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Zona Neblina

by Manongo Mujica

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  • Special Huaca Packaging, 7 Compact Disc + 2 DVD + Booklet

    RESOUNDING HUACA is Manongo Mujica’s ambitious sound project to bring together a seven CD and two DVD production, in a unique packaging in the shape of a Huaca made out of fine wood. Part of what Mujica has produced in the last twenty years exploring sounds to invoke that ancestral and avantgarde is compiled here. Free improvisation, ritualism and exploration of jazz fusion.

    RESOUNDING HUACA

    Note to deepen its significance.

    Huaca means sacred thing. A Huaca is an object, a phenomenon, a place or being in which the force of that which is sacred has concentrated.

    From his origins, man perceived whatever sacred in the landscape. Nothing is more evident in relationship with primitive religiousness than the cult to nature.

    Relevant places were the target. Caves, oasis, dunes, mountain tops, islands, woods and forests, deserts, stones, swamps, mountains exacerbated the emotionality of individuals.

    Terror, exaltation, lyricism, desolation, lucidity, mystery are sensations that were reflected on the landscape.

    (text by Brignardello)

    Divinity reveals it is free to adopt any form. That whichever sacred is qualitatively different from profane but it can manifest itself in any form and in any location within the profane world.

    (text by Eliade)


    Instructions to learn to listen to it

    1. Do not listen all the records one after the other
    2. Close your eyes
    3. Open your ears
    4. Relax
    5. Let yourself be permeated by the sound
    6. Choose a record for a moment of the day or night
    7. Preferably follow the sequence in which the records are presented
    8. Each day a new record as a new dawning
    9. Let the mind fly away to discover “soundscapes”
    10. Do not jump of the window after listening to each record
    11. Learn to feel the music
    12. To listen is always a new experience

    Photos by Pauline Barberi
    Studio Photos by Juan Pablo Aragón
    Design by Youth Experimental Studio

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    HUACA SONORA

    Notas para profundizar el significado de esta

    Huaca quiere decir cosa sagrada. La huaca es un objeto, fenómeno , lugar o ser En la cual se han concentrado las fuerzas de lo sagrado.
    Desde su origen, el hombre percibió lo sagrado en el paisaje. Nada resulta mas evidente respecto de la religiosidad primitiva que el culto a la naturaleza.
    Su objetivo en lugares relevantes. Cuevas, oasis, dunas, cimas, islas, bosques, desiertos, piedras, pantanos, montañas, exacerbaron la emotividad del individuo.
    Terror, exaltación, lirismo, desolación, lucidez, misterio, son sensaciones que se reflejaron en el paisaje.
    (texto de Brignardello)

    La divinidad revela que esta libre de adoptar cualquier forma. Lo sagrado es cualitativamente distinto de lo profano pero puede manifestarse en cualquier forma y en cualquier sitio dentro del mundo profano.
    (texto de Eliade)


    instrucciones para aprender a escucharla
    1. No escuchar todos los discos a la vez
    2. Cerrar los ojos
    3. Abrir los oídos
    4. Relajarse
    5. Dejarse permear por el sonido
    6. Escoger un disco para un momento del día o de la noche
    7. De preferencia seguir la secuencia en que se encuentran los discos ubicados
    8. Cada día un disco diferente como un nuevo amanecer
    9. Dejar que la mente viaje y descubra paisajes sonoros
    10. No saltar por la ventana después de escuchar cada disco
    11. Aprender a sentir la música
    12. Escuchar siempre es una experiencia nueva


    Photos by Pauline Barberi
    Studio Photos by Juan Pablo Aragón
    Design by Youth Experimental Studio     ... more
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1.
Obertura 15:09
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2.
Shamanico 19:54
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3.
La culebra 11:01
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4.
Canto santero 07:56
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5.
Circular 08:54
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about

FOG ZONE

The sound concept for this piece emerged as the result of a dream. In this dream I found myself in impossible places that called and asked me to listen to the sonorousness of their dream. e.g. I am walking in a jungle in the East and suddenly from a circular stone temple feminine chanted voices guide me to reach it. Upon arriving at the temple they ask me if I am the seeker of sounds and when I nod a yes in silence they ask me to observe, or, even better, to listen to the interior of the palm of my hand. As I pay attention to it I discover there are thousands of tiny kalimbas (African piano); that are transmitting to me a music which is the spirit of something I cannot decipher. But as I listen more and more to the origin of these instruments I notice that the kalimbas transform into thousands of lizards. I understand that the instruments are in reality the soul or spirit of the animals.

From this dreamlike message y decided to begin recording different types and levels of dreams, from visionary dreams, premonitory to sexual. But how could this vision be given the sense of a coherent show for an audience? Here I envisioned two aspects. First that the location necessarily had to have certain dreamlike characteristics and this occurred as one day while walking in downtown Lima I entered the Teatro Municipal building which had recently been burnt down by an extraordinary fire that gave the whole theatre the atmosphere of a marvelous nightmare. This was the space needed for FOG ZONE. Another important decision was to have Oscar Natters and his group Integro collaborate as they knew how to interpret visually the unconsciousness we staged. I formed a band of 20 musicians for us to play the pieces in reality. The dreams were pre recorded atmospheres that acted as links between each reality to generate a kind of symphonic totality. Final, the slogan for the show was “Dreams exist to awaken us”.





