Label: Ferns Recordings

個人的注目のサウンドアーティストがFerns Recordingsよりアルバムを出版!!Knud ViktorやJean-Claude Roche、Jean-Yves Bosseurといった主に音響生態学の先駆者達からの影響下、自身も同手法の自然音収集/研究を行うĶæ Pravaah Rujhaan。米ワシントン州ヤキマ渓谷の特殊な音響環境を特集した限定100部のソロ音源[Nadiyaan]。渓谷にひっそりと佇む場所でありながら、高速道路の音も聞こえる特殊な地域であり、自然と現代産業の両側面を音響生態学的に捉えたサイトスペシフィック作品。



Yakima’s valley, surrounded by mountains, boasts rare acoustics. “Nadiyaan” (“Rivers”) is a raw, 60-min field recording from Yakima & Naches Rivers, blending nature and industry under freeways—inspired by acoustic ecology pioneers.
*100 copies limited edition* Yakima is a small agricultural town located in central Washington. It sits snug within a valley, just east of the Cascades, and is itself - still surrounded by mountains, ridges, gorgeous accessible foothills & canyon land. Like being at the bottom of a large dustbowl with a confluence of two rushing rivers at the center. On a quiet morning - dependent upon positioning - one can hear all the sounds of a world-alive; reverberating off the mountain walls...perhaps all the way across town. The natural acoustics are something truly special, and l've been incredibly fascinated with how it all translates to tape. I do suggest headphones while actively listening.

“...'Nadiyaan' - translated from Hindi, simply reads - ‘Rivers’.
Sourced and tracked directly to tape throughout the final winter months of 2025, most significantly though; during the "Last Frost" snowfall & the weeks encompassing the waxing of February's full “Snow Moon".

“…Nadiyaan; plays a 60 min tour-de-force of raw, crude, unprocessed in-situ field recordings & organic verte-bruit concrète. Methodically assembled with a carefully fixated patience - each minute unraveling to reveal itself as one cohesive piece - in three transient movements.

It's here at the geographical confluence of site-specific locations, along the hidden and snowy banks of the Yakima & Naches Rivers under a cobweb of freeways and overpasses; where Rujhaan utilizes the acoustic ecological convergence of sounds from both; natural habitats and modern industry. Invoking the ancestral spirits & energies of long lost Native villages, while irrefutably channeling the naturalist sound works of acoustic ecological pioneers such as Knud Viktor, Jean-Claude Roché and Jean-Yves Bosseur."