[imprensa] Inés Terra ‘regougar’, por Sounds and Colours (EUA)
Sounds and Colours On the margins By Andy Cumming 04 September, 2024
Inés Terra – Regougar (Scatter Archive/ Brava)
This is an entirely vocal album by singer and improviser Terra, born in Argentina and based in São Paulo, which combines improvised pieces with compositions, playing with the relationship between voice and technology. “Regougar” means to make an animal sound and to let your voice really go, but listening to the album reminded me of a language student I once had, a conductor of a major orchestra. He always claimed that children were better able to learn and speak other languages without an accent as they were unafraid to play with the sounds in their mouths, to contort their mouth and tongue to create an unfamiliar sound. The sounds on Regougar feel like the limits of pushing your voice, just like when you were a child; a closely mic’d shriek to the point that your voice breaks and then put through subtle electronic effects. Or continuously sucking your saliva through your lips, interspersed with moments of beauty as a singing voice breaks through. An interesting concept that moves between physically disturbing and childlike playfulness.
