{"id":2180,"date":"2010-10-10T00:00:41","date_gmt":"2010-10-10T07:00:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/josephaleo.com\/blog\/?p=2180"},"modified":"2018-11-11T15:49:16","modified_gmt":"2018-11-11T23:49:16","slug":"solipsistic-nation-no-211-zzk-records","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/josephaleo.com\/blog\/solipsistic-nation-no-211-zzk-records\/","title":{"rendered":"solipsistic NATION No. 211: ZZK Records"},"content":{"rendered":"

As you may or may no know, once a month on solipsistic NATION<\/b> I showcase a music label that is putting out such amazing releases that I feel compelled to grab you by the ear and play music from their catalogue. I\u2019ve been doing solipsistic NATION<\/b> for over four years so I\u2019ve managed to feature a good chunk of the music labels I love and while there are plenty of labels I want to tackle I\u2019m starting to see the horizon. I\u2019m only one person and as diverse as my taste and knowledge of music is there is a limit. To keep things fresh I\u2019ll ask folks on Twitter and Facebook which labels I should showcase on future editions of solipsistic NATION<\/b> and ZZK Records<\/a> came up time and time again.<\/p>\n

ZZK Records is based out Buenos Aires and when I approached Grant Dull, the label\u2019s cofounder, about showcasing ZZK Records he was kind enough let me have access to the label\u2019s entire catalogue. I didn\u2019t know what to expect but to my surprise and delight after playing tracks from ZZK Records on a random two hour sampling I didn\u2019t hear a bad track. They were all fantastic and I quickly fell in love with ZZK.<\/p>\n

I was also charmed with ZZK Records\u2019 regional sound. Too often these days you can listen to, say, drum and bass from the US to Japan and it will sound uniformly drum and bass. It\u2019s rare to hear electronic based music that has a locative quality to it. ZZK Records definitely sounds like it\u2019s a product of Argentina. Furthermore, while the artists on ZZK Records may have a regional sound it\u2019s not the flattened, homogenized worldbeat sound so popular with so many other flavors. The artists on ZZK Records have a real presence and while the music may have regional flavor it\u2019s not for the sake of being exotic.<\/p>\n

I can\u2019t hope to convey the full range of ZZK Records on today\u2019s show but it\u2019s a start and I encourage you to dig deeper and explore further. You\u2019ll definitely be rewarded for you effort!<\/p>\n