Credits

Released August 22nd 2015

Winds:

Jean Pierre Magnet
Tenor sax

Carlos Espinoza
Alto sax

Manuel Miranda
Soprano sax

Cesar Vivanco
Flute

Gabriel Alegria
Trumpet


Strings:

Alex Marambio
Electric guitar

Noel Marambio
Electric bass

Pochi Marambio
Double bass

Anika Petrozzi
Cello

Voices:

Chaqueta Piaggio

Gabriela Ezeta

Pepita Garcia Miro


Percussion:

Julio “Chocolate” Algendones
Cajon, bata drums

Cristóbal Mujica
Drums and musical arrangements

Daniel Mujica
Congas and bata drums

Manongo Mujica
Drums, musical direction and composition.

Melody for the final theme:

Manuel Miranda

Jose Antonio Nuñez

Digiridu


Live recording: Carlos Cuya

Location: Teatro Municipal

Mix and re mastering: Mario Rivas

Visual direction and video: Oscar Naters

Lights and artistic counseling: Rafael Hastings

Production: La encia del Leopardo Producciones

Photos by Pauline Barberi
Design by Youth Experimental Studio

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El concepto sonoro de este trabajo nace como resultado de un sueño. En este sueño me encontré en lugares imposibles que me llamaban y me pedían que escuche la sonoridad de su sueño. Para dar una idea: estoy caminando por una selva en oriente y de pronto desde un templo circular de piedra unas voces femeninas cantadas, me guían para llegar a el. Ya en el templo me preguntan si yo soy un buscador de sonidos y al afirmar en silencio me piden que observe o
mas bien que escuche el interior de mi mano derecha. Al poner mi atención en ella descubro que hay miles de pequeñas kalimbas (piano africano); que me estántransmitiendo una música que es el espíritu de algo que no logro descifrar. Pero escuchando mas y mas el origen de estos instrumentos veo que las kalimbas se
transforman en miles de lagartijas. Comprendo que los instrumentos en verdad son el alma o el espíritu de los animales.
De este mensaje onírico decido empezar a grabar diferentes tipos y niveles de sueños, desde los sueños visionarios, premonitorios hasta sexuales. Pero, como darle a esta visión un sentido de espectáculo y hacerlo coherente para los espectadores? Aquí vislumbre dos aspectos. Primero que la locación necesariamente tenia que tener características oníricas y así ocurrió que un día caminando por el centro de Lima entre al teatro Municipal que acababa de ser quemado por un incendio extraordinario que le daba a todo el teatro un aire de pesadilla maravillosa. Este era el sitio para Zona Neblina. Otra decisión importante Fue la colaboración con Oscar Naters y el grupo Integro quienes supieron traducir visualmente el inconsciente llevado al escenario. Arme una banda de mas de 20 músicos para que toquemos los temas de la realidad. Los sueños eran atmosferas
pregrabadas que actuaban de enlace entre realidad y realidad para generar una especie de totalidad sinfónica. Finalmente, el logo del espectáculo fue “Los sueños existen para despertar”.

credits

released August 22, 2015

Vientos:

Jean Pierre Magnet
Saxo tenor

Carlos Espinoza
Saxo alto

Manuel Miranda
Saxo soprano

Cesar Vivanco
Flauta traversa

Gabriel Alegría
Trompeta

Cuerdas:

Alex Marambio
Guitarra eléctrica

Noel Marambio
Bajo eléctrico

Pochi Marambio
Contrabajo

Anika Petrozzi
Violoncello

Voces:
Chaqueta Piaggio
Gabriela Ezeta
Pepita Garcia Miro

Percusión:
Julio “Chocolate”
Algendones
Cajón tambores Bata

Cristobal Mujica
Batería y arreglos
musicales

Daniel Mujica
Congas y tambores Bata

Manongo Mujica
Batería, dirección musical
y composición.

Melodía del tema final:
Manuel Miranda
José Antonio Nuñez
Digiridu

Grabación en vivo: Carlos Cuya
Lugar: Teatro Municipal
Mezcla y remasterización: Mario Rivas
Dirección visual y video: Oscar Naters
Luces y asesoría artística: Rafael Hastings
Producción: La encía del Leopardo Producciones

Photos by Pauline Barberi
Design by Youth Experimental Studio

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Manongo Mujica Lima, Peru

Percussionist musician, composer and visual artist. He was a member of the psychedelic rock band Los Mad’s (1970), founding member of Perujazz (1984). Pioneer of free improvisation in Peru in the mid ‘70s. Manongo Mujica has given concerts in diverse stages round the globe, he has composed diverse soundtracks for films and presented shows which bring together music, visuals and dance. ... more

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