complimentary to you, dear readers, but Here there is peace, there is tenderness, there is empathy, and that works very well to feel touched by the good pop tune of this Argentinian. Congratulations, friend, you have created a pleasant piece that arrives just in time to alleviate, at least for the few minutes that this clip lasts, the moods of these days.
Goat – The goat heads for the mountain
And yes, we end the notes of this article with violence. A violence that is felt from the tension created in the very first second of this audiovisual production, with a plot we've seen in television series, films, and other graphic works, but which, just the same, works like clockwork. Eduardo Cabra, better known in other times as Visitante, the other half of the Puerto Rican project Calle 13, gives us a glimpse of his particular reinvention of classic Caribbean Merengue, to which he adds corrosive textures and distorted guitars. Accordingly, It presents us with a powerful denunciation of human decadence and the growing harmfulness of the mainstream media, that flood our screens daily with bloody events as a regular part of everyday entertainment. This is a product unsuitable for prudish and hypocritical individuals, but, at the same time, once prejudices are set aside, it is an admirable piece in its raw honesty.
