v.a.: club coco: new dimensions in latin music
Francisco Espregueira
There are certain compilations that feel less like a collection of songs and more like an entire atmosphere you can simply step into.Club Coco: New Dimensions In Latin Music is exactly that, serving as a vibrant sonic portrait of what contemporary Latin music can become when it’s guided purely by intuition. This eleven-track selection, curated by Coco Maria, one of the most important radio personalities of today’s landscape with her years of radio, more recently with Club Coco on NTS—one of our favorite shows. 100% recommendation for you to jump into this link and just have fun. New Dimensions In Latin Musiic .marks the first release on her own label and opens the windows to effortlessly feel warm Latin America’s unmistakable breezes. Here, rhythms invite movement without any urgency or pretense, as Neapolitan synthesizers mingle with cool digital cumbias, and intimate voices whisper from within the deep, inviting groove.
The spirit of Club Coco: New Dimensions In Latin Music isn't confined by a single genre, but defined entirely by a feeling—the relaxed, open-hearted joy of someone truly listening and moving. Each track operates like a sonic postcard, offering a journey that stretches from Bogotá to Naples, passing through Lima, Amsterdam, and New York, where the sounds of the past and future sweetly brush against each other in the present. This compilation from the Club Coco label doesn't try to define a new rulebook; rather, it simply invites listeners to discover fresh, compelling ways of hearing and feeling the rhythm. The party has already started—available on vinyl.