Wonderwheel recordings is proud to present the first full-length album from producer Robin Perkins, aka El Buho. Balance represents a meeting of different currents that make up Buho's music: a fascination with the natural world, and its protection, a fascination with the rhythms, traditions and sounds of Latin America and a fascination with modern electronic music and production aesthetics.
The album is peppered with Cumbia, Son Jarocho, Andean instrumentation & Afro-Colombian rhythms. Mixed with this, Robin integrates this idea of "nature music" - putting the sound of a misty forest, the songs of birds, of crunching leaves under foot
or the rhythmic tapping of rain alongside synthesized sounds, electronic clicks or claps, deep basses. Trying at once to give them their own space but in a new, surprising perspective - it draws electronic music into something more soft, natural, different and appealing.
Balance is also an album that celebrates community and collaboration, showcasing collaborations with ten different artists form Latin America and beyond, both producers, instrumentalists and singers. Including more of a lyrical presence than his previous EPs, Perkins solicited the participation of talented singers like Dina al Wedidi from...
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- 1. Coro del Amanecer (feat. Verónica Valerio)
- 2. Corazón de Rubi (feat. Minük)
- 3. Tlacotlan
- 4. Juku (feat. Rumbo Tumba)
- 5. Chucum
- 6. Complete (feat. Dina El Wedidi)
- 7. Xica Xica (feat. Uji & Barrio Lindo)
- 8. Brigantes
- 9. Papán (feat. Citlaly Malpica & Pablo Emiliano)
- 10. Ynglingtal (feat. Jhon Montoya)
- 11. Madre Tierra (feat. Luzmila Carpio)
- 12. Ceiba (feat. Kaleema)