Mari Boine - It Ain't Necessarily EvilL Mari Boine Remixed, Vol.2 (2008)

Mari Boine is an artist without equal. Her interpretation of the Sámi musical heritage has won her a truly international audience. Across the world she has come to represent the epitome of the merger between age-old musical heritage -with a universal depth of message and emotion- and progressive aspects of today's music. With Boine the ancient tradition and the timeless mystery of the Joik -the Sámi vocal tradition- is given new life and new audiences by a zealous pursuit of modern elements. Her music incorporates many different genres, she makes use of innovative sounds and modern technologies and consistently finds new directions in which to take the music.

"It ain't necessarily evil" is evidence of this mindset. It is actually Boine's second collection of remixes. The first, 2001's Odda Hamis, featured contributions from Jah Wobble and Biosphere amongst others. This time around it is Sweden's incredible The Knife, renowned Berlin producer Henrik Schwartz, and Norwegian zeitgeisty names like 120 Days and Mungolian Jetset (DJ Strangefruit and Knut Sævik) that have reinterpreted Boine's unique visionary music. Most of the songs are taken from Boine's latest studio album Idjagieas (In the hand of the night), which came in 2007 to brilliant international reviews. But also included is her majestic theme song Elle from the recent Nils Gaup movie about the Kautokeino rebellion and the plight of the Sámi people.