Barcelona is often referred to as a city that has peaked a long time ago. Those of us who live in this city are surrounded by people who don’t stop complaining as they claim that everything has already been said about Barcelona. Zona Watusa disagrees, and we are fed up with this harmful negativism. If the big festivals -hand in hand with their fellow free-market forces- are devouring everything in their paths, then Barcelona’s underground has to morph into a 'zona confusa'.
A space where anything goes and impossible mixtures become realities. This compilation is a portion of all that is simmering in those spaces of Barcelona that have had to become invisible to survive. Barcelona is not over. It's merely confused.
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Barcelona es esa ciudad que parece que hace tiempo te has acabado, pero en realidad, ni mucho menos. Los que vivimos en esta ciudad estamos rodeados de gente que no para de quejarse porque aseguran que en Barcelona ya está todo dicho. En Zona Watusa no estamos de acuerdo y además nos hemos hartado de este nocivo negativismo. Si los grandes festivales, mano a mano con las otras fuerzas del mercado libre, están devorando todo lo que encuentran a su paso, entonces al underground de Barcelona no le queda otra que convertirse en una zona confusa. Una dimensión donde todo vale y las mezclas imposibles se convierten en realidades. Este recopilatorio es una porción de todo eso que se cuece a fuego lento en esos espacios de Barcelona que para sobrevivir han tenido que hacerse invisibles. Y es que Barcelona no se ha acabado. Sólo está confusa.
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released April 17, 2019
Graphic Design by TD Papeles -
tdpapeles.info
Words by David Puente
Unleashed by Zona Watusa
Thanks to all artists for their participation and support.
Many thanks to Doza, David Puente, Ander Agudo, Pablo Miranda, Charlie Yagüez,
Dublab.es, Tapedub, TeslaFM, and the Barcelona underground
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ALOZEAU - FNGRD
Produced by Josué Coloma
ESPACIO PROFUNDO – LANIAKEA
Produced by Espacio Profundo
Recorded at La Madriguera - Sant Celoni
From the album "Laniakea" - 2019
TURING TARPIT – CONTE DE LA GRAND-MÈRE ET RÊVE DE L'ENFANT
Ferran Gavóin - guitar & effects
Ramon Casamajó - trumpet & effects
Composed by Turing Tarpit for the George Méliès film of the same name
WUNDERKAMMER – AL·LEL AMORF
Xavier Riembau - turntables
Enrique Doza - keyboards, pedals & effects
Pablo Miranda - sound
DAME AREA – MUOVITI
Silvia Konstance - Vocals, electric organ
Viktor L.Crux - Percussion
Recorded in Màgia Roja HQ.
Mixed at La Isla with Pablo Miranda
RAYO-60 – A FULL EMPTY
Produced, recorded and mixed by Ander Agudo at home studio.
ACIDDICT – N0002
Produced by Aciddict
BLOOD QUARTET – GHOST TRAIN 11
Mark Cunningham - trumpet
Lluis Rueda - guitar
Kike Bela - bass
Càndid Coll - drums
Recorded in Fabra i Coats Art factory - Room 11 - Barcelona 2018
MUTTURA – LOT 23
Guillem Gasulla Benaque - Guitar
Barcelona 2018
From the album "Esbossos perduts" - 2018
Edita la Servidumbre / Ultra-Local Records
FUEGO – CARTONERO
Pablo Miranda: synthesizers, effects, mixing board and more.
Pope: synthesizers, sampler, effects, mixing board and more.
Dana: visuals and more.
VASCO TRILLA – SOLENOID
Produced by Vasco Trilla
From the album "The Torch in my Ear" – 2018
SUN COLOR feat. ALMUDENA VEGA – CASI
Julio César Palacio - Eurorack Modular Synth, Buchla Music Easel
Almudena Vega - vocals, flute
Poem from the Book “Casi la caída” by Almudena Vega (Stendhal Books)