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“Serpent is Present” (album, 2023) was produced and recorded by Sajjra Xhrs Galarreta Pando between 2020 and 2022 in the Netherlands
and Turkey. Mastered by Arthur A. S. Artwork by Margarita Milova and Bobby Peru. Published by Otono (Mexico), Arsenic Solaris
(France) and Aloardi (Turkey / Russia) in September 2023.

*Gracias a la sangre Xauxa y Huanca, a Eusebio “Chato” Grados, a la familia Castillo Agüero y al resonar del Valle del Mantaro.

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About Serpent is Present

In the ancient Andean-Amazonian culture, the serpent represents the underground (in space) and the past (in time) and is also related
to water, maternal and feminine powers, fertility, continuity and the earthly energy that connects the different worlds. 'Serpent is
Present', the name of Sajjra´s new release, is an anagram and a play on words to invoke those powers and reconnect us with them
through the sounds. The "underground" or self-managed artistic communities have always been a cultural alternative to what is going
on in the mainstream, refreshing contemporary human societies with challenging organizational strategies and artistic ideas not
necessarily committed to a market or to private or governmental interests. During the hard times we lived through with the
pandemic and what we are living now with the current geopolitical situation in the world, many self-managed organizations and
communities are disappearing. More than ever, it is important to reconnect face to face with these self-managed organizations that
are still alive and Sajjra wants to do it especially with cultures and countries that are not considered in the itinerary of artists
and cultural activators because of geopolitical issues. Music is a fundamental act of life. Sharing it with any people in the
framework of a publication or a concert closes a circle of continuity in life. The 'Serpent is Present' is a reconnection with our
deep roots through the otherness in an invisible umbilical cord. It is a bridge between alternative cultures beyond borders,
governments or any system that tries to separate and repress us.

Dissidents from Peru, Ukraine, Russia, France and around the world. We are people, not governments.
Since now and forever the Serpent is Present!

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Album lyrics


Suena como azul radiante (oración del mediodía)

Vi una virgen adornandome en Azul
vi llover mis pensamientos condenados
adornandome el cabello con espinas

Ella vuela lentamente hacia mi
ha escapado del silencio de mis manos
mariposa atravesada con espinas

Vi una virgen adornandome en Azul
vi llover mis pensamientos condenados
adornandome el cabello con espinas


Beso fin y descenso

Acarició mi voz palpitando
acaricio el cielo de mi dulce adicción
beso fin y descenso
mi descenso otra vez

Similar al sol azul
similar al beso de mi compenetración
beso fin y descenso
de mis alas de hielo

Y en mis alas de hielo
acarició espejos de mi compenetración
beso fin y descenso
sin recuerdos y sin piel

Acarició el sol azul
Acaricio

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About Sajjra

'Sajjras' music is a collection of telluric, ethereal, unique and unclassifiable songs that can evoke the resonance of
Andean orchestras or sublime natural landscapes. They emanate textures and rhythms that call up urban and rural soundscapes
mutating in epiphanies full of noise, color and trance."

Sajjra Xhrs Galarreta Pando (Peru, 1976) is one of the important figures of the South American underground. Going back and
forth from Europe, Asia, Latin America and his homeland, he has been experimenting with music, nomadism, dissidence, noise and arts
in a strictly DIY way since 1995. This philosophy has led him to expand his poetry into realms such as song writing, installation art,
software-hardware hacking, free improvisation, electroacustic and psychoacoustic compositions. His constant metamorphosis has
given rise to numerous aliases and side projects: Aloardi, DiosMeHaViolado, Evamuss, Christian Galarreta, Tica, and Invisible
Architecture among others.

His song project Sajjra emerged from the depths of the "Uku Pacha" in 2012, merging psychedelic songs with andean-tropical music and
radical sound experimentation. With the release of the three albums 'Sajjra' (CD, Aloardi, 2013) , 'The Sun Remains The Same'
(12" Vinyl, Aloardi/Urbanoide/Fougere Musique, 2015), and 'Synthexcess' (12" Vinyl, Buh Records, 2019) Sajjra fascinated the
Peruvian alternative media, who chose 'The Sun Remains The Same' as album of the year 2015 and 'Synthexcess', as album of the year
2019. Sajjra's new album titled "Serpent is Present'' will be published in September 2023 by Aloardi (Peru - Holland) in lenticular
poster format and by Arsenic Solaris (France) on CD.

In anticipation of this release, in July, Aloardi released the single 'Srpnt s Prsnt' as a handmade lenticular postcard designed in
three different versions by the Russian artist Margarita Milova. This postcard contains a QR-Code to download a 24-minute, 26-second
single composed by Sajjra during different periods of 2020 and 2022 between The Netherlands and Turkey. Otono label (Mexico) will
also release a tape version of the single in August, accompanied by remixes by Mexican artists Flores de Mezcalapa and Concepción
Huerta. The single was presented at live concerts on July 19 in Saint Petersburg, 20 in Tallin and 21 in Oporto and 22 in Marseille.
The CD will be presented in other European cities in the coming months.

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Sajjra links

Site: cielopresenteytotal.wordpress.com
www.forcedexposure.com/Catalog/sajjra-synthexcess-lp/BR.098LP.html
youtube.com/playlist?list=PL3yw9PQrzJZjxRmCwrTu3XIdf6byKACxo
daily.bandcamp.com/features/crisalida-sonica-feature?fbclid=IwAR3QfArv1yIUb4rzl0hQvFwjN0x5QxFG60GVhd9f1B-oqGSda8cPvPBa44U
sajjra.bandcamp.com
IG: sjjrxhrs
FB: sajjra sajjra

Link Margarita Milova (Artwork):
IG: www.instagram.com/mares_llamas/

Labels links

Aloardi
aloardi.org
aloardi.bandcamp.com
www.instagram.com/aloardi_/

Arsenic Solaris
arsenicsolaris.bandcamp.com
www.instagram.com/arsenic.solaris/

Otono
otono.space
otonolabel.bandcamp.com
www.instagram.com/otonospace/

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