ZZK Records Presents Nuevos Rios Nuevos Raos is the new project born from the meeting of Colombia’s iconic Canaln de Timbiqua, led by the unmistakable voice of Nidia Gngora (Quantic, Ondatrpica, The Bongo Hop), and the Toulouse-based trio Reco Reco, known for their explorations of trance-driven rhythms from South America and beyond. Rooted on the banks of the Timbiqua River in Colombia’s Pacific region, the collaboration fuses ancestral Afro-Colombian traditions with electronic and amplified sounds. The result is a powerful and hypnotic journey where marimba, percussion, bass, and voices intertwine with keyboards, guitar, and drums. Between ritual intensity and dancefloor energy, the music bridges continents-echoing West Africa, the Caribbean, and the sweaty clubs of Europe-while always returning to the river as a vital source of life and inspiration. Released on ZZK Records (home to Son Rompe Pera, Nicola Cruz, La Yegros, among others), this debut album is both a manifesto and a celebration: a living testimony of Colombia’s Afro-descendant heritage, reinvented through collective creativity. Nuevos Raos is not just fusion-it is a new current, a sonic ritual where traditions flow into modernity
