Over the years Argentinian duo Klik & Frik have taken the bubbling Latin electronic scene to deeper levels. Better known by their explosive moniker, Frikstailers, the Argentinian duo exploded onto the scene in 2006 by turning the who electro-cumbia genre on its head. Fusing cumbia with dancehall, hip-hop and electronic beats they took tropical to extraterrestrial levels and tore up unsuspecting dancefloors across the world.
Their unique style has seen them put out remixes on DFA Records, Young Turks/XL Recordings, Mad Decent (Hold The Line Cumbia style anyone?) and included on Modeselektor’s ‘Modeselektion Vol 2’. They have played sessions on KEXP, Boiler Room and NPR and their debut album caught the attention of XLR8R and more.
During their journey as Frikstailers, Rafa and Lisandro found they were maturing in their ideas, sounds and productions. They needed a musical outlet that enabled them to showcase more subtle and textured sounds for the dancefloor. With rich layers of electronic synthesizers and groove boxes Klik & Frik was born. Their hypnotic, ritualistic and meditative blends are a unique and transformative approach to the ancestral influences of South America.
View Klik & Frik bio here With a brand new mixtape introducing their fresh from the oven EP Refugio, published by Big in Japan in mid-November and just reissued on vinyl, we welcome to Rhythm Passport Argentinian visionary folktronica and organic house duo Klik & Frik. Under the moniker of Frikstailer, Rafa Caivano and…
