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Parra for Cuva

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Parra for Cuva's sonic identity can be encapsulated in a single word: Wanderlust. Renowned for a distinct sense of worldliness, his music forms a magical realm where the resonance of Caribbean steel drum may intertwine with ancient Zimbabwean instruments, set against melodic electronic soundscapes that transport the listener to distant lands. This openness has been a defining feature since the beginning of the German electronic producer and multi-instrumentalist's career. Upon relocating to Berlin, he continued his exploration, incorporating elements ranging from bells to flutes and kalimbas. Despite the refinement of his skills and the maturation of his sound, his music retains a starry-eyed quality that embodies the spirit of adventure.

With chart-topping singles and two acclaimed albums, Majouré (2014) and Darwis (2016), Parra for Cuva's breakthrough came with the release of Paspatou (2018). Unafraid to blend dance floor experimentations with acoustic and ethnic soundscapes, his fourth studio album, Juno (2021), involved collaborations with musicians from around the world. Drawing comparisons to contemporaries like Christian Löffler and Max Cooper, known for infusing electronic productions with warm, often melancholic analog sounds, Parra for Cuva has graced prestigious festivals and sold-out stages globally, including Burning Man and Sziget. Anticipated in 2024, his upcoming album, Mimose, promises a captivating sonic journey with exciting collaborations.

Genres

: downtempo

Total plays

616.0 million
Updated on 2025-04-29

Country

Germany

Monthly listeners

3,184,456

Followers

216,876

Top Cities

  1. Australia
    51,540 listeners
  2. Australia
    41,069 listeners
  3. Germany
    48,297 listeners
  4. Netherlands
    47,221 listeners
  5. United Kingdom
    44,726 listeners

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Most popular tracks

Track Plays Duration Release date
Wicked Games (feat. Anna Naklab) - Radio Edit
Wicked Games (feat. Anna Naklab) - Radio Edit
235,651,476 3:15 2013-01-01
Wicked Games - Original Mix
Wicked Games - Original Mix
33,966,933 5:58 2013-01-01
Paspatou
Paspatou
31,684,534 4:29 2018-11-22
Swept Away
Swept Away
27,141,041 5:47 2013-05-08
Fading Nights
Fading Nights
26,712,305 7:05 2013-05-08
Turning Away - Parra for Cuva Remix
Turning Away - Parra for Cuva Remix
13,838,528 4:22 2023-04-13
Out Here with Us
Out Here with Us
13,590,564 4:08 2018-11-22
Ordel
Ordel
11,844,668 4:19 2021-07-16
Sumidero
Sumidero
10,234,934 4:58 2020-12-03
Cupa Cupa
Cupa Cupa
9,722,226 6:05 2018-11-22
Hope - Parra For Cuva Remix
Hope - Parra For Cuva Remix
8,611,232 5:53 2019-03-21
Manila Palm
Manila Palm
7,490,739 4:34 2021-07-16
Devi
Devi
7,137,736 6:29 2015-01-16
Small Flowered
Small Flowered
6,967,941 6:39 2013-05-08
Small Flowerd - Original Mix
Small Flowerd - Original Mix
6,967,941 6:39 2014-05-16
Unfinished Colours
Unfinished Colours
6,065,682 4:36 2017-02-17
Light Of Day (feat. Ólafur Arnalds) - Parra for Cuva Remix
Light Of Day (feat. Ólafur Arnalds) - Parra for Cuva Remix
5,548,423 4:34 2023-02-08
Luhya
Luhya
5,494,354 4:48 2015-09-28
Mood in A
Mood in A
5,288,682 2:13 2017-02-17
The Fifth Hand
The Fifth Hand
5,110,497 6:40 2015-09-28
Mimose
Mimose
4,726,594 4:15 2024-01-26
Juno - Henry Green Remix
Juno - Henry Green Remix
4,671,521 3:58 2021-10-22
Elara - Original Mix
Elara - Original Mix
4,394,278 5:46 2014-08-08
Hotel Moonlight
Hotel Moonlight
4,126,639 4:41 2020-03-19
Sacred Feathers
Sacred Feathers
3,805,980 4:59 2016-05-27
Sea To Sky
Sea To Sky
3,520,718 3:46 2022-04-28
Cloudline (Parra for Cuva Reimagination)
Cloudline (Parra for Cuva Reimagination)
3,246,381 4:57 2021-12-10
Her Entrance
Her Entrance
3,036,886 5:22 2021-07-16
Wicked Games (feat. Anna Naklab) - Tom Misch Remix
Wicked Games (feat. Anna Naklab) - Tom Misch Remix
2,998,775 5:18 2014-10-24
The Road - Parra For Cuva Remix
The Road - Parra For Cuva Remix
2,696,954 6:44 2019-05-21
Pigment - Parra for Cuva Piano Reinterpretation
Pigment - Parra for Cuva Piano Reinterpretation
2,536,172 4:55 2017-03-29
True Thoughts
True Thoughts
2,498,479 6:21 2015-09-28
Of Wonder
Of Wonder
2,443,366 4:13 2018-11-22
Pinie
Pinie
2,440,413 3:51 2024-03-22
Temperature of Traveling
Temperature of Traveling
2,370,280 5:03 2018-11-22
Swept Away - Robin Schulz Remix
Swept Away - Robin Schulz Remix
2,312,287 6:60 2015-05-25
Champa - Kate Simko Remix
Champa - Kate Simko Remix
2,190,172 5:12 2015-05-01
Majouré
Majouré
2,120,273 4:55 2015-01-16
Her Entrance - Innellea's Interstellar Remix
Her Entrance - Innellea's Interstellar Remix
2,096,063 7:09 2021-10-22
Kopernikus
Kopernikus
2,024,835 6:26 2015-01-16
Useless Magic
Useless Magic
1,790,430 3:57 2018-11-22
Eff Five
Eff Five
1,773,945 4:51 2019-10-10
Hold On
Hold On
1,760,434 3:51 2024-05-17
Something Near (feat. Anna Naklab) - Extended Mix
Something Near (feat. Anna Naklab) - Extended Mix
1,755,013 6:34 2013-01-01
3AMStillAlive Remix
3AMStillAlive Remix
1,749,143 3:39 2023-08-04
In Mexico
In Mexico
1,732,253 6:59 2020-03-19
Yuyun
Yuyun
1,692,748 4:08 2016-05-27
Dream Reverb
Dream Reverb
1,668,103 5:43 2021-07-16
Zamonia
Zamonia
1,636,967 4:37 2017-02-13
Unfold
Unfold
1,603,399 3:09 2015-01-16
Gold - Parra for Cuva Remix
Gold - Parra for Cuva Remix
1,582,203 4:52 2018-01-19
Show Pony - Parra For Cuva Remix
Show Pony - Parra For Cuva Remix
1,539,931 3:50 2025-02-07
