“The sublime and the uncertainty invade my actions. I hack the human perception of space-time as a form of civil disobedience and social auto-reorganization.” (Jorge Christian Galarreta Pando, aka Sajjra Xhrs Galarreta). Peruvian artist with an extensive experience in multimedia art, song-writing and electroacoustic music composition. Since 1998, he has performed and show his work in Latin America, Europe and Asia with different art projects and bands. His work has been published by the labels Tsonami Arte Sonoro, Sub Rosa, Aloardi, Buh Records and Schematic among others. He received among others grants: a grant from the Fondo Nacional para la Cultura y las Artes (Mexico City, 2008), a commission by Documenta 14 (Athens – Kassel, 2017), and a commission by Foundation Idraola (The Netherlands, 2019 - 2021) with the support of Prins Bernhard Fund and Akademie Schloss Solitude. He is currently living in Rotterdam and periodically directing an artist-in-residency program and a series of sound-walks in Anatolia (Turkey).
Electromagnetic Rituals
Artificial electromagnetic fields are the pollution generated by our everyday technologies, their radiation is normally imperceptible to the human senses. "Electromagnetic Rituals" is a project that consists of recycling these invisible waves and the tangible devices that emit them to produce a public performance that explores the enhancement of acousmatic and psychoacoustic effects through interaction with the audience.
Mueran Humanos (ARG) and Sajjra (PE/NL) at WORM
Sajjra's sound has the atmosphere of the slow and heavy Andean processions, keeping the spirit of their traditional music ensembles. But Sajjra also expresses the mesmeric feelings, that reflect his birth-town Lima. His Andean tropical psychedelia fascinated the Peruvian alternative media, who chose Sajjra's LPs The Sun Remains The Same (Aloardi / Fougere Musique, 2015) and Synthexcess (Buh, 2019) as albums of the year. Sounds that call forth the resonance of Andean brass orchestras or of sublim
'I.A. Maastunnel' in the Sonic Chair as part of Meakusma Festival
'IA Maastunnel', a work as part of the sound research project 'Invisible Architecture' with composer Sajjra Xhrs Galarreta and vocalist Janneke van der Putten, will be exhibited as part of Sonic Chair by Georg Dietzler / Gerngesehen at the Meakusma Festival in Eupen between September 1 - 4. More info: https://www.meakusma-festival.be/artist/sonic-chair/ Gîte d'Étape d'Eupen, Judenstraße 79, Eupen. THU 18:00 -21:00 FRI-SO 11:00 – 20:00
Sajjra in 'Below The Radar # 40', The Wire magazine compilation
Wire subscribers can now download the latest edition of Below The Radar, featuring tracks by NikNak, Amanda Irarrázabal & Miriam Den Boer Salmón, Leo Hofmann, aircode, Burhlap, Manja Ristić, Anna Butterss, Tran Uy Duc, FOQL, Mars89, Kwake Bass, Isobel McKenna, Javier Areal Velez, Yara Asmar, Sajjra and Finlay Shakespeare. If you are not a subscriber to The Wire magazine you can listen and download my track in the following link: https://sajjra.bandcamp.com/track/falsia
Electromagnetic and Acoustic Detritus (performance and soundwalk) at Rietveld Academie
Taking the ocean as a metaphor, aux) and Studium Generale invite you to a series of sonic events that navigate psycho-acoustic watery surroundings and the fluidity of electromagnetic noise.
Podcast @ Dr. Klangendum #420 — Concertzender Radio
Soundpiece made for Worm by Sajjra Xhrs Galarreta, recorded live in the Worm studio, December 2021, prepared & mixed in Rotterdam and Turkey.
Melismas: Voices Modulated by Anatolian Lanscapes (open call)
Open Call for Residencies & sound-walks series to listen at a distance to the Azan singing and how its sound is radically modulated by the rural landscape of Demre (Turkey). Our sound-walks also involve live listening of the soundscapes through electromagnetic fields, underwater sounds and other vibratory phenomena.