Polish electro-acoustic composer Michał Jacaszek heads to South Africa on 'Gardenia', using the sounds of the wilderness to inspire an album of subdued environmental recordings and microscopic processes.
Jacaszek visited South Africa back in 2019 when he was invited to an annual residency initiated by Francisco López. On the border of Botswana, Mmabolela is a private nature reserve, and Jacaszek found himself in the middle of the savanna, with time to capture the natural sounds that form the foundation of 'Gardenia'. He's quick to mention that this isn't a concept album however, and while he defines Gardenia as an existing land, it wasn't his intention to document a South African soundscape.
Rather he uses the sounds - birdsong, frog calls, insect noises, stones, shells and trees - to inspire his imagination, sculpting unusual electro-acoustic phenomena from the field recordings. But Jacaszek is careful with his processes - the sounds don't deviate too far from the fascinating snapshots, instead integrating with them, creating fantasy from reality.
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Polish electro-acoustic composer Michał Jacaszek heads to South Africa on 'Gardenia', using the sounds of the wilderness to inspire an album of subdued environmental recordings and microscopic processes.
Jacaszek visited South Africa back in 2019 when he was invited to an annual residency initiated by Francisco López. On the border of Botswana, Mmabolela is a private nature reserve, and Jacaszek found himself in the middle of the savanna, with time to capture the natural sounds that form the foundation of 'Gardenia'. He's quick to mention that this isn't a concept album however, and while he defines Gardenia as an existing land, it wasn't his intention to document a South African soundscape.
Rather he uses the sounds - birdsong, frog calls, insect noises, stones, shells and trees - to inspire his imagination, sculpting unusual electro-acoustic phenomena from the field recordings. But Jacaszek is careful with his processes - the sounds don't deviate too far from the fascinating snapshots, instead integrating with them, creating fantasy from reality.
Polish electro-acoustic composer Michał Jacaszek heads to South Africa on 'Gardenia', using the sounds of the wilderness to inspire an album of subdued environmental recordings and microscopic processes.
Jacaszek visited South Africa back in 2019 when he was invited to an annual residency initiated by Francisco López. On the border of Botswana, Mmabolela is a private nature reserve, and Jacaszek found himself in the middle of the savanna, with time to capture the natural sounds that form the foundation of 'Gardenia'. He's quick to mention that this isn't a concept album however, and while he defines Gardenia as an existing land, it wasn't his intention to document a South African soundscape.
Rather he uses the sounds - birdsong, frog calls, insect noises, stones, shells and trees - to inspire his imagination, sculpting unusual electro-acoustic phenomena from the field recordings. But Jacaszek is careful with his processes - the sounds don't deviate too far from the fascinating snapshots, instead integrating with them, creating fantasy from reality.
Polish electro-acoustic composer Michał Jacaszek heads to South Africa on 'Gardenia', using the sounds of the wilderness to inspire an album of subdued environmental recordings and microscopic processes.
Jacaszek visited South Africa back in 2019 when he was invited to an annual residency initiated by Francisco López. On the border of Botswana, Mmabolela is a private nature reserve, and Jacaszek found himself in the middle of the savanna, with time to capture the natural sounds that form the foundation of 'Gardenia'. He's quick to mention that this isn't a concept album however, and while he defines Gardenia as an existing land, it wasn't his intention to document a South African soundscape.
Rather he uses the sounds - birdsong, frog calls, insect noises, stones, shells and trees - to inspire his imagination, sculpting unusual electro-acoustic phenomena from the field recordings. But Jacaszek is careful with his processes - the sounds don't deviate too far from the fascinating snapshots, instead integrating with them, creating fantasy from reality.
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Polish electro-acoustic composer Michał Jacaszek heads to South Africa on 'Gardenia', using the sounds of the wilderness to inspire an album of subdued environmental recordings and microscopic processes.
Jacaszek visited South Africa back in 2019 when he was invited to an annual residency initiated by Francisco López. On the border of Botswana, Mmabolela is a private nature reserve, and Jacaszek found himself in the middle of the savanna, with time to capture the natural sounds that form the foundation of 'Gardenia'. He's quick to mention that this isn't a concept album however, and while he defines Gardenia as an existing land, it wasn't his intention to document a South African soundscape.
Rather he uses the sounds - birdsong, frog calls, insect noises, stones, shells and trees - to inspire his imagination, sculpting unusual electro-acoustic phenomena from the field recordings. But Jacaszek is careful with his processes - the sounds don't deviate too far from the fascinating snapshots, instead integrating with them, creating fantasy from reality.
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Polish electro-acoustic composer Michał Jacaszek heads to South Africa on 'Gardenia', using the sounds of the wilderness to inspire an album of subdued environmental recordings and microscopic processes.
Jacaszek visited South Africa back in 2019 when he was invited to an annual residency initiated by Francisco López. On the border of Botswana, Mmabolela is a private nature reserve, and Jacaszek found himself in the middle of the savanna, with time to capture the natural sounds that form the foundation of 'Gardenia'. He's quick to mention that this isn't a concept album however, and while he defines Gardenia as an existing land, it wasn't his intention to document a South African soundscape.
Rather he uses the sounds - birdsong, frog calls, insect noises, stones, shells and trees - to inspire his imagination, sculpting unusual electro-acoustic phenomena from the field recordings. But Jacaszek is careful with his processes - the sounds don't deviate too far from the fascinating snapshots, instead integrating with them, creating fantasy from reality.