If the ZZK Crew is making waves around the world, Douster is a tsunami!
His mega hit, King of Africa, is being played by the biggest DJs around the globe (Crookers, Aoki, A-Trak, Tiesto and more)
Since his debut on the Zizek Tour North American tour in 2009 with Fauna & El G, it was certainly obvious a bright future was on tap this young Frenchman who for 2 years called Argentina home and whose sound evolved accordingly with his time and place in an ridiculous way.
Less than 1 year later, his ZZK debut album Triassic has been released and he hasn’t stopped remixing and playing around Europe. And now he’s coming back to North America for 2 super cool shows. The first one, as the sign says, is the future! Douster & Rusko on the same bill on the same stage (this Friday!) one after the other on the iciest dancefloor that side of the equator…. Large ups to the people at Igloo Fest for seeing this and making it happen.
Speaking of Rusko, the second Douster show is in Los Angeles (Sunday the 31st at Three of Clubs), with the label that is putting out the next Rusko EP, Mad Decent, with a Douster remix to boot. Check his myspace for the track.
The number of Douster tracks circulating right now is incredible! Check (and buy!) his releases from ZZK, Bebup, Sound Pelligrino and his remixes are surefire hits on the dancefloor. Ask Tommie Sunshine, the legendary DJ from Chicago who got a party shut down last week during a rather exciting Douster remix. Douster remixes causing chaos and unbridled euphoria? This same remix in the video below, enough said.
In Febuary Douster will embark on his next international adventure, this time, destination Australia.
A long way from the back roads of Oaxaca, the place we last left Douster, but closer than ever to that magical Oaxacan energy, go pibe, conquer the world!
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Saturday, 27 February ZIZEK CLUB returns to Buenos Aires!! In Niceto Club – Niceto Vega 5510 – Palermo Midnight - Advance Tickets at Niceto Club
After touring around Europe & North America in 2009 where ZZK Records artists played the festival circuit, clubs, cultural centers and parties, ZIZEK Club comes back to Buenos Aires to start the year off with a bang.
With an international guest who is nothing short of a legend in the underground BA scene, DJ Oro11, co-founder of the California based Bersa Discos (label brother of ZZK), the Frikstailers from Cordoba who will be presenting their new remix of Major Lazer music video and a special show featuring the collaboration between the hypnotic beats of El Remlolon with the power of the cumbia rap group Fantasma.
We're glad you guys are enjoying the music. We feel really passionate about what we're doing, our artists, our music, our energy. To get all this feedback is pure stimulus to keep going. And trust us, we are coming back in 2010 with A LOT of new music.
Los pibes ZZK.
2009 year end lists sending love ZZK's way.
Panamerika from Mexico got down with ZZK (best of decade!) Club Fonograma (USA) really got the beauty of El Remolon's opening track - La Bonita (best of decade!) Afropop called us weird (and wonderful!) and we like it. Sinden feeling Douster's Triassic EP Urb lists us and lets you vote for us too (go vote)! Gen Bass's UMB digging on Villa Donde from King Coya & Empacho Digital from Villa Diamante Mad Decent's got a winner for best fan video from los Friks XLR8R still bouncing to Douster's podcast Brazil showing some love Los Cooliado giving props The Hard Data digs "post Neo-Cumbia and beyond" Amoeba (our first ever store!) ranks ZZK 2 with a band we shared the stage with last year in Oslo... Tinawiren Kid Cameleon feeling the SouthAm vibes & digging Uproot Andy as well! Feeling Nouveau from Montreal ranks El Remolon's Animal Collective bootleg remix numero 2! Warsaw Poland gets down to Disque DJ's Fauna remix!
Told my friends some months ago: if Sónar boasts is a festival of advanced music, ZZK crew should have been there in 2009. Sonar can't make the same mistake twice so see you in Sónar 2010!
This Thursday in Santiago, the boys from Cordoba take Chile with a vengeance. The Frikstailers, who have an EP and LP dropping with ZZK in 2010, rock Tribal Tekz as Santiago one more time goes ZZK. Event here.
A while back we got a global call out from our friends at Mad Decent spearheading a remix project for the like minded tropical brother from another mother, El Guincho.
ZZK sent the parts out to our producers and the Frikstailers enthusiastically responded “cool! We’re big fans of El Guincho!” and went straight to work. What happened next is… well, we find it hard to explain in words. Lets just say we are proud of the Frikstailers, are HUGE fans of theirs and their remix is one of the most ridiculously incredible next level tropical madness we’ve ever heard.
And if that wasnt enough, los Friks just dropped, with our boy Tranqui Taim, a Major Lazer cumbia'd out remix on video, what?! Video by Flamboyant Paradise.
