Adjagas to open Glastonbury - Listen to Norway 14.07.10 01.28 search articles search directory HOME BALLADE DIRECTORY CALENDAR MUSIC STORE SHEET MUSIC CATALOGUE CONTACT TEXT ARCHIVE IAMIC ABOUT MIC PÅ NORSK Adjagas to open Glastonbury MIC Music The opening of this year’s Glasto will be truly special: Information Lapland’s Adjagas kick off the massive festival with their Centre Norway opening slot at the main stage. Like 205 21.02.2007 | By: Tomas Lauvland Pettersen MIC Music Adjagas were originally booked to Information Centre open Glastonbury in 2005 but that Norway The Quietus year’s torrential rains put an end talks to Jørgen to their show before the duo had Munkeby of Shining: even hit the stage. Now the Sámi outfit is scheduled to return to the The Quietus | Features | major festival’s main stage in 2010 A Glass order to kick-start Glasto 2007 on Half Full | Sax 22 June. And Violence: Jørgen Strong UK reviews Munkeby of Adjagas has garnered rave Shining Interv reviews in the domestic press for thequietus.com their self-titled debut album A new rock released in Norway last year through Trust Me Records. Now the release has been music and pop licensed to !K7 subsidiary Ever Records which launched the album on the European culture market in January 2007. The outfit’s unique take on the traditional Sámi vocal style, website. Editorial joik, which is fused with more contemporary influences has struck a chord with UK independent critics and the first batch of reviews are indeed positive. A few excerpts: “The current folk revival has brought many maverick sounds into the mainstream. Few, though, are more beguiling than Adjágas.” Q MICNorway “Otherworldly, trance-like, intoxicating… A rare jewel of an album… Mesmerising…” MICNorway The Sun The Quietus interviews “Spellbinding.” The Guardian Shining's Jørgen Munkeby: http://bit.ly/aiK84n “Strikingly beautiful.” The Times 12 days ago “Hypnotic, open-ended and sweetly dolorous… Should hit the spot with fans of Shining wins NOK 1m a-ha Bonnie “Prince” Billy, Sigur Rós and Cowboy Junkies.” Uncut grant! *#a-ha 25 days ago Time Out’s Chris Parkin writes: RT @Kvelertak: Here's a “Such is the intensity on this record you wouldn’t believe Adjagas has only two little taste of one of the new members. Norwegian from Sámi families – the indigenous people of northern songs from the album (shitty sound) Scandinavia – they feed their folk tradition into a mesmeric mix that sounds like Sigur http://bit.ly/aFbR0O Rós reared on alt-americana. Part of this tradition is yoik singing – making sounds 29 days ago rather than words - and this debut is an enchanting snapshot of another world that will keep you going back for more”. (5/6) The third edition of MIC Norway's webcast '99 Writes The Wire’s Louise Gray: Minutes' is now airing: http://bit.ly/d4xm4n “With the exception of Mari Boine’s jazz inflected folk songs, the joik – as a song 29 days ago format - hasn’t travelled much outside the northern reaches of Scandinavia and its home within the Sámi cultures. With luck, this is about to change. Sara Mariella Gaup and Lawra Somby – the two young Norwegian Sámis behind Adjagas have delivered Join the conversation a debut album of free- moving songs and quiet atmospherics. The duo have been aided by Andreas Mjøs, the producer responsible for the clean-cut lines of Susanna Festivals today And The Magical Orchestra’s open-plan design. However, Adjagas’s debut is very Dansefestivalen 2010 much its own thing, its nine songs varying between a discrete electronic soundscape Norwegian Festival for triangulated by Geiger-ish beats and purposeful harmonies augmented by (at one Old-time Dance Music point) banjos and percussion. 