Wimme Saari is one of the best known Sami

Sami people

The Sami people, also spelled Sámi, or Saami, are the arctic indigenous people inhabiting Sápmi, which today encompasses parts of far northern Sweden, Norway, Finland, the Kola Peninsula of Russia, and the border area between south and middle Sweden and Norway. The Sámi are Europe’s northernmost...

 yoik

Yoik

A joik, , luohti, vuolle, leu'dd, or juoiggus is a traditional Sami form of song.Originally, joik referred to only one of several Sami singing styles, but in English the word is often used to refer to all types of traditional Sami singing...

ers from Finland

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...

. Wimme Saari combines traditional Sami singing with his own improvisations, usually to a techno-ambient accompaniment by members of Finnish electronic group RinneRadio

RinneRadio

RinneRadio is group of electro jazz pioneers from Finland. Operating on the boundaries of jazz and electronic music, the output of RinneRadio has been described as "some jazz, plenty of techno and ambient influences, a few poppy melodies, and hints of world music"...

. Wimme has also appeared on the albums of other bands or musicians, for instance Hedningarna

Hedningarna

Hedningarna is a Swedish and, for some years partly Finnish, folk music band that mixes electronics and rock with elements from old Scandinavian folk music. Their music features Yoik or juoiggus, a traditional Sami form of song.-History:...

, Nits or Hector Zazou

Hector Zazou

Hector Zazou was a prolific French composer and record producer who worked with, produced, and collaborated with an international array of recording artists...

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Related Wimme Recordings

Nits - alankomaat (1998)

Hedningarna - Hippjokk (1997)

Hedningarna - Trä (1994)

RinneRadio - Joik Aani (1992)

Wimme recordings

• Wimme (1995)
• Gierran (1997)
• Cugu (2000)
• Bárru (2003)
• Gapmu / Instinct (2003) - (entirely a cappella
  A cappella
  A cappella music is specifically solo or group singing without instrumental sound, or a piece intended to be performed in this way. It is the opposite of cantata, which is accompanied singing. A cappella was originally intended to differentiate between Renaissance polyphony and Baroque concertato...
  
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• Mun (2009)

External links

• Official Bio