Dijf Sanders - Supra

Dijf Sanders - Supra

Label : Unday Records

Format : LP - Album - Limited Edition - Coloured Vinyl

Release : 10/11/2023 

Style : Electronic - Belgian Pride - Ambient - IDM 

Info

Limited LP on coloured vinyl.SUPRA offers nine diverse explorations ranging from spaced-out folk, ethereal trance, ambient with a melodic sense of drama and lush electronica channeling 90's IDM energy fields.

Ever amazed by the external world and its natural surroundings, Belgian producer Dijf Sanders has a habit of turning himself towards the unknown for inspiration. After praised albums based on field trips to Indonesia (Java, 2017) and Nepal (Puja, 2020) he found himself challenged by the traditional chants from Georgia. Diving deep into its sounds, people and heritage with open eyes and ears, he traveled to the Eurasian land in the South Caucasus in 2022. The field recordings and impressions of this journey make the blueprint for new, meticulously crafted compositions that ripened in his studio and transcend its original source material in time and space.

SUPRA offers nine diverse explorations ranging from spaced-out folk, ethereal trance, ambient with a melodic sense of drama and lush electronica channeling 90's IDM energy fields. Bound by dynamic depth in sound design, this is electronic music with a heavy heart - for all tracks share a primal sense of nostalgia in which traditional music from the Georgian motherland baths. From a pastoral love song about a buffalo (Mingrelian Song) or a ceremonial wedding hymn (What You Give Away Is Yours, What You Don't Is Lost) to a lullaby (Bird's Milk)... Georgia is a land of contemplative singing and its music scene today is still dominated by modal vocalists and harmonic choirs with pride.

With the help and recording equipment of the Folklore State Centre (Tbilisi) and in collaboration with Europalia Georgia festival, Dijf Sanders found contemporary choirs willing to lend their voices for this project. Next to these voice samples, the Georgian countryside and nature delivered source material for more samples and textures as well. The name of the record refers to the traditional Georgian feast where a large table filled with food, drinks and singing.

Tracklist

A1. Dijf Sanders - Bird's Milk
A2. Dijf Sanders - Panduri's Box
A3. Dijf Sanders - Water Of Chailuri
A4. Dijf Sanders - A Thousand Suns Rose In The Sky
B1. Dijf Sanders - Eyes Drinking Water
B2. Dijf Sanders - Knight In Panther Skin
B3. Dijf Sanders - Mingrelian Song
B4. Dijf Sanders - Seven Fridays A Day
B5. Dijf Sanders - What You Give Away Is Yours, What You Don't Is Lost