ABOUT JAHTARI
In case you haven't heard of us so far (which is more than likely at the
moment)
just some words of explanation about JAHTARI.
We are a small record label based in Leipzig / Germany and we produce a kind
of
music here which we call - for the lack of a better term - DIGITAL LAPTOP
REGGAE
(DLR).This means nothing else but that we produce first and above all
REGGAE music
(or DUB) in it's classical sense, which in itself is nothing new,
but since we're
having a background of mostly electronic music we're doing
this with the only tool
that is obvious to use for that purpose - a COMPUTER,
and a computer only.
When you are using a computer via a specific interface (the software) for
making
music the sound and feel of it is by definition DIGITAL. You can always
hear the
math and the algorhythms that are the foundation of sound design and
arrangment.
So
the interesting thing with DLR is and was (first of all for us
- since DLR
started
out as an experiment) that it is nevertheless possible to
generate
something like
Reggae or Dub, basically the manifestation of a non-
math, 100%-soulful approach on
music, with a machine made for calculation of
numbers and
computation of programs.
Or in short: the basic principles behind REGGAE and COMPUTER generated music
are
by
definition principles that completely exclude each other. To our
surprise
experiments with this paradoxon turned out a kind of music that
functioned and
that
is even 'NEW', whatever meaning this term can have today.
So, above all we are a REGGAE label. You won't find any straight bassdrums or
Dub-Techno here, you'll find classic DUB done with a computer.
But one could philosophize on this topic with no end so if you would like to
read
more about it check out our THEORY section or our highly recommended
REGGAE
HISTORY,
where I will explain the ideas and concepts behind JAHTARI and
DLR more
detailed and
with lots of (sound) examples.
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