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For a Moment Nothing Happens

by jarra

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Side A 25:41
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Side B 27:30

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In addition to his compositions made with analogue synthesizers, Jarra has been working for decades with several remarkable field recordings. The Sama' series from 2002 are such an example: hypnotic field recordings made in Malaysia where he lived for some time. Again, these are pristine sound odyssees that tell their own stories independently of the maker. Jarra’s love for sound in its purest form goes all the way back to his youth. “Sounds that hardly anyone notices have my full attention, whether I listen to the wind or make field recordings of raging cars under the Van Brienenoord Bridge”.

One key memory has always stayed with him. “As an eight-year-old, I once was confined to my home. I was pretty ill, lying on the couch while no one was home. There was total silence. It was so quiet that I picked up noises that I normally didn’t pay attention to. A buzzing refrigerator and cars advancing from afar and racing past. It’s this kind of pure sound that I strive for when I’m making music”.

His past as an abstract painter also seeps into Jarra’s aesthetics. “In my monochrome paintings I often worked with sixty different layers of paint. For months I searched for the best surface or colour shade. I regularly sanded away layers, often removing more than I added. Over time a patina arose. That wear and tear, that noise-like quality is also reflected in my musical work. It comes to life that way”.

In Jarra’s music you can hear the dark shadows of industrial music magicians like Maurizio Bianchi, Deathprod and Kevin Drumm, but also drone pioneers Roland Kayn, Eliane Radigue and Pauline Oliveros inspire Jarra’s supernatural sound fantasies. The aim is to make music that has separated itself completely from its creator, and takes on a life of its own in the listener’s imagination. Jarra’s sound poems have a dark, mysterious edge. “I am fascinated by the inscrutability of our existence. I think of conflicts like the Vietnam War and the Cold War. Our entire history is recorded by people who lived to tell about these disasters. But what would our history look like if it had been written by the people who didn’t survive. Is our image of reality too rosy?” Listening to Jarra’s latest work, questions regarding the cosmic mystery and the immeasurable loneliness of man reverberate more intensely than ever.

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released July 20, 2020

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