Yoiking with the Winged Ones
Yoiking with the Winged Ones is a polyphonic sound project by Ánde Somby.[1] Somby is yoiking in concert with the sounds of nature.[2] Yoiking is the ancient chanting practise of the Sámi People, an indigenous people of northern Europe.[3][4] The album edition of the project is due to be released by Ash International as a vinyl record in January 2016.[5]
The project is performed and produced by Ánde Somby, an artist deeply rooted in the yoik tradition. In this project, Somby contributes to the tradtion of yoik with pretty epressive[clarification needed]yoiking.[6] According to PassiveAggressive he is almost on the border of the human voice.[7] Somby's yoiking has been described as having the energy that punk rock had before it was tamed in the music studios,[8] with Klassekampen comparing Somby's work to that of the English punk band Cockney Rejects.[9]
There are four tracks on the recording. The recordings and post production were by Chris Watson, a sound artist and sound recordist from Newcastle upon Tyne. The sampling of sounds took place in Kvalnes, Lofoten in June 2014.
The artist A K Dolven, living in Kvalnes and London has been instrumental and important in developing the concept, and produced the album's cover art.[10] The production was supported by the Sami Parliament of Norway.[11]
The title references stories about the mythology of faeries and elves, and the recording was inspired by the Arctic climate.
References
- ^ "Yoik". Caught by the River. Retrieved 2016-01-26.
- ^ Gallagher, Michael (2015-06-01). "Field recording and the sounding of spaces". Environment and Planning D: Society and Space. 33 (3): 560–576. doi:10.1177/0263775815594310. ISSN 0263-7758.
- ^ "The Sami of Northern Europe – one people, four countries". www.unric.org. Retrieved 2015-11-04.
- ^ Gorlée, Dinda L. (2005-01-01). Song and Significance: Virtues and Vices of Vocal Translation. Rodopi. ISBN 9042016876.
- ^ http://www.ashinternational.com/editions/ash_112_ande_somby_yoiking_with_the_winged_ones.html
- ^ "Imašlaš huikimat, muhto dat ge geasuhii". Avvir.no. Retrieved 2016-01-27.
- ^ "Ánde Somby feat. Chris Watson – Modersmålet er hjertesproget". Passive/Aggressive. Retrieved 2016-01-30.
- ^ "- For noen minner det litt om gamle dagers pønk før den ble tatt inn i studio og frisert". www.nordlys.no. Retrieved 2016-01-27.
- ^ Olsson, Tommy (2015-12-23). "En mann ,et fjell og Cockney Rejects". Klassekampen.
- ^ Tucker, Michael (2011-03-01). "The promise and the search". World Art. 1 (1): 83–91. doi:10.1080/21500894.2011.515836. ISSN 2150-0894.
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External links
- 01/29/2016 Review by Jonas Stiig in Passiveagressive.dk
- 01/26/2016 musica: recensioni Ande Somby – Yoiking With the Winged Ones [with Chris Watson] (Ash Internationa, 2016)
- 01/17/2016 Caught by the River http://www.caughtbytheriver.net/2016/01/17/yoik-jez-riley-french-chris-watson-field-recording-norway-ande-somby-nils-aslak-valkeapaa-sami-ulla-prittijarvi-johan-anders-baer/ Yoik a Review by Jez riley French
- 01/16/2016 NRK Jungeltelelegrafen https://radio.nrk.no/serie/jungeltelegrafen#t=32m5s
- 01/14/2016 The Wire Adventures in sound and music http://www.thewire.co.uk/audio/on-air/adventures-in-sound-and-music-14-january-2016
- 12/23/2015 Klassekampen: Review essay En mann, et fjell og Cockney Rejects
- 11/12/2015 Ávvir review: Imašlaš huikimat, muhtto dat ge geasuhii
- 11/12/2015 Nordlys For noen minner det om gamle dagers pønk før den ble tatt inn i studio og frisert
- 11/09/2015 The BBC's Late Junction played a track and mentioned the record.
- 10/29/2015 NRK Sápmi: Thursday Magasine - portrait of Ánde Somby
- 10/27/2015 Ávvir the Sámi newspaper: This gives space to a big beautiful picture
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