Ngélar, by LAIR

Ngélar

by LAIR

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1.	Tatalu 02:56	buy track
2.	Pesta Rakyat Pabrik Gula 03:42	buy track
3.	Tanah Bertuah 03:24	buy track
4.	Hareeng 02:44	buy track
5.	Boa-Boa 02:53	buy track
6.	LAIR, Monica Hapsari - Bangkai Belantara 05:32	buy track
7.	LAIR, Monica Hapsari - Kawin Tebu 03:38	buy track
8.	LAIR, Monica Hapsari - Setan Dolbon 03:48	buy track
9.	Gelombang Pemecah Malam 01:47	buy track
10.	Mencari Selamat 03:09	buy track

about

In Ngélar—the sextet’s sophomore LP—deeper social narratives and more intimate subject matters are more apparent. In which they speak a lot about ‘tanah’ or ‘land/soil,’ owing a lot to the fact that their hometown, Jatiwangi’s history of being the country’s largest producer of clay/terracotta-based products. The people in Jatiwangi’s intertwining relationship with ‘tanah’ is simply unparalleled—even their instruments are mostly made of terracotta.

From the reimagining of their hometown’s past glories, LAIR, along with singer/songwriter Monica Hapsari (who co-wrote and co-composed three songs in the album) and Go Kurosawa (Kikagaku Moyo) helming the project as the producer, sings about the rituals and traditions of harvest, to sending off prayers towards their once-prospering land and the ruins of what was once a dense forest in Jatiwangi, which they are currently trying to reclaim while racing with the massive wave of industrialisation. It is a contextually-sorrowful album as much as it is a candid, cheery commemoration of the band members’ everyday life in today’s northern shores of Java, Indonesia.

Ngélar is one of the words that might be able to describe the essence of LAIR as a group. The word itself can be traced back to the locals’ culture of ‘going around in celebration of something.’ In their village, ngélar simply means a traveling performance, in which the performers would play music and go around the village, greeting the people around them as they move from place to place, or simply within their immediate surroundings, indicating that there is something nearby that is being celebrated.

LAIR is simply in love with ‘journey,’ ‘time,’ and all of their interactions. Ngélar, for them, is a representation of their journey. How they go around, interacting and communicating, to celebrating and making sense of everything that is going on within and around them. For LAIR, Ngélar is a method, a creative process, and—as an album—a culmination of each of their journeys since the group’s founding.

credits

released February 23, 2024

All songs performed by LAIR and Monica Hapsari

LAIR are…
Andzar Agung Fauzan (vocals, bass guitar)
Karyssa Matindas (vocals)
Kiki Permana (percussions)
Pipin Muhammad Kaspin (vocals, rhythm guitar)
Tamyiz Noor Ramadhan (vocals, percussions)
Tedi Nurmanto (vocals, lead guitar)

With…
Monica Hapsari (vocals, synthesizers, bells) on “Setan Dolbon”, “Kawin Tebu”, and “Bangkai Belantara”

All female vocal tracks in this record are by Monica Hapsari

Produced by Go Kurosawa

Mixed by Go Kurosawa
Mastered by Mizuno Soushi

Artwork and layout by Fandy Achmad
Photograph used on cover by Deby Sucha

Released in collaboration with Orange Cliff Records:
orangecliffrecords.bandcamp.com

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LAIR Jatiwangi, Indonesia

LAIR (pronounced “lah-eer,” a local dialect for the Indonesian word of ‘lahir’, meaning ‘birth’ or, roughly ‘being born’) is a 6-piece psych-soul/funk outfit hailing from Jatiwangi, West Java, Indonesia.

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