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Jichushka

by Mala Fama

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    APOCALIPSIS teamed up with Quito-based publishing house Terminal Ediciones to create DE AQUÍ/DE ALLÁ, a limited edition book series and visual archive documenting sound artists from the de aquí/de allá diaspora.

    The first edition (printed in green fluorescent ink!) is a 24-page book that dives into the immersive home studio of Kichwa artist Mala Fama, and his intentional production process that welcomed in collaborations with Indigenous artists across Northern Ecuador.

    ⚡️Terminal Ediciones is a publishing house based in Quito, Ecuador, focused on the intersection of diasporic art practices and resistance discourses.
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    ⚡️ Mala Fama is a Kichwa sound artist from Ibarra, Ecuador. His work is a testament to inhabiting—and creating—multiple worlds at once, while being rooted in Indigenous pride and power.
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  • Set of 3 matte vinyl stickers featuring the illustrated world of Mala Fama's 'Jichushka.'

    Each sticker is approximately 3" each.

    Illsutrations by @azpeger
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1.
Gaviotas ft. Quixosis 03:27
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2.
Mortaja II 03:23
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3.
Mortaja I 03:54
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4.
Whiskycito ft. Kinchuki 04:10
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5.
Mashi Cumbia 04:36
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6.
Tec Tigua 04:32
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7.
Aver Aver ft. Doggy & Duo Anjoa 03:51
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8.
Danza de las Tinieblas ft. Catalina Ortiz 03:31
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9.
Bemba ft. Luis Singüenza 03:12
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10.
Toro Barroso 01:01
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11.
Compañerita 02:53
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about

APOCALIPSIS proudly presents Mala Fama’s debut full-length album, Jichushka, on October 28th.


Mala Fama is a Kichwa sound artist from Ibarra, Ecuador. His work is a testament to inhabiting—and creating—multiple worlds at once, while being rooted in Indigenous pride and power.


Jichushka is a Kichwa word translating to “Lonely/Abandoned,” marking grief as a pathway to liberation. The 11-track album features the cultural specificities of northern Ecuador's Indigenous communities while also traversing boundless electronic experimentation, and was mastered by Nicola Cruz.


Lead single "Mortaja II" is a retextured adaptation of Kichwa funeral music, accompanied by a music video (release date October 21st) that reflects the track’s sacred circularity through movement and land-based ritual. The video was shot in Ibarra, Ecuador by directors Rony Albuja and Hilda Males.



Mala Fama wrote and recorded the album between 2016-2022, through ongoing home studio sessions that facilitated close collaboration with a network of artists of musical lineages from the Andean region such as marimba, vallenato, and cumbia– including Afro-Ecuadorian group Duo Anjoa, vocalist Catalina Ortiz hailing from coastal Esmeraldas, Ibarra-based multi-instrumentalist Luis Lema, and Quixosis, a leader of Quito’s underground vanguard.


The majority of Jichushka was composed throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, reflecting a complete revision of a previously-written album to mirror unexpected shifts, and new beginnings. The album is world-making through peaceful, ambient compositions as much as heavy sequencing, inviting melancholic remembrances of times and spaces that no longer exist, but that make way for creation.

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released October 28, 2022

Composed and produced by Esteban Farinango (Mala Fama)
Mastered by Nicola Cruz
Artwork by Oscar Medina (Azpeger)

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