www.myspace.com/fujakoFUJAKO came out of the clash of Jonathan Uliel Saldanha and Nyko Esterle,
two producers obsessed with echo and bass. The first one, raised in Portugal
and part of the collectives Soopa and Mécanosphère, deals with sonic alchemy,
and is also known as HHY. The second one, raised in France, part of the Radon
collective and a rider of the sound waves, is also known as Ripit.
Both met to summon music of unlooped hip-hop, filled with spectres of haunting dub
and ecstatic scapes.
LANDFORM, their first record (out on Wordsound Digital) was born in a small stone
house studio in the burnt forests and mountains of Portugal, between paradise
and the gate of hell, made from soundscapes and beats recorded on mostly acoustic
instruments, created in an hostile -yet natural- environment. After the initial
production phase in the woods, LANDFORM was then haunted by the voices of several
guests such as Sensational, Seraphim, Native, Cheravif and Scalper, as well as by
the additional trash turntablism of DJ Urine.
