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From the first notes, this is something special and adventurous. Wimme continues to expand the idea of the joik, the song form of the Saami people. On the tracks he performs alone, his voice is mesmerizing (and the effect is very reminiscent of Native American chants). But when he's backed by Rinneradio, as he is for most of the tracks here, then his voice takes off for the stratosphere. With a sound that mixes European art rock with the fairly free jazz of John Zorn, the ensemble helps take the joik far from its home, without ever losing its primal feel. The result is, in the very best way, electrifying. From the sublime ("
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Manufacturer: Northside Records
Release date: 23 February 1999
EAN: 0021561602328 UPC: 021561602328
Release date: 23 February 1999
EAN: 0021561602328 UPC: 021561602328
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