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 style of 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
- 02/01/2016 [2]
- 01/29/2016 Review by Jonas Stiig in Passiveagressive.dk
- 01/28/2016 Review by Joseph Burnett in Dusted Magazine
- 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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