: ' .. .:.... . ' ' ______________ : ________ : ' \ / .. .:. .. \ / : : \ /_________ \ / . .. ... .. . : .\ / /___ /\ \ / ______________ ___ _. : \ / / \ / \ \/ / \ \ \ \ \ . ...:..\ / _______/ \/ \ ___/__ / / / / / : /\ / / \ \/ \ / / / . sH! ' / \/ / / / \ / / . ... .:.... .. . :/ _______/ / / / _______/__ ___ __ .\ / / / / / / / / / / / \ / / / / / / / / / / / . . \ /\______/ / / / / \___ / / : \/ ____ \ / / / / / : \ / \ /\____/\ / / : : ________\/ \ / \ / / : ' \ / \/ \ /\ / : . ..:.. . \ / \/ \ / \ / \ / . ' : \/ F A N G \ / : ' ____ \ / . . .. .. .:.. . \ / presents \ / . . \/ \/ : : . ..:.. , : Artist......: Nicola Cruz : Album.......: Siku : : Label.......: ZZK Records .. .:.. . Genre.......: Electronic : Catnr.......: ZZK040CD . ' Source......: CD , ; Rip.date....: 2019-02-01 Str.date....: 2019-01-25 Quality.....: 238kbps/44.1kHz/Joint Stereo . :.. .:. Url.........: http://nicolacruz.com ' ' , ________ ________ \ / \ / \ / \ / \ / # title time \ / \/ \/ 1. Arka (con Esteban Valdivia) 4:09 2. Siku 4:12 3. El Diablo Me Va a Llevar 3:43 4. Hacia Delante (con Chato) 3:53 5. Crianτada (con Castello Branco) 5:17 6. Voz de las Monta±as (con Minⁿk) 3:28 7. Siete 5:53 8. Obsidiana 4:51 9. Se±or de las Piedras 5:15 10. Okami 4:22 11. Esu Enia (con Marcio Pinto) 3:13 ______ \ / ________ Runtime 48:16 ,\ /... . . .... .... \ / ' Size 86.89 ______ :\/ ', \ / , \ / ' '... ..\ /.. .. .....:. .. .... .. . ..\ /. : Release Notes: \/ , \/ , ' ' ,: An interest in ancestral Latin American cosmology has always run :, : right through the music of Ecuadorian music producer Nicola : :' Cruz. His creative process involves an attentive, careful ': ,: search for the living roots and rituals that are part of South :, : American identityùits Andean and African origins in : :' particularùvaluing its rhythms, its oral traditions, its ': ,: instruments and the energy they transmit. His first record, :, : Prender el Alma (2015) explored the development of the : :' consciousness and spirituality, and how they connect with ': ,: music. In Siku, his most recent production, Cruz continues this :, : exploration, expanding his vision towards new stories and other : :' cultures as sources of inspiration. A crucial aspect on this ': ,: journey is his collaboration with other artists from around the :, : world. : :' ': ,: The siku is a wind instrument of Andean origin, highly symbolic :, : in ancestral rituals, made up of two separate, complementary : :' parts, the arca and the ira. It is a representation of duality, ': ,: an essential element of the indigenous world view, associated :, : with involvement and complementarity, far from the binary : :' thinking typical of western societies. That duality is ': ,: reflected on this record in the coming together of sounds, :, : whether electronic or organic, past or present, local or global. : :' On Siku, Nicola Cruz combines instruments with symbolic, ': ,: spiritual connotations, such as the sitar, the siku, and the :, : balafon with hints of electronica. Studies of the samba, cumbia : :' and rhythms of African, Andean and Hindu origin are combined ': ,: with CruzÆs characteristically unpredictable, mystical style. :, : : :' ': : ' '.. ..' .. . :........... . . . . ............: . . ______________ ______________ \ / \ / \ / Shout out to all our homies from: \ / \ / \ / \ / iPC BOSS HiT2000 1way UKi i8 RNS \ / \ / RAGEMP3 MANDY DV8 pLAN9 BUTT \ / \ / \ / \/ ____ ____ \/ \ / F A N G \ / \/ 2 0 1 9 \/