Solju - Ođđa áigodat (2018)
BAND/ARTIST: Solju
- Title: Ođđa áigodat
- Year Of Release: 2018
- Label: Bafe's Factory
- Genre: World, Folk, Nordic
- Quality: MP3 320 kbps / FLAC (tracks)
- Total Time: 36:17 min
- Total Size: 84 / 234 MB
- WebSite: Album Preview
Listening Post 175. Nothing is permanently frozen in time. In Sápmi—the Sami homeland that straddles northern Norway, Sweden, Finland and Russia’s Kola Peninsula—this can be both blessing and curse. Ođđa áigodat (New Times) is a vivid record of a people fighting to preserve culture and language, even as development and climate change shrink their wilderness. The album’s authors are Ulla Pirttijärvi and Hildá Länsman, the mother-daughter/singer-songwriter duo from Finland’s far north who make up Solju. Their stories evoke mythology and stark reality, reindeer herds and tundra tents, faith, love and courtship. They also connect poles—a soundscape combining yoik, the traditional Sami song-chant, with contemporary folk-pop; and the timescape of a modern era that incorporates the old. Some passages in their heavenly-earthly collection seem deceptively eternal: Environmental threat is remote in Suoivaniid eatnamii (To the Land of Shadows), a story of Arctic spring, with Pirttijärvi’s deep-breath yoik merging into Länsman’s mellow vocals like snow melting into an incipient stream (video 1). Latitude aside, Muhtumin (Some Day), describing a love dream, reveals an emotional landscape common to all climes (video 2). And Ealloravddas (By the Reindeer Herd) honors “the spirits of the ancient grandmothers” for nature’s continued protection (Soundcloud link 3). It’s the title track that lays out the great test, the song asking—to the urgent strings of the Czech National Symphony Orchestra—how long yoik, herds and memory can hold on (Soundcloud link 4). The Sami have made political and cultural progress over the past two generations and a musical flowering is part their renaissance. But the earth is still changing under their feet. When frozen-in-time isn’t an option, Solju’s recipe of preservation and adaptation—combining wisdom from past and present—may help not only in hardening the ice up north but also inspiring others to fashion a more temperate world. (Bafe’s Factory/Nordic Notes)
01 - Ođđa Áigodat
02 - Áimejoga Jovnna
03 - Heargevuoddji
04 - Ealloravddas
05 - Muhtumin
06 - Beaivi, áhčči
07 - Irgeávnnas
08 - Eanan čiega mu
09 - Davvebiekkat
10 - Suoivaniid eatnamii
11 - Áille luohti
Solju band members:
Ulla Pirttijärvi – vocals, yoik
Hildá Länsman – vocals, yoik
Samuli Laiho, programming, synths, guitar, piano, glockenspiel
Teho Majamäki – percussions, vibes, hang
Guest artists:
Czech National Symphony Orchestra – strings
Janne Puurtinen – synth bass, synth
Mikko Neuvonen – throat singing
Paavo Lötjönen – cello
01 - Ođđa Áigodat
02 - Áimejoga Jovnna
03 - Heargevuoddji
04 - Ealloravddas
05 - Muhtumin
06 - Beaivi, áhčči
07 - Irgeávnnas
08 - Eanan čiega mu
09 - Davvebiekkat
10 - Suoivaniid eatnamii
11 - Áille luohti
Solju band members:
Ulla Pirttijärvi – vocals, yoik
Hildá Länsman – vocals, yoik
Samuli Laiho, programming, synths, guitar, piano, glockenspiel
Teho Majamäki – percussions, vibes, hang
Guest artists:
Czech National Symphony Orchestra – strings
Janne Puurtinen – synth bass, synth
Mikko Neuvonen – throat singing
Paavo Lötjönen – cello
Year 2018 | World | Folk | FLAC / APE | Mp3
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