Laya Project

by Various Artists

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Synopsis

Released in conjunction with a movie of the same name, Laya Project is a two-disc compilation of music recorded in some of the locations that the 2004 tsunami hit with the greatest devastation: Sri Lanka, Thailand, Indonesia, the Maldives, India, and Myanmar. The genesis of each track was a field recording made by the film's producers using a portable studio; one is a song of mourning for a man's wife lost in the tsunami, another is a song of welcome offered spontaneously to the group by a woman in the Maldives; there is a recording of a percussion ensemble, of Buddhist chanting, and one of a couple who, when they saw the recording crew, pulled out traditional Thai instruments and began playing. The music producers, Patrick Sebag and Yotam Agam, then took the field recordings and added other instruments: a string section from Madras, tabla, harmonium, bansuri, keyboards, electric bass, and sampled rhythms. In most cases, one wonders whether the original artists would recognize their contributions (and one also wonders what it means that so many tracks show as having been "composed by" Sebag and Agam -- perhaps in this context the word "composed" means "arranged"). It's also slightly troubling that for all their discussion of the resilience and resourcefulness of the people whose musical traditions are documented here, neither the album's liner notes nor, as far as can be discerned, the project's website offers any explanation as to whether and how this recording (and the accompanying documentary film) will translate into material aid for them and their fellow victims. Presumably such arrangements have been made, but the lack of any statement to that effect leaves one wondering. Still, the music itself is mostly excellent: a traditional song from Myanmar titled "Glorious Sun" is presented in two mixes (both very good, though the original mix is much subtler and lovelier than its more aggressively dance-oriented remix); "Hai La Sa" is mournful and quietly funky, with a faintly bhangra-inflected rhythmic structure; "Touare" is a trancey instrumental with dubwise scraps of vocal floating around in the mix. Not everything on the two discs is equally entrancing, but all of it is worth hearing. ~ Rick Anderson

Product details

EAN:: 094922656216
Genre:: International
Format:: CD & DVD
Release Date:: 2010-09-21
Label:: White Swan Records

Laya Project track listing

Disc 1
1. Glorious Sun [Remix] (3:21)
2. Muliya (6:90)
3. New Day (4:30)
4. Hai La Sa (6:54)
5. Ya Allah (7:29)
6. Tapatam (6:58)
7. Farihi (1:22)
8. Touare (6:12)
9. Waterside (5:36)
Disc 2
1. Glorious Sun (4:29)
2. Sunrise In Injumbakkam (3:54)
3. Rain Buddha (4:00)
4. Premjam (2:19)
5. Poothai (2:41)
6. Sunset In Akkarai (4:16)
7. Nium Nium (7:56)
8. Karalutalu (5:35)
9. Going To Seville (1:18)
10. Music (1:41)
11. Laya Mantra (17:50)
Disc 3
1. Glorious Sun (68:00)
2. Katalu (N/A)
3. Supreme Being (N/A)
4. Budeburu (N/A)
5. Embrace (N/A)
6. Perca Village (N/A)
7. Union (N/A)
8. Pause (N/A)

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