Sjå by Jeff Jahn
Sjå is Jeff Jahn's first album in over 25 years (he's been busy being an influential independent curator and art critic) but when the pandemic shut down everything he returned to music production.
All instruments performed on fully improvised 1st takes by Jeff Jahn in Portland Oregon (7 string guitar, viola, drums, bass, oberheim). Even the lyrics and main vocals were improvised on a first take. Only the backing vocals are not improvised.
*Note this music has no Ai intervention, nor timing or pitch alteration or samples were used on all truly first takes. The idea being an organic music that arises and highlights a fresh human response, so the listener is hearing the music as it is being conceived/made. This promotes a sense of shared discovery and immediacy.
Tracklist
| 1. | Draupnir Wave | 1:17 |
| 2. | Minerva | 4:28 |
| 3. | Occultation Astrocytes | 3:27 |
| 4. | Incredulous Resonance | 2:37 |
| 5. | Saunter | 5:07 |
| 6. | Jar Farmers | 3:55 |
| 7. | Quiet Eye | 3:26 |
| 8. | Selkie | 4:48 |
| 9. | Moonsooth | 2:23 |
| 10. | The Ballad of Hulda Klager Writes Itself | 3:36 |
| 11. | Go Get That! | 3:59 |
| 12. | Robot Sex Workers Holiday Party | 5:17 |
| 13. | Frank Lloyd Fire | 4:54 |
| 14. | Ithika Iterations | 4:21 |
Credits
Produced, recorded and mastered by Jeff Jahn at Existential Octopus Studio, Portland Oregon. All instruments performed on fully improvised 1st takes byJahn (7 string guitar, viola, drums, bass, oberheim, fm synthesis, Nepalese death flute, percussion, trombone and saxophone). Even the lyrics and main vocals were improvised on a first take. Only the backing vocals are not improvised. Laura fritz sings a few notes on Frank Lloyd Fire and is the only other musician on the album.
