V?rttin? - Seleniko
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Artist: V?rttin?Edition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 1993-10-05
Music Label: Xenophile Records
Soundtracks:
- Seelinnikoi
- Lemmennosto (Awakening Of Love)
- Kyla Vuotti Uutta Kuuta (The Village Awaits The New Moon)
- Sulhassii (Bride Grooms)
- Matalii Ja Mustii (Sad And Mournful)
- Hoptsoi
- Suuret Ja Soriat (Tall And Handsome)
- Leppiainen (Gentle As Alder)
- Pihi Neito (Stingy Girl)
- