Sinikka Langeland The Land That Is Not

Sinikka Langeland - The Land That Is Not (2011)  Music

Posted by Designol at Oct. 25, 2024
Sinikka Langeland - The Land That Is Not (2011)

Sinikka Langeland - The Land That Is Not (2011)
with Anders Jormin, Arve Henriksen, Markku Ounaskari and Trygve Seim

EAC | FLAC | Tracks (Cue&Log) ~ 259 Mb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 147 Mb | Scans included
Label: ECM Records | # ECM 2210, 2762036 | Time: 00:54:13
Nordic Folk, Contemporary Jazz, Modern Creative

From Norwegian folk singer and harpist Sinikka Langeland comes a seductively subtle contemporary jazz album. The lyrics are all Norwegian or Swedish (the sleeve notes have translations), and celebrate the poetry of Edith Södergran and Olav Håkonson Hauge – the first a shortlived pioneer of modern Swedish poetry, the second the Norwegian "lumberjack poet" who came to the art in his 40s. Langeland's band brings together trumpet-player Arve Henriksen and saxophonist/composer Trygve Seim, and it's a magical combination. Despite a predominant feeling of tranquillity, the singer sometimes adds an almost Nina Simone-like bite, for which Seim's smoky sound, Henriksen's ghostly multiphonics and Anders Jormin's bass are ideal foils. The mood is often broken by grooves that suggest some strange fjord-village cabaret music, or episodes that are like Nordic Miles Davis. It's a real one-off.

Sinikka Langeland - The Land That Is Not (2011)  Music

Posted by Bezz at Nov. 3, 2011
Sinikka Langeland - The Land That Is Not (2011)

Sinikka Langeland - The Land That Is Not (2011)
EAC rip | FLAC + CUE + LOG | Full Scans | 250 Mb (Incl. Recovery)
Genre ~ Avant-Garde, Modern Creative | Label ~ ECM Records 2210
Sinikka Langeland - The Half-Finished Heaven (2015) [Official Digital Download 24-bit/96kHz ]

Sinikka Langeland - The Half-Finished Heaven (2015)
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/96 kHz | Time - 49:23 minutes | 1017 MB
Studio Master, Official Digital Download | Artwork: Digital booklet

The half-Finnish Sinikka sets "The half-finished heaven" - and other verse by Tomas Tranströmer - on her fourth album for ECM. “Despondency breaks off its course / Anguish breaks off its course / The vulture breaks off its flight. / The eager light streams out …” Such vivid images establish a tone for what is primarily an instrumental album this time, with a striking blend of sound-colours in music written by Langeland.
Sinikka Langeland - The Magical Forest (2016) [Official Digital Download 24-bit/96kHz]

Sinikka Langeland - The Magical Forest (2016)
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/96 kHz | Time - 47:37 minutes | 1019 MB
Studio Master, Official Digital Download | Artwork: Digital booklet

The colours of The Magical Forest glow in this remarkable recording which brings together Sinikka Langeland’s Norwegian-Finnish-Swedish Starflowers quintet with the singers of the Trio Mediӕval. It’s an inspired concept: the Trio Mediӕval, with their affinity for folk music and their unique vocal blend, adapt themselves ideally to Sinikka’s sound-world, which is once archaic, timeless and contemporary. The quintet members, all bandleaders in their own right, are amongst the most characterful players in Scandinavia today, and Sinikka sets them free to improvise around her cycle of songs, built upon myths and legends of the world tree.

Sinikka Langeland - Wolf Rune (2021)  Music

Posted by delpotro at Sept. 3, 2022
Sinikka Langeland - Wolf Rune (2021)

Sinikka Langeland - Wolf Rune (2021)
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks+log+.cue) - 183 Mb | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 103 Mb | 00:42:09
Jazz, Nordic Folk | Label: ECM Records

Wolf Rune, a solo album, casts a new light on the highly personal idiom of Sinikka Langeland, kantele player and folk singer from Finnskogen, Norway’s “Finnish forest”. Sinikka integrates her own songs among folk hymns, shamanistic rune songs and traditional dance pieces, draws texts from multiple poetic sources, and expands the expressive range of her instruments. Few artists embody the spirit of place as comprehensively as Langeland, and her music ruminates upon the wildness of the natural world and the interrelationships of its inhabitants. Wolf Rune, recorded in December 2019 in Oslo’s Rainbow Studio, is an absorbing addition to Sinikka’s ECM discography, which has featured critically acclaimed projects including Starflowers, The Land That Is Not, Maria’s Song, The Half-Finished Heaven and The Magical Forest.
Sinikka Langeland - Wolf Rune (2021) [Official Digital Download 24/96]

Sinikka Langeland - Wolf Rune (2021) [Official Digital Download 24/96]
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/96 kHz | Front Cover | Time - 42:03 minutes | 744 MB
Jazz | Studio Master, Official Digital Download

Wolf Rune, a solo album, casts a new light on the highly personal idiom of Sinikka Langeland, kantele player and folk singer from Finnskogen, Norway’s “Finnish forest”.