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Jahbitat is the audio project of Simon
Williams, who moved around Latin America as a
young child but eventually ended up growing
up in the valley located on the Venezuelan
coastal range. This massive urban jungle
known as Caracas, is surrounded by every
aspect of nature (sky, mountain, jungle,
ocean, etc..) and creatures both big and
small. This fusion of man-made technology
meets complete wildlife is what can be found
at the core of the Jahbitat electronic yet
highly organic sounds. Guitar drones,
syncopated drums and sometimes even vocals
accompany an arrange of tones that get
trapped in an electronic forest of knobs,
effects and machines. Simon's has now
transplanted his melodic sound and abstract
beats into his surroundings of Barcelona.
Jahbitat has been performing around Europe at
festival circa for several years and linked
up with Miami's Beta Bodega
Coalition/Botanica del Jibaro for a series of
shows in 2003, which finally resulted in a
selection of songs which mesh the past,
present and future for his debut release.
Some may have heard the self released cd-r
entitled "Tonadas" back in 2004, which made
the rounds at the Sonar festival. An artist
and friend of Arepaz and Project Mooncircle,
we now proudly present Harpy Lights the
Canopy. A release inspired by the largest
eagle in South America, the Harpy, which is
not only majestic as Jahibtat's melodies but
also a known predator which infectious beats
that thump and you can't escape from. Brought
to you by a collaboration between Project
Mooncircle (Germany) and Arepaz (Miami).
Manufactured and distributed by HHV.de in
Berlin. This release will be availabe on
vinyl after June 8 at:
http://www.hhv.de/
For more info also check out:
http://www.projectmooncircle.de/
and
http://arepaz.com/
Tags : Jahbitat Harpy Lights the Canopy Arepaz Project Mooncircle Beta Bodega Coalition Barcelona IDM electronica latin folk |