2010 It’s an intimate affair either way and one suited to the concept of joiks, where music Oslo Live Festival 2010 functions as an expression, rather than any given format. Traditionally improvised, Rootsfestivalen 2010 joiks are, like most folk songs, malleable, For Adjagas, such elasticity provides a Summer Melbu Festival pleasurable tension between ancient and modern: tracks like “Lihkulas”, basking in a 2010 http://www.miclex.no/mic.nsf/doc/art2007022113243456825818 Side 1 av 2 Adjagas to open Glastonbury - Listen to Norway 14.07.10 01.28 2010 clipped bounce of a beat, benefit wildly. It takes work to make something so deceptively simple. The songs have lyrics in any Festival calendar number of Sami dialects, and there’s extra help on guitar and drums from Juhani Silvola, Paal Fagerheim and Timo Silvola respectively. The disc’s subtle flickering moods repay constant revisiting”. New acquisitions from The Great Escape MIC's library Adjagas are also set to play a showcase at Brighton’s key music industry event The MADSEN, Trygve Great Escape on Norway’s constitutional day, 17th of May. Adjagas will be sharing Suite, op. 146 : for 4 the bill on this night with renowned French act Nouvelle Vague. Fløyter (Fløyte 2 også Piccolo), 2 Altfløyter og 2 More info on the event here. Bassfløyter <2010> LINDEMAN, Kristian De gammeldagse piker <2010> KURBANOV, Alexey Eclogue : For viola and organ, op 15/124 <1991> ÅNESEN, Arnt Håkon Hall : In 4 Movements <2010> AAGAARD-NILSEN, Torstein Fabellandet : Symfonisk eventyr <2009-2020> MIC's catalogue Related companies: Background Adjagas (Performing Bodies\Bands Adjagas is yoik group based in Sapmi (Lapland), located in the desolate areas of (rock/pop/jazz etc.)) Northern Norway. The group consists of Sara Marielle Gaup and Lawra Somby, who Bureau Storm (Artist Managements; both are traditional yoikers, Juhani Silvola and Paal Fagerheim on guitars and Timo Booking Agencies) Silvola on drums. Their debut album “Adjagas”, produced by Andreas Mjøs (Jaga Ever Records (Record Companies\Outside Jazzist, Susanna and the magical orchestra) saw its domestic release in November Norway) 2005 to great critical acclaim. Adjágas is a state between sleeping and waking. It is Trust Me (Record Companies) where you get in touch with issues and messages that are important to you. It is also said that the Sami learned yoiking from the ulda people that live in another world Related events: parallell to our own. Adjágas is a celebration of the ancient art of yoiking and a search 22.06.2007 Adjagas at the for what the future will bring. Last year saw the outfit playing key showcases at the Glastonbury Festival Popkomm and Womex music industry events, concerts that are expected to lead to further European touring. Related articles: Rave UK reviews for Adjagas Notify a friend | Print story | By: Tomas Lauvland Pettersen Adjagas Share the story on: | More Headlines: Førde Folk Music Festival 2010 Low May sales 99 Minutes #3 For more than two decades, the Førde Folk Music sales continue its downward spiral MIC Norway’s new webcast series '99 Music Festival has maintained a position as on the domestic market in May. Minutes' continues with another strong Scandinavia’s leading programme packed with tracks from acts folk/ethnic/world/crossover festival. July Hanne Hukkelberg, Håkon Kornstad, Ost & sees the festival’s loyal and steadily Kjex, Katzenjammer, Arve Henriksen, growing audience and a considerable Motorpsycho and Karin Krog. international delegation congregating at the western-Norwegian festival for four days of sunshine and a seemingly endless supply of vibrant music. Music Information Centre Norway ! P.O. Box 2674 Solli - N-0203 OSLO - Norway Visiting address: Henrik Ibsens gate 110, Solli plass - MAP Tel: +47 2327 6300 ! Fax: +47 2327 6301 ! [email protected] Opening hours: 9:00 - 15:00 http://www.miclex.no/mic.nsf/doc/art2007022113243456825818 Side 2 av 2.