Savan

Savan has been producing electronic music for more than 20 years, with dance-floor classics such as “Calentura”, included in several compilations and other works published by Bruchstücke among several labels. He has also remixed some well know latin artists. After working with different rhythms, he has submerged in the ancestral music of the Amazon and the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, inspired by his work as a composer and musical producer for the exhibition on sounds and chants of shamanism “The Origin of the Night” by 4Direcciones.

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In his own words:

“In 2016 I had the opportunity to work as a composer in an audio-installation of the collective 4Direcciones on shamanism called “The Origin of the Night”, focused on shamans of the Amazon. The Amazon Ancestral Grandparents came one by one to ´the cave´, my recording studio in a humid basement of Chapinero Alto in Bogotá. We dedicated ourselves for several months to record indigenous songs, prayers and myths from the Miruri, Barazanos and Andoke indigenous form the Colombian Amazon.

The grandparents opened my musical and personal sound world in many ways, and the relationship with Grandfather Reynaldo was very special. I had the opportunity to weave songs of Reinaldo, edit them with the computer and synchronize them with some rhythms of the Maguaré (Amazon drum used to make calls in the jungle , the sound travels many Kilometers and it can bee heard from the distance) that we had recorded in an art museum room of the National University. These editions were shown to grandfather and smiling said, "so it sounds in the maloca.”

The grandfather usually appears magically from nowhere. Once we went to a mambe, where the Tubu community, displaced from the Amazon and now based in Bogotá, usually do their song rites to produce dizziness. Well, when we were passing the south center of Bogota, we were going towards the hills of San Cristobal. I was looking out the window, suddenly I began to see everything very nice on the street. I thought it was a captivating neighborhood despite being in a depressed area. Out of nowhere I saw Grandpa Reynaldo walking. We stopped the van, I went down to talk to Grandpa and he agreed to accompany us to the mambe. It was a special meeting for me. I had also the honor to accompany the grandfather while he sings and makes calls with the Maguaré. This has given me the confidence to finally propose to the grandfather the idea of doing a musical work together. That's how at the end of 2018 I invited him to Armenia to record the chants.

My family was on vacation, so I had a whole week to live with Grandpa. Very nice days full of good energy; we talked about how the music we were thinking could be, and to my surprise he encouraged me to explore new ideas and new rhythms with the songs. I was lucky to be able to offer him my house, to cook to him, show him the region, and finally on the last day we sat down to “mambear” and recorded the songs. This is how these two tracks that combine these two worlds were born.”

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En sus propias palabras:

“En el 2016 tuve la oportunidad de trabajar como compositor asistiendo una audio-instalación del colectivo 4 direcciones sobre chamanismo llamada el Origen de la Noche , enfocada en chamanes del Amazonas. Los Abuelos llegaron uno a uno a la cuevita, mi estudio de grabación, en un sótano húmedo de Chapinero alto en Bogotá. Con 4 direcciones nos dedicamos durante varios meses a grabar cantos, rezos y mitos indígenas del Amazonas. Los abuelos abrieron mi mundo sonoro musical y personal en muchas formas, y la relación con el Abuelo Reynaldo fue bien especial. Tuve la oportunidad de tejer cantos de Reinaldo, editarlos en el computador y sincronizarlos con unos ritmos del Maguaré que habíamos grabado en una sala de museo de arte de la universidad nacional. Estas ediciones se las mostraba al abuelo y sonriendo decía, ”así suena en la maloca.” El abuelo suele aparecer mágicamente de la nada. Alguna vez íbamos a un mambe donde la comunidad Tubú, una comunidad desplazada del amazonas y ahora radicada en Bogotá, donde suelen hacer sus ritos de cantos para producir mareo. Bueno cuando estábamos pasando el centro sur de Bogotá íbamos en una van hacia los cerros de San Cristóbal. Yo iba mirando por la ventana y de repente empecé a ver todo muy bonito en la calle. Me acuerdo que pensé que era un barrio muy bonito a pesar de estar en una zona deprimida. De la nada veo al abuelo Reynaldo caminando. Paramos la van, me baje a hablar con el abuelo y él accedió acompañarnos al mambe; fue para mi un encuentro especial. También en algunas presentaciones he tenido el honor de acompañar al abuelo mientras canta y hace llamados con el Maguaré, lo que me ha dado algo de confianza para finalmente proponerle la idea de que hiciéramos un trabajo musical juntos. Fue así como a final del 2018 lo invité a Armenia a que grabáramos. Mi familia estaba de vacaciones , así que tuve una semana entera para convivir con el Abuelo; unos días muy bonitos llenos de la buena energía, hablamos de cómo podría ser la música y para mi sorpresa me alentó a explorar nuevas ideas y nuevos ritmos con los cantos. Tuve la suerte de poder atenderle en mi casa, cocinarle, mostrarle la región, y finalmente el último día nos sentamos a mambear y a grabar los cantos. Así fue como nacieron estos dos tracks que juntan estos 2 mundos.”