Wind and Sun Sinikka Langeland

• 1 Row My Ocean 07:04
• 2 Wind and Sun 02:53
• 3 It Walks and Walks 06:48
• 4 When the Heart Is A Moon 05:14
• 5 Hands That Held 04:04
• 6 A Child Who Exists 04:48
• 7 A Window Tells 06:38
• 8 The Love 04:48
• 9 Wind Song 03:15
• 10 A Child Who Exists (Var.) 04:33
• 11 Wind and Sun (Var.) 06:48
• 12 You Hear My Heart Come 08:46
• Total Runtime 01:05:39

Info for Wind and Sun

“Being in a room with Sinikka Langeland is like being charmed into a northern forest under a night sky,” wrote Fiona Talkington in Songlines. “Her presence and her voice are magical, but when she plays her kantele you can almost feel nature itself quivering with joy.” (Fiona Talkington, Songlines)

The expressive arc of Sinikka’s music extends from the archaic to the experimental. Rooted in folk forms but wide-open in its perspectives it demands – and on Wind and Sun gets – particularly resourceful interpreters. Langeland’s new group is an optimum assembly of Norwegian musicians, each of them an ECM bandleader in his own right, all of them contributing ideas to the ongoing musical conversation – and, as Sinikka says, “taking things further in their incredible improvised solos.” For her song texts this time, Sinikka turns to the writings of poet and novelist Jon Fosse, one of Norway’s most important contemporary authors. Fosse has described the process of writing as “an act of listening” and wrestles with questions of faith in his work in a way that resonates with Sinikka’s fascination with “natural mysticism”. Wind and Sun, Sinikka Langeland’s seventh ECM album, was recorded at Oslo’s Rainbow Studio in September 2022 and mixed at Munich’s Bavaria Tonstudio in March 2023.

Sinikka Langeland, vocals, kantele, Jew's harp
Mathias Eick, trumpet
Trygve Seim, tenor and soprano saxophone
Mats Eilertsen, double bass
Thomas Stronen, drums

Sinikka Langeland
has worked for decades with the mythological part of the cultural heritage of Finnskogen ("Forest of the Finns"). She is the country's foremost interpreter of, and advocate for, the vocal folk music from this region of Norway. This work has resulted in several books and CD releases, most recently the disc The Half - Finished Heaven which a reviewer has described as, "Constantly developing. A world-class performer, Langeland upholds her reputation by maintaining high quality in every detail." The CD has impressed both the Norwegian and international press. In The Magical Forest Langeland continues to share aspects of Finnskogen's rich musical traditions. This unique new piece was commissioned by the Finnskogen Exhibition and is performed in collaboration with some of the Nordic region's foremost jazz musicians: Arve Henriksen on trumpet, Trygve Seim on saxophone, Anders Jormin on bass and Markku Ounaskari on drums. In addition, Langeland is joined by the renowned vocal trio, Trio Mediaeval, who will experiment with the part of the piece inspired by runic songs.

Booklet for Wind and Sun