Published
Thu, Apr 2, 2020, 17:58
- Proceeds from place : ecuador and place : vancouver will benefit nonprofits supporting indigenous rights, land rights and environmental protection.
Air Texture has announced two charity compilations, place : ecuador and place : vancouver, to be released on his place label on May 15th.
The first compilation, place : ecuador, was created in collaboration with Ecuadorian artist Quixosis. Album sales will benefit indigenous peoples in the Amazon rainforest such as the Waorani, whose territory has recently been opened up to potential oil exploration. The LP will be released in partnership with Amazon Frontlines, a nonprofit organization defending indigenous rights to land and cultural survival in the Amazon rainforest.
Proceeds from the accompanying record compiled by Kuma, place : vancouver, will go towards Vancouver's First Nations people, who have faced multiple threat of oil pipelines endangering their ecosystems. The album will also support the Pacific Wild nonprofit, whose mission is to protect the Great Bear Rainforest on Denny Island.
"Vancouver is a hard place to make electronic music. The public face of greenery, water, giant glass towers and legal weed is a front," Kuma says. "The city is in the midst of a massive housing crisis. Gentrification drives out our independent venues. Canada's Prime Minister has brought the country a pipeline that could ruin the pristine beauty of our local environment with one single spill."
"So we do what we can to make change and to bring together communities where we can," he adds. "Vancouver is awash in DJs, producers and promoters doing amazing work to raise a fist and transcend all these things."
Air Texture, real name James Healy, founded place as a country-specific compilation series benefiting local human rights groups.
Listen to "Mirrorcity" from place : vancouver.
Listen to "Te Vas" from place : ecuador.
Tracklist - place : ecuador
01. NTFL - Te Vas
02. Paramo Cumbié - Tropel De Animas
03. Cruzloma - Supay
04. Fantoche - Antón
05. Riobamba - Sácalo
06. Lascive Dopamine - Día Cero
07. Fillspectrum - P1k
08. Nieves - Invo
09. Pancho Piedra - Vives En Mí
10. Chak - Sol Negro
11. Quixosis - Mudo
12. Patamamba - Sur Le 3∞ Mode
13. Zoroxxe - Tigrillo
14. Joaquín Cornejo - El Baile Roto
15. Cruzloma - Khan In A Can
16. La Mafia Andina - Amarumi
17. Ataw Allpa & Ground - Llakta Del Kokoro feat. Ju-Pa
18. Shamanic Catharsis - Kakucho feat. Ground
19. Mala Fama - Kishpichiway
Tracklist - place : vancouver
01. The Automatic Message - Mirrorcity
02. Queensyze - Peanut Butter Cup
03. Segue - Nimbus
04. Beatmool - Blink
05. DJ Olive - In A Mermaid Scale
06. Taal Mala - The Dancers At The End Of Time
07. Braue - For Sure
08. Kuma - Dis Enchantment
09. Levrige - Stagnant
10. Ded Sheppard - F8
11. rOhmz - Humidity
12. Truant - Red Sky
13. Dark Arps - Ambiguity
14. Joel West - Puppa
15. Sweet Surrender - Ground
16. Connect_icut - Crystal Express
17. Montane District - Circulating Skies
18. Fallow Twin - Dark Forest
19. Paperwave - You Know
20. Handsome Tiger - Diatom
place will release place : ecuador and place : vancouver on May 15th, 2020.
Tracklist - place : ecuador 01. NTFL - Te Vas 02. Paramo Cumbié - Tropel De Animas 03. Cruzloma - Supay 04. Fantoche - Antón 05. Riobamba - Sácalo 06. Lascive Dopamine - Día Cero 07. Fillspectrum - P1k 08. Nieves - Invo 09. Pancho Piedra - Vives En Mí 10. Chak - Sol Negro 11. Quixosis - Mudo 12. Patamamba - Sur Le 3∞ Mode 13. Zoroxxe - Tigrillo 14. Joaquín Cornejo - El Baile Roto 15. Cruzloma - Khan In A Can 16. La Mafia Andina - Amarumi 17. Ataw Allpa & Ground - Llakta Del Kokoro feat. Ju-Pa 18. Shamanic Catharsis - Kakucho feat. Ground 19. Mala Fama - Kishpichiway Tracklist - place : vancouver 01. The Automatic Message - Mirrorcity 02. Queensyze - Peanut Butter Cup 03. Segue - Nimbus 04. Beatmool - Blink 05. DJ Olive - In A Mermaid Scale 06. Taal Mala - The Dancers At The End Of Time 07. Braue - For Sure 08. Kuma - Dis Enchantment 09. Levrige - Stagnant 10. Ded Sheppard - F8 11. rOhmz - Humidity 12. Truant - Red Sky 13. Dark Arps - Ambiguity 14. Joel West - Puppa 15. Sweet Surrender - Ground 16. Connect_icut - Crystal Express 17. Montane District - Circulating Skies 18. Fallow Twin - Dark Forest 19. Paperwave - You Know 20. Handsome Tiger - Diatom place will release place : ecuador and place : vancouver on May 15th, 2020.