Accordians, tablas, spacey synths, floating pads & the occasional sawtooth bass outline the reggaeton, baile funk and cumbia inspired hiphop beats that Fauna, two Argentinean emcees, flow over in that kind of singing-rap style that appears to be prevalent in Latin American culture. Unfortunately my inability to comprehend Spanish keeps me from getting the message they are working to comprehend (but I still dig their beats).
But ZZK does know Spanish and they beautifully describe it as “this hybrid taps into Reggae music, Cumbia, Reggaeton, Cumbia Villera (gangster cumbia) and Baile Funk, combined with electronic rhythms such as IDM, Jungle, and Breakbeat. This crossbreed also includes some flowing Ragga lyrics inspired by meditation practiced at the foot of a Cuyan hill, a motionless journey at the edge of a ditch, and the thoughts concocted –usually with a group of friends – in the mental shortcuts that can be found at the edge of a mountain range.”
More on the lyrical content:
“This record is deeply soaked with the spirit they face life with, humor, absence of prejudices, lots of irony and, at the same time, room for lucid and even mystical thoughts”. (Nim, Zizek resident chosen to master “La Manita de Fauna”, June 2008).
Personal Favorites: 1, 6, 7, 11
ZZK Records has released Le Manita de Fauna Remixes for free as a bonus of the original album. The remix album disc is with the original album disc in the studio.