Terror/Cactus - Forastero (2024)

Shika Shika presents Forastero, the new full length album from Terror/Cactus that explores themes of identity, memory, perception, and mysticism. Forastero, which translates to “outsider” or “foreigner”, is a reflection on the experiences of immigrants, troubadours, and displaced people - bringing up feelings of isolation, solitude, and introspection, while simultaneously evoking the freedom of roaming in nature and dreaming of a world that is beyond borders. Featuring collaborations with artists such as Pahua, Rumbo Tumba, Barrio Lindo, and Corina Lawrence, Forastero encompasses a musical landscape filled with electronic folk, dark cumbia, and psychedelic beats.

The first single from Forastero features a collaboration with Mexican artist, Pahua. “Donde Estás Tú” blends Terror/Cactus’s dark bone-rattling beats with the dreamlike vocals of Paulina Sotomayor to transport the listener into a cavernous dimension filled with magic.

The focus track for the album, titled “Sombra”, is a dark psychedelic cumbia with vibrato guitars, deep 808’s, and glitched-out beats. Accompanied by a music video shot in a lush PNW forest, it is inspired by the song “Vidala para mi Sombra” by Argentine folk legend, Atahualpa Yupanqui. The music video uses modern dance to explore the idea of a shadow as a metaphor for the dark and mysterious parts of our being that follow us throughout life.