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Paykuna

Earthy, knitted and deep. Paykuna's approach is the symbiosis of Bolivian folk music and modern jazz aesthetics. This band is the creation of swiss-bolivian pianist Demian Coca, who’s compositions are multi-layered soundscapes, full of rhythmic variety and vivid melodies. Paykuna's music emphasizes its folcloristic background but the cool, thoughtful Swiss side of the composer is certainly not hidden. Demian Coca grants his players space for the unplanned and performs a clever balancing act, between control and intuition. Paykuna takes the listener on to a journey – somewhere between the rainforests of Amazonia and the deep lakes of Switzerland.

Rinakaruy

By Demian Coca

Label: SONNA Records
Released: 2021
Track listing: Alas; Tunari; Callari; Barrio 12 de enero, calle 5; Rinakaruy; Q'ocha; Uyuni

Q'ocha

June 28, 2021

Album: Rinakaruy
By Demian Coca
Label: SONNA Records
Released: 2021
Duration: 5:19

Paykuna: Raíces

by Geno Thackara
August 22, 2018

Looking at a title that means “Roots," one naturally thinks of an artist paying homage to their place of origin. It's not quite that simple in the case of Paykuna; the group's well-traveled leader Demian Coca has roots in both the folk of South America and the classy modern jazz of Europe, specifically his home of ...