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Timini is dedicated to Robin's second son Oscar who earned the nickname Petit Mini (Little Mini) which became 'Timini'. The track was inspired by the rustling wind and shaking leaves as Robin walked home from the hospital the evening after Oscar's birth, writing the whole track in one exhausted and emotional sitting. Gentle Breeze was inspired by the feeling of a warm early summer's afternoon with the family at home. Beautiful simplicity.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOn the other hand, Alarma de Emergencia is a cumbia for the endless alarm that has been ringing, unheard across our planet for decades. Fuel Fandango singer Nita's beautiful lyrics to its sister track Cenizas de Agua reference the need to \"open our hearts, look for our own reflection and break the silence\" While on Brujería Bomba Estereo frontwoman Li Saument implores us to sanar (heal) and limpiar clean above Robin's trademark floating flutes and an organic dem-bow beat.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMeanwhile tracks like Piañuco show a new direction, blending the deep bass and unique rhythms of amapiano music with huayno folk melodies, featuring a whole host of musicians, including over 50 saxophone lines, meticulously recorded by argentine saxophonist Leandro Guffanti and his students in Barcelona. The album ends with Ley de Origen where we see El Búho reunited with his long-time collaborators Minük (Corazon de Rubi, Mirando El Fuego) for another moving and delicate song this time mixing Alumnis and Marcus' beautiful vocals with a deep, warm sub bass and percussion and marimbas from Colombia's pacific coast.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wonderwheel","offers":[{"title":"Purple LP","offer_id":50395587641675,"sku":"2144930","price":27.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"Black LP","offer_id":50395586986315,"sku":"2144929","price":27.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/Strata_b4e3889e_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1726468389"},{"product_id":"cenotes","title":"Cenotes","description":"\u003cp\u003eArriving 6 years after the release of his breakout EP, El Búho returns to Wonderwheel with a very special Deluxe Version of said Cenotes EP including 3 previously unreleased tracks: \u003ci\u003eManana Tepotzlan (feat. 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Having studied Latin American Studies in Glasgow, El Búho (aka Robin Perkins) spent time living, studying and working in Argentina and travelling throughout the continent. Alongside his music, El Búho is also an environmental activist, having worked for over eight years at Greenpeace, being a member of DJs For Climate Action and coordinating the non-profit project \"A Guide to the Birdsong\" a series of albums that raise funds and awareness for endangered bird species through electronic music.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wonderwheel","offers":[{"title":"Black | LP","offer_id":50435732209995,"sku":"1147633","price":22.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/868222d7-4304-4a94-9d57-86e25b600e1d_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1726906895"},{"product_id":"tenalach","title":"Tenalach","description":"\u003cp\u003e“Tenalach - The relationship with the land, the sky, the water and the deep connection that allows you to hear the earth sing and be one with nature” Following on from their many mutual remixes and first collaborative EP “Pleamar” (Wonderwheel Recordings 2020) Chancha Via Circuito y El Búho return with a new EP “Tenalach\" which sees the duo enter new territories and soundscapes. This mysterious, atmospheric and melancholic EP is like the soundtrack to a videogame that takes place in a strange and wonderful parallel universe. Imagine Zelda set in the jungles and mountains of Latin America. Croaking frogs sit next to driving snares on the genre-defying Sapo Cururú, birds float above strobing synths on Oropéndola while Sumay’s epic synth lines melt into Chancha’s trademark percussions on Sumay. Opener El Samurai is perhaps the closest to the pair’s well-known folktronic sound, marrying cowbells with bowing violins and its animal-esque synth line. While the BPM may have risen, this is neither ‘downtempo’ nor ‘umtempo’ and an EP that cannot easily be pigeon-holed - it is fresh and original. It also reflects a darker side to the pair’s music, a sub-conscious reflection of a changing world, holding in each song a constant tension and the desire to escape to new realities where the connection between humans and nature is blurred and equal.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Shika Shika","offers":[{"title":"Black 12\"","offer_id":50448284320075,"sku":"2219457","price":21.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/201374984413_89ca997a_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1727089082"},{"product_id":"camino-de-flores","title":"Camino de Flores","description":"\u003cp\u003eRepress one of El Búho's more emblematic album and a key release on downtempo scene.\n\nOn \u003ci\u003eCamino de Flores\u003c\/i\u003e, his second full-length album, El Búho reimagines electronic music through the lense of the natural world and its rich soundscapes.\n\nDrawing on the inspiration of traditional rhythms and sounds, notably from Latin America, \u003ci\u003eCamino de Flores\u003c\/i\u003e is an album that transports you to another place. Following the success of his first LP, titled \u003ci\u003eBalance\u003c\/i\u003e, El Búho is back and takes us on a journey from high mountains to cascading waterfalls, from a dusky rainforest to a crackling fire beneath a clear, star-filled sky. The album charts a pathway between traditional rhythms, the sound of the natural world, IDM electronica and a deep, enveloping dancefloor sound.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Shika Shika","offers":[{"title":"Pink LP","offer_id":50476432949579,"sku":"2224760","price":22.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/test_86897bf7_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1727459552"},{"product_id":"balance-6","title":"Balance","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe first repress of El Búho's classic 2017 classic debut \u003cem\u003eBalance\u003c\/em\u003e. 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Known for his fusion of Latin American folk, organic electronica, dub, field recordings and natural sound, El Búho’s new album explores these influences through the lens of home. While \u003cem\u003eHogar\u003c\/em\u003e translates to home in Spanish, it is a word that goes beyond a physical place. Rooted in the Latin word focāris, meaning hearth or fire, hogar evokes family, belonging, shelter, intimacy and the sense of feeling safe somewhere in the world. For Robin, the album grew out of the experience of building a home with his family in France, while also reflecting on migration, displacement and the climate crisis. It is a meditation on what home means in a world where so many people are forced to leave theirs, to create a home somewhere else or to search for belonging. The album is built around a series of found sounds, recordings of Robin’s home life, recordings on the road, of islands, of meetings with friends over food and tea. 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