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Áššu - Áššu (feat. Ulla Pirttijärvi, Harald Skullerud, Olav Torget) (2019)

Áššu - Áššu (feat. Ulla Pirttijärvi, Harald Skullerud, Olav Torget) (2019)

BAND/ARTIST: Áššu

  • Title: Áššu (feat. Ulla Pirttijärvi, Harald Skullerud, Olav Torget)
  • Year Of Release: 2019
  • Label: Bafes Factory
  • Genre: World, Folk, Psychedelic Rock
  • Quality: FLAC (tracks)
  • Total Time: 43:21 min
  • Total Size: 217 MB
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ÁŠŠU
Áššu base their music on traditional Sami Joik. Finnish Ulla Pirttijärvi joiks of her relatives and her home villages Utsjoki and Angeli. Norwegian Olav Torget and Harald Skullerud from complement the ensemble with string instruments and percussions.

The ensemble draw further inspiration from West African grooves and tradition. They vary their expression from wide atmospheres and quiet moods all they way to more uptempo grooves.

The world music scene has long enjoyed their music especially around African and Arabic tradition. This has influenced the instrument choices and unique sound of the new album Áššu (Embers).

Ulla Pirttijärvi
Ulla Pirttijärvi is a one of the leading Sámi artists born in the village of Angeli, Finland. She started her career in Angelin Tytöt. She has founded a group Ulla Pirttijärvi & Ulda and she has performed with Frode Fjellheim, Snorre Bjerck, Wimme Saari among others. Ulla and her daughter Hilda Länsman created the band Solju in 2015 and they participated in Finland's Uuden musiikin kilpailu (Finnish selection for the Eurovision Song Contest) with the song "Hold Your Colours". Ulla Pirttijärvi and Hilda Länsman has won The Finnish Music Publishers Association, genre-free category, Vuoden etnotekijä as Songwriters of Solju: Ođđa Áigodat (New Times). Solju has also won Folk Music Creator of the Year -award at Finnish Ethnogala 2019 and The Indigenois Music Awards (IMA) Canada for the Best International Indigenous Release 2019: Solju: Ođđa Áigodat (New Times).

Olav Torget
Olav Torget has been a freelance musician since the early nineties. He plays electric and acoustic guitars and the West African instrument Konting (N’Goni). He has studied music at the University of Oslo and with the guitarists Knut Værnes, Bjørn Klakegg and Staffan William-Olsson. He has also studied in Senegal and Gambia with among others Amadou A. Gueye on Konting (N’Goni). He has played with Kristin Asbjørnsen, Karl Seglem, Geir Lysne, Solo Cissokho, Diom de Kossa, Anita Skorgan, Sjur Miljeteig, Eli Storbekken, Steinar Ofsdal, Ali Farka Toure among others.

Harald Skullerud
Harald Skullerud has worked as a performing musician since 1995 and with the emphasis on drums and percussion. He is known for its special expressions within use of drums from different continents and its own dissemination of these instruments. He has travelled the world with lot of artists with this he has also collected a large instrument material. He has studied drumming traditions in West Africa and Arab countries. He has played with Jon Balke, Inga Juuso, Solo Cissokho, Wissam Murad, Mari Boine, Jørun Bøgeberg, Bjørn Klakegg, Anders Røine, Niko Valkeapää, Håkon Høgemo, Nicolay Ivanov, Karl Seglem, Wassim Qassis, Rudl Trio, Steinar Strøm, Friland among others. He has won Folkelarmprisen-award (Åpen class) 2012 in Norway with Juusk (Inga Juuso & Harald Skullerud).

Tracklist:
01. Áššu - Sáivui (4:04)
02. Áššu - Basejávr-Hánsa (3:10)
03. Áššu - Gávpejas Hans Láide (2:50)
04. Áššu - Ealu Čohkken (4:26)
05. Áššu - Uvdel Ovllá (3:28)
06. Áššu - Uhca Niillas (3:20)
07. Áššu - Vulleš Heaika (3:08)
08. Áššu - Áššu (4:52)
09. Áššu - Vulle Mihkku (3:00)
10. Áššu - Jođedettiin (5:44)
11. Áššu - Ánne Juvvina (5:20)

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