{"product_id":"karen-y-los-remedios-bestiaria","title":"Karen y Los Remedios - Bestiaria","description":"\u003ch6 class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eKaren y Los Remedios have given their singular Gothicumbia a mythology of its own. On \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBestiaria\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, goddesses, witches, nymphs, healers, and supernatural creatures inhabit twelve songs where cumbia rhythms move through trip-hop shadows and dreamlike electronics.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/h6\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eReleased in \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e2026 on ZZK Records\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBestiaria\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e follows 2023’s \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSilencio\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e and expands the Mexican trio’s already distinctive fusion of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003ecumbia rebajada, dark electronics, trip-hop, and dream pop\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. Ana Karen G. Barajas is joined by guitarist Guillermo Berbeyer, aka Z.A.M.P.A., and producer Jiony, creating music that remains rooted in Latin American rhythm while venturing further into atmospheric and cinematic territory.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe album is structured like a \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003etwelve-card tarot spread\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, with each song centered around a different female figure drawn from mythology, folklore, spirituality, and the natural world. These characters become vessels for ideas about desire, motherhood, vulnerability, memory, transformation, death, and feminine power.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e“Curandera” opens the record with spectral vocals, ominous synthesizers, and a heavy rhythmic pulse, immediately establishing \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBestiaria\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e’s mystical atmosphere. “Mayahuel” invokes the Aztec goddess associated with agave and fertility, while \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e“Ninfa”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e transforms the mythological water nymph into a meditation on impermanence and desire, surrounding Ana Karen’s ethereal vocal with subtle percussion, processed guitar, and trip-hop production.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eElsewhere, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e“Creación del Universo”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e becomes more luminous and expansive, layering melodic guitar and vocals around a creation myth born from love. “Ixchel,” “Las Moiras,” “La Bruja,” “Alucarda,” and “Quimera” continue building the album’s personal bestiary, drawing different cultural traditions into the same shadowy universe.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThat concept makes \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBestiaria\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e feel particularly suited to Karen y Los Remedios. Their music has always occupied an unusual territory between the dance floor and something more introspective, and here \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eGothicumbia\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e becomes less a genre tag than an entire world: traditional and electronic, sensual and ominous, deeply Latin American yet difficult to place within any conventional scene.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003edeluxe vinyl edition is pressed on 140-gram iridescent green vinyl and limited to 500 copies\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, housed in a glossy gatefold jacket designed to extend the album’s visual and mythological world.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBestiaria\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is Karen y Los Remedios pushing Gothicumbia outward: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003etwelve portals into a world of cumbia, trip-hop, mythology, feminine power, and electronic darkness.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Karen y Los Remedios","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48286447042614,"sku":"797725411159","price":26.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0674\/2592\/7222\/files\/karen-remedios-bestiaria.jpg?v=1792814709","url":"https:\/\/greycatrecords.com\/products\/karen-y-los-remedios-bestiaria","provider":"Greycat Records","version":"1.0","type":"link"}