Mood in C
Mood in C
1,486,074 4:53 2017-02-17
Little Wave
Little Wave
1,473,444 1:10 2016-05-27
While You Sleep
While You Sleep
1,421,149 4:58 2018-11-22
Belle de Nuit
Belle de Nuit
1,367,912 5:13 2023-01-20
Cleopatra
Cleopatra
1,366,915 3:53 2018-11-22
Colorado - Parra For Cuva Remix
Colorado - Parra For Cuva Remix
1,365,908 4:44 2018-07-20
Quadrant
Quadrant
1,344,327 6:22 2016-05-27
Cuiva
Cuiva
1,293,236 3:46 2021-07-16
Merlins Head - Aparde Remix
Merlins Head - Aparde Remix
1,183,939 4:40 2021-10-22
Your Inner Workings
Your Inner Workings
1,169,024 5:34 2022-05-18
Fading Nights - Artenvielfalt Remix
Fading Nights - Artenvielfalt Remix
1,136,803 7:26 2015-09-28
Miss is Ou
Miss is Ou
1,084,222 5:20 2018-11-22
Champa
Champa
974,946 4:29 2015-01-16
Harp Song
Harp Song
967,866 4:24 2018-11-22
Juno
Juno
901,774 6:45 2021-07-16
Nagi
Nagi
884,477 4:32 2015-01-16
Impalas
Impalas
865,606 6:14 2021-07-16
Seven Temples
Seven Temples
857,902 5:10 2018-11-22
Slow Your Bloom
Slow Your Bloom
856,765 4:48 2021-07-16
Stellar
Stellar
818,595 3:46 2024-05-17
Chaos in Calm
Chaos in Calm
817,321 4:44 2024-11-29
The Walk
The Walk
805,653 4:49 2016-05-27
Veiled in Blue - Original Mix
Veiled in Blue - Original Mix
797,374 5:05 2014-08-08
Nevis
Nevis
777,625 6:14 2018-11-22
Auryn
Auryn
761,933 4:40 2016-05-27
Koin
Koin
730,729 6:54 2021-07-16
Sequenza
Sequenza
729,979 5:52 2015-01-16
Imalla
Imalla
725,737 6:49 2014-02-21
Ordel - Rezident Remix
Ordel - Rezident Remix
717,069 3:43 2021-10-22
Spiral
Spiral
703,293 4:10 2015-01-16
Tell Me
Tell Me
699,429 6:06 2017-02-17
Decay
Decay
647,683 4:07 2015-01-16
Life Lately
Life Lately
646,773 8:42 2023-02-17
Under Yellow Woods
Under Yellow Woods
635,329 3:29 2015-01-16
Who We Are
Who We Are
634,148 4:51 2022-04-08
Let It Burn
Let It Burn
630,530 3:59 2024-02-23
We Could
We Could
620,528 5:01 2015-01-16
Vogel
Vogel
612,332 3:20 2024-05-17
Tratado
Tratado
607,142 4:15 2023-09-13
Chang's Path
Chang's Path
598,721 6:05 2014-02-21
We Do
We Do
593,043 5:02 2017-02-17
Pinie - Sébastien Léger Remix
Pinie - Sébastien Léger Remix
589,335 8:24 2024-08-01
A Life - Parra for Cuva Remix
A Life - Parra for Cuva Remix
587,015 4:09 2024-11-08
Acacia
Acacia
568,061 3:45 2025-02-28
Playa Ride
Playa Ride
561,442 5:46 2024-05-17
Mimose - Christian Löffler Remix
Mimose - Christian Löffler Remix
548,473 4:17 2024-08-29
Planet and Body - Max Cooper Remix
Planet and Body - Max Cooper Remix
530,127 4:22 2021-10-22
Ventilate
Ventilate
513,454 4:37 2024-05-17
Liguria - Garden Session
Liguria - Garden Session
500,698 4:31 2024-05-17
Stellar - ANNA Remix
Stellar - ANNA Remix
474,560 3:33 2024-09-12
We're Fading - Parra for Cuva Remix
We're Fading - Parra for Cuva Remix
472,598 5:50 2014-02-21
Turning Rest - Original Mix
Turning Rest - Original Mix
464,856 4:47 2014-08-08
Dancing On Your Own
Dancing On Your Own
462,255 5:22 2024-05-17
Kamara
Kamara
461,560 3:46 2021-07-16
Ellajazz
Ellajazz
458,192 4:04 2016-05-27
Ventilate - Monkey Safari Remix
Ventilate - Monkey Safari Remix
444,503 7:56 2024-08-15
Amaro
Amaro
439,498 4:09 2024-05-17
Merlins Head
Merlins Head
428,560 4:47 2021-07-16
Your Remains
Your Remains
427,002 4:36 2015-01-16
Creature - Original Mix
Creature - Original Mix
417,585 4:27 2014-08-08
Catching Birds
Catching Birds
413,948 5:44 2020-03-19
Vind - Parra for Cuva Remix
Vind - Parra for Cuva Remix
404,955 5:22 2017-09-08
Out Here With Us - Fakear Remix
Out Here With Us - Fakear Remix
389,940 4:11 2019-10-10
Juniper Green
Juniper Green
374,806 4:27 2021-07-16
Celestial Charts
Celestial Charts
