Danza Jibie by Savan

In the last years a strong fascination with the indigenous music of Colombia grew in Savan, it all started with a work done for an important exhibition called "The Origin of the Night" where we recorded several shamans from the Amazon. Be in touch with the ancestral Colombian music was long recording sessions of songs, "mambes", myths and Amazonian rhythms of Maguaré.

For many months Miguel Navas was editing and studying this sound and this had a result in his own compositions. The electronic sounds slowly took shape. For example, he began to replace the typical techno and house high hats with maracas, seeds or insect sounds by incorporating samples from the Maguaré, flutes, water drums, etc. Danza Jibie has all these ingredients and has been in the making for a couple of years. It has a flute melody that is influenced by the rituals of the Amazon with sacred plants.


These rituals of the tribes such as the Murui, the Andoque and the Barazanos of the Amazon have a strong relationship with the sacred plants and especially with coca and tobacco. When one listens to their music, one can almost hear the voice of the plants or nature itself expressing itself through the songs of the grandparents' weathered voices or through the magic and hypnotic flutes.

Savan began to make tracks with grandfather Reynaldo with the intention of making new music and with the idea of not merging two different styles of music, but rather, letting himself be permeated by the sounds and rhythms of the Amazon and organically creating music where grandfather and Savan could grow artistically. Savan has also leaned towards a stronger sound intensity that occurs in these rituals.

Many synthesizers emulate the water drums, used in Peyote ceremonies to synchronize the heart rate. They also emulate the Maguaré to make rhythms, calls and give a sound and rhythmic cohesion to the tracks.

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