Angelit
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Finland
Finland , officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden in the west, Norway in the north and Russia in the east, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland.Around 5.4 million people reside...
Sámi folk music
Folk music
Folk music is an English term encompassing both traditional folk music and contemporary folk music. The term originated in the 19th century. Traditional folk music has been defined in several ways: as music transmitted by mouth, as music of the lower classes, and as music with unknown composers....
group formed by sisters Ursula and Tuuni Länsman in 1989. However, the history of the group can be traced back to 1982 when Eino Ukkonen, Ursula and Tuuni Länsman's Finnish teacher, took them along with some classmates to sing at a Sámi festival held at Utsjoki
Utsjoki
Utsjoki is a municipality in Finland. It is located in Lapland and borders Norway as well as the municipality of Inari. The municipality was founded in 1876. It has a population of and covers an area of ofwhich is water. The population density is....
. In 1987 the group released their first non-commercial tape, recorded together with Mari Boine
Mari Boine
Mari Boine, previously known as Mari Boine Persen, is a Norwegian Sami musician known for having added jazz and rock to the yoiks of her native people...
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In 1989 one of the members of the group was killed in a car accident, and subsequently the group broke up. Ursula and Tuuni went on and established a group that was called "Angelin tytöt" or "girls of Angeli", named after Angeli
Angeli, Finland
Angeli is a village in Lapland. It is located west of village of Inari in the municipality of Inari near the Muotkatunturi wilderness region in Finland. The Inari River flows by the village, which is located close to the Norwegian border...
, the village they grew up in, located in Inari
Inari, Finland
Inari is Finland's largest, sparsely populated municipality with four official languages, more than any other in the country. Its major sources of income are lumber industry and nature maintenance. With the museum Siida in the village of Inari, it is a center of Sami culture...
in Northern Finland.
The group changed its name to Angelit in 1997 due to the problem of many different translations of "Angelin tytöt".
Members
- Tuuni Länsman
- Ursula Länsman
- Alfred Häkkinen (joined in 1994; guitar and drums)
- Samuli Kosminen (joined in 1999; percussion)
- Mamba Assefa (joined in 1999; percussion)
- Kimmo Kajasto (joined in 1999; keyboards, programming, atmospherics)
Albums
As Angelin tytöt:- Dolla (Fire, 1992)
- GiituGiituGiitu is an album by the Finnish folk music group Angelin tytöt, released in 1993 in Finland. The musical tracks consist mainly of traditional Sámi yoiking accompanied by a guitar...
(Thank you, 1993) - SkeaikitSkeaikitSkeaikit is an album by the Finnish folk music group Angelin tytöt, released in 1995 in Finland. The musical tracks consist mainly of traditional Sámi yoiking mixed with electronic music in some of the songs...
(Laughter, 1995) - The Voice of the North (1997) - a compilation of the three previous albums
As Angelit:
- MannúMannuMannu is a 1978 Malayalam film directed by K. G. George with Soman, P. K. Abraham, Sharada and Sukumaran in the lead roles.-Plot:Mannu is about the struggle between Damu, a tenant whose legal right to his land is obscure, and Krishnan Nair, a rapacious landlord. The local leader of the party,...
(The moon, 1999) - ReasonsReasons (album)Reasons is an album by the Finnish folk music group Angelit, released in 2003 in Finland. The musical tracks consist mainly of traditional Sámi yoiking.-Track listing:# "Ikte" – 0:53# "Luovus" – 4:08# "Hobo" – 4:27# "Buohkain Mis Miella" – 4:21...
(2003)
Collaborations
All but the Final Fantasy collaboration have been made with the band WaltariWaltari
Waltari is a band from Finland, known for its diversity and combination of music styles, frequently combining alternative metal, progressive metal, death metal, hard rock, heavy metal, hip hop, industrial, pop, punk, rap, symphonic metal, techno and thrash metal.Most of the band's music is written...
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- Final Fantasy V Dear Friends (1993)
- So Fine!So Fine!So Fine! is the 3rd studio album by the Finnish avant-garde progressive metal band Waltari and their first collaboration with the Joik group Angelit.-Track listing:# "The Beginning Song" - 4:14# "Mad Boy" - 4:23# "So Fine" - 4:32...
(1994) - So Fine 2000 (2000)
- Channel NordicaChannel NordicaChannel Nordica is the 8th studio album by Waltari+Angelit.-Track listing:# "Intro" - 1:02# "Tráveller" - 4:52# "System Oðða Áigi" - 4:57# "Muittut" - 2:51# "Virtual Áigái" - 5:29# "So Fine 2000" - 3:57# "Hard And Positive" - 4:27...
(2000)