Fresh off the release of their intense single “Cuanto Heredamos,” the
first cut from their upcoming studio album that in just over a month garnered
more than 300 thousand organic views on YouTube in few days, Chilean-Argentine
reggae group Zona Ganjah returns today with their latest offering “Juan,”
released via CC Records.
“Juan” sees the group exploring their rap and
hip hop side once again while, as always, sharing conscious, thought provoking
lyrics to express their profound views of today’s world. In this song, Zona
Ganjah brings to light the peril that lies in remaining divided as a society
and the toll it will take on our future as a human race. In a powerful
statement, the band invites fans to view social political reality from a new
angle and contemplate the way in which we’ve repeatedly attempted to find the solution
to our social problems in a political proposal, which ends up only pleasing one
part of society or the other, therefore keeping us trapped without change.
However, while these political polarities offer different views on common
topics, such as economics, no one has the courage to address important issues
that aren’t in the media’s agenda and often go unnoticed as a result, such as
genetic modification of our food, which has caused us to lose autonomy of our
seeds, and fracking and mega-mining, which takes the valuable resource of water
away from us. With “Juan,” Zona Ganjah prompts fans to ponder whether or not
we’ll really gain anything from these political polarities and suggests that
what we actually need as a society is to be united.
Today the acclaimed group also releases the accompanying music
video, which, in a change from their previous audiovisual projects, features a
large cast of actors. Both the single and video were produced and self-recorded
by the group’s creator and leader José Gahona in Mendoza, Argentina.
Over the course of 18 years, Zona Ganjah has enjoyed a 100 percent
independent career, which has led them to take part in the most important Latin
American festivals, including Vive Latino, Rock Al Parque, and Pal’ Norte,
among others. Winning global attention and more than 6 million fans around the
world across their social media accounts and platforms, they are, without
question, one of the most important bands and one of the greatest names in
reggae in the Spanish-speaking world.