361,622 4:26 2016-05-27
Belle de Jour
Belle de Jour
346,724 5:10 2023-03-17
The Fifth Hand - Edit
The Fifth Hand - Edit
346,506 3:43 2014-04-18
Darwis
Darwis
328,589 11:25 2016-05-27
Cupa Cupa - Little People Remix
Cupa Cupa - Little People Remix
325,886 4:26 2019-10-10
About a Boy
About a Boy
294,103 4:19 2020-03-19
Unfinished Colours - Instrumental
Unfinished Colours - Instrumental
290,910 4:35 2017-02-17
True Thoughts - Edit
True Thoughts - Edit
275,702 3:25 2014-04-18
Antesia - Original Mix
Antesia - Original Mix
272,767 6:60 2014-08-08
Tadlo - Parra For Cuva Remix
Tadlo - Parra For Cuva Remix
269,125 4:16 2021-03-05
OnoM
OnoM
249,811 9:14 2016-05-27
Hanbury Garden
Hanbury Garden
248,390 3:09 2024-05-17
No Home
No Home
245,326 1:49 2016-05-27
Planet and Body
Planet and Body
238,723 4:40 2021-07-16
On a Life
On a Life
237,955 5:06 2016-12-30
Small Flowered - Denis Yashin Remix
Small Flowered - Denis Yashin Remix
235,584 6:54 2015-09-28
Reality
Reality
234,227 4:22 2016-05-27
Mimose - Mixed
Mimose - Mixed
232,106 2:13 2024-06-21
Planet Ujou
Planet Ujou
232,037 5:07 2020-03-19
Champa - Trashlagoon Remix
Champa - Trashlagoon Remix
230,588 5:28 2015-05-01
Syu
Syu
227,730 4:01 2016-05-27
Wicked Games (feat. Anna Naklab) - Carl Müren & Etienne Ozborne Remix
Wicked Games (feat. Anna Naklab) - Carl Müren & Etienne Ozborne Remix
215,962 5:37 2014-01-01
Unfold
Unfold
197,643 3:07 2014-05-22
Something Near - Thalstroem & Grambow Remix
Something Near - Thalstroem & Grambow Remix
184,094 6:05 2013-07-05
U1
U1
169,802 0:40 2016-05-27
Wicked Games (feat. Anna Naklab) [The Only Mix]
Wicked Games (feat. Anna Naklab) [The Only Mix]
165,314 6:06 2015-02-20
Ventilate - (Monkey Safari Remix) [Mixed]
Ventilate - (Monkey Safari Remix) [Mixed]
142,792 5:17 2025-01-31
Arriving
Arriving
127,589 6:35 2023-03-17
The Heat
The Heat
127,463 2:36 2020-03-19
Champa - Aparde Remix
Champa - Aparde Remix
125,516 9:31 2015-05-01
The Road - Parra For Cuva Remix [Mixed]
The Road - Parra For Cuva Remix [Mixed]
100,354 5:23 2021-11-05
Ordel - Robot Koch Remix
Ordel - Robot Koch Remix
95,264 3:34 2021-10-22
Your Inner Workings - 2013 Mix
Your Inner Workings - 2013 Mix
91,241 5:16 2022-05-18
Koin - Brandt Brauer Frick Remix
Koin - Brandt Brauer Frick Remix
85,530 6:08 2021-10-22
The Fifth Hand [Mix Cut] - Original Mix
The Fifth Hand [Mix Cut] - Original Mix
81,515 6:12 2014-04-04
Nuba - Original Mix
Nuba - Original Mix
75,535 5:39 2014-02-07
Shadows Dancing (Parra For Cuva Remix)
Shadows Dancing (Parra For Cuva Remix)
63,042 4:08 2013-07-08
Unfold - Kyson Remix
Unfold - Kyson Remix
59,806 3:59 2014-05-22
Unfold - Trashlagoon Remix
Unfold - Trashlagoon Remix
47,320 3:56 2014-05-22
Borneo
Borneo
42,729 6:50 2016-01-29
We're Fading
We're Fading
39,344 7:15 2014-02-21
Marouki Knows - Parra for Cuva Remix
Marouki Knows - Parra for Cuva Remix
35,890 6:57 2015-03-06
True Thoughts [Mix Cut] - Original Mix
True Thoughts [Mix Cut] - Original Mix
31,278 4:06 2014-04-04
Gold (Parra For Cuva Remix - Mixed)
Gold (Parra For Cuva Remix - Mixed)
26,752 3:27 2018-06-08
Dialogue - Parra for Cuva Remix
Dialogue - Parra for Cuva Remix
23,186 5:49 2015-08-13
Session 87 - Parra for Cuva Remix
Session 87 - Parra for Cuva Remix
21,410 4:32 2014-08-29
The Place, Pt. 2 - Parra for Cuva Remix
The Place, Pt. 2 - Parra for Cuva Remix
14,137 4:34 2014-04-21
Thumb - Parra for Cuva Remix
Thumb - Parra for Cuva Remix
6,133 4:35 2016-05-06
Lucent - Bonus Track
Lucent - Bonus Track
1,036 5:13 2015-01-16
Devi - Radio Edit
Devi - Radio Edit
1,014 3:51 2015-01-16

New releases

Acacia
Acacia
2025-02-28
[orbit]
Show Pony (Parra For Cuva Remix)
Show Pony (Parra For Cuva Remix)
2025-02-07
[Polydor Records]
Chaos in Calm
Chaos in Calm
2024-11-29
[Parra for Cuva]
A Life (Parra for Cuva Remix)
A Life (Parra for Cuva Remix)
2024-11-08
[Ki Records]
Stellar (ANNA Remix)
Stellar (ANNA Remix)
2024-09-12
[Parra for Cuva]
Mimose (Christian Löffler Remix)
Mimose (Christian Löffler Remix)
2024-08-29
[Parra for Cuva]
Ventilate (Monkey Safari Remix)
Ventilate (Monkey Safari Remix)
2024-08-15
[Parra for Cuva]
Pinie (Sébastien Léger Remix)
Pinie (Sébastien Léger Remix)
2024-08-01
[Parra for Cuva]
Mimose
Mimose
2024-05-17
[Parra for Cuva]
Pinie
Pinie
2024-03-22
[Parra for Cuva]
Let It Burn
Let It Burn
2024-02-23
[Parra for Cuva]
Mimose
Mimose
2024-01-26
[Parra for Cuva]
Tratado
Tratado
2023-09-13
[Foreign Family Collective]
3AMStillAlive Remix
3AMStillAlive Remix
2023-08-04
[orbit]
Turning Away (Parra for Cuva Remix)
Turning Away (Parra for Cuva Remix)
2023-04-13
[Cercle Records]
Belle de Nuit
Belle de Nuit
2023-03-17
[Parra for Cuva]
Life Lately
Life Lately
2023-02-17
[Parra for Cuva]
Belle de Nuit
Belle de Nuit
2023-01-20
[Parra for Cuva]
Your Inner Workings
Your Inner Workings
2022-05-18
[Parra for Cuva]
Sea To Sky (Parra For Cuva Remix)
Sea To Sky (Parra For Cuva Remix)
2022-04-28
[Loci Records]
Who We Are
Who We Are
2022-04-08
[Parra for Cuva]
Cloudline (Parra for Cuva Reimagination)
Cloudline (Parra for Cuva Reimagination)
2021-12-10
[Aukai Music]
Juno (Remixes)
Juno (Remixes)
2021-10-22
[Parra for Cuva]
Juno
Juno
2021-07-16
[Parra for Cuva]
Sumidero
Sumidero
2020-12-03
[Cercle Records]
Planet Ujou
Planet Ujou
2020-03-19
[Planet Ujou]
Paspatou Remixed
Paspatou Remixed
2019-10-10
[Parra for Cuva]
Paspatou
Paspatou
2018-11-22
[Parra for Cuva]
Pigment
Pigment
2017-03-29
[Ki Records]
Mood in C
Mood in C
2017-02-17
[Project Mooncircle]
Zamonia
Zamonia
2017-02-13
[Parra for Cuva]
Darwis
Darwis
2016-05-27
[Project Mooncircle]
Luhya
Luhya
2015-09-28
[Parra for Cuva]
Fading Nights (The Remixes)
Fading Nights (The Remixes)
2015-09-28
[Delicieuse Records]
Champa
Champa
2015-05-01
[Lenient Tales Recordings]
Majouré
Majouré
2015-01-16
[Parra for Cuva]
Wicked Games (feat. Anna Naklab) [Remixes]
Wicked Games (feat. Anna Naklab) [Remixes]
2014-10-24
[Epic]
Veiled in Blue - EP
Veiled in Blue - EP
2014-08-08
[TRAUM Schallplatten]
Wicked Games (feat. Anna Naklab) [Carl Müren & Etienne Ozborne Remix]
Wicked Games (feat. Anna Naklab) [Carl Müren & Etienne Ozborne Remix]
2014-07-08
[Spinnin' Records]
Unfold
Unfold
2014-05-22
[Lenient Tales Recordings]
First Chapter
First Chapter
2014-02-21
[Lenient Tales Recordings]
We're Fading
We're Fading
2014-02-21
[kunsthandwerk]
Wicked Games (Carl Müren & Etienne Ozborne Remix)
Wicked Games (Carl Müren & Etienne Ozborne Remix)
2014-01-01
[Mas Label / Spinnin Deep / Solitario]
Wicked Games (feat. Anna Naklab)
Wicked Games (feat. Anna Naklab)
2013-09-23
[Spinnin' Deep]
Wicked Games (feat. Anna Naklab) [Radio Edit]
Wicked Games (feat. Anna Naklab) [Radio Edit]
2013-09-19
[Spinnin' Deep]
Something Near
Something Near
2013-07-05
[WellDone! Music]
Fading Nights
Fading Nights
2013-05-08
[Parra for Cuva]
Something Near (feat. Anna Naklab) [Extended Mix]
Something Near (feat. Anna Naklab) [Extended Mix]
2013-01-01
[Spinnin' Records]
Wicked Games
Wicked Games
2013-01-01
[Mas Label / Spinnin / Solitario]
Wicked Games (feat. Anna Naklab) [Radio Edit]
Wicked Games (feat. Anna Naklab) [Radio Edit]
2013-01-01
[Spinnin' Deep]