"Buenos Aires has grown ZZK Records into a full-fledged outlet of mayhem. From long nights of party heat in the capital of South American culture, Zizek brings a blend of old and new, rural and urban, where the first and third worlds share the dancefloor and make plans to hook up after the party."
It has been apparent since the opening of Zizek Club in Palermo that the streets of Buenos Aires aren't just home to the the tango and many a fine futbolista. They are also the proud parents of a new breed of South American electronic music. Zizek, a self-proclaimed 'sonic blender', is at the forefront of global street music, offering to its punters a mix grande de hip hop, cumbia, dancehall, reggaeton, dub(step), bastard pop, mashups and more.
It's from this club in the Argentinian capital, between the ice fields of Southern Patagonia and the steamy home of corned beef in the Pampas Plains, that ZZK Records was born. Hailing from a country whose weather patterns range from sub-antarctic to that of a sauna, it's not surprising that the ZZK concept (which includes such artists as El G, Fauna and Douster [pictured below]) is a collision of cultures, genres and challenging new sounds. The grassroots label has been internationally acclaimed in NME and Rolling Stone and is this month set to give the US a run for its money at Coachella and Miami's Trans Atlantic Festival before moving on to Mexico as part of the ZZK North American Tour.
***ZZK Mixtape Vol. 6 - Douster***
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