artist: JARRA
title: Sama' 1
catalog number: and/3
release year: 2002
format: CDR
status: sold out
title: Sama' 1
catalog number: and/3
release year: 2002
format: CDR
status: sold out
A recording made in Taman Negara, Malaysia at dusk...
"After a 4 hour boat trip into the jungle, we walked for about 1.5 hours to reach the
hide where we spent the night. As it got darker, it started to rain. This then
developed into a huge tropical rain. The recording was made outside the hide, as
the sun was setting. Throughout the recording, the rain became heavier and
eventually subsided, after which the jungle came alive again." (Jarra)
Cover design by Joyce Yee
"After a 4 hour boat trip into the jungle, we walked for about 1.5 hours to reach the
hide where we spent the night. As it got darker, it started to rain. This then
developed into a huge tropical rain. The recording was made outside the hide, as
the sun was setting. Throughout the recording, the rain became heavier and
eventually subsided, after which the jungle came alive again." (Jarra)
Cover design by Joyce Yee
VITAL WEEKLY (OCTOBER 2002)
This is Jarra's second disc of environmental works. Or rather: work.
His first one, reviewed in Vital Weekly 296, was a collection of silences, recorded
around the world. Here, on his new release, he has one piece of unprocessed
environmental recording, recorded in Malaysia. The sunset comes in at 19:00 and
while it gets darker, it starts to rain, gradually developing into a tropical rain. We hear
insects and other animals of the jungle, and the rain pouring on the hide, where Jarra is
with his recording equipment. When the rain is getting less, the animals come back and
the jungle is ready for the night. In all it's simpleness, an effective recording, which is a
true beauty to hear throughout. It's a composition by all means, a lively one for that
matter, with subtle changes, head and tail. Nature composes it's own music. All we
have to do is sit right there and register it's composition. It takes two good ears to do so.
Jarra has these ears, fortunately! One of the better works in soundscaping I heard
recently. (Frans de Waard)
This is Jarra's second disc of environmental works. Or rather: work.
His first one, reviewed in Vital Weekly 296, was a collection of silences, recorded
around the world. Here, on his new release, he has one piece of unprocessed
environmental recording, recorded in Malaysia. The sunset comes in at 19:00 and
while it gets darker, it starts to rain, gradually developing into a tropical rain. We hear
insects and other animals of the jungle, and the rain pouring on the hide, where Jarra is
with his recording equipment. When the rain is getting less, the animals come back and
the jungle is ready for the night. In all it's simpleness, an effective recording, which is a
true beauty to hear throughout. It's a composition by all means, a lively one for that
matter, with subtle changes, head and tail. Nature composes it's own music. All we
have to do is sit right there and register it's composition. It takes two good ears to do so.
Jarra has these ears, fortunately! One of the better works in soundscaping I heard
recently. (Frans de Waard)
