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Slovenian label Pharmafabrik Recordings, established by Simon Šerc (PureH, Spheres, Cadlag,...), a sound and video artist, recording engineer, performer and label founder, active in the field of experimental music and video since 1990, on 26 November released a compilation Bora Scura Reimagined - a global collaboration between artists all over the world: sound artwork that presents reimagined versions of field recordings of extreme Bora wind. An evocative blend of field recordings, ambient, electronic mutations and noise, Bora Scura Reimagined is pretty much what you might expect from a collaboration between artists Paul Schütze, Mark Spybey, Daniel Menche, Simon Šerc, Neo Cymex, Max Corbacho, Sunao Inami, Alexei Borisov, Vomir and KK Null.
The sixty-five-minute compilation is presented in a travelogue format, with its tracks flowing seamlessly into each other. Ten artists each contributed a new piece using field recordings from Bora Scura as raw material, expanded and liquified the original album turning it into a violent, intense and almost otherworldly experience of pure sound and pure nature.
The bora is a cold, typically very dry and often gusty katabatic wind from the northeast in areas near the Adriatic Sea. The area of Ajdovščina (Slovenia), is highly exposed to strong and cold bora - its strongest gusts exceed the speed of 200 km/h. The peak frequency occurs in the cold season (November - March). Bora affects people's everyday lives, causes damage to agriculture, traffic and destroys buildings. In periods of extremely strong wind people are advised not to leave the buildings due to safety reasons.
While the COVID pandemic continues to be the biggest public crisis in living memory, 2021 has also been marred by another global catastrophe: extreme weather events. Extreme weather, which experts say is increasingly common due to global warming, has affected almost every corner of the globe with far-reaching deadly consequences. Scientists have also discovered that winds across much of the Northern Hemisphere have been growing faster over the last years - the wind speeds had unexpectedly increased after a three-decade slowdown.
As one of the world's principal natural disaster types, wind disasters contribute to huge economic losses and human casualties. They are noteworthy for their devastating power and responsible for destroying buildings and structures, killing plants on their paths and inducing respiratory diseases in humans. The combination of global warming and weather variability is going to increase uncertainty: climate models and projections often ignore the wind, but wind-related disasters will bring more devastating consequences in the future with a changing climate. Let's not ignore the wind in the player below. Enjoy! Link
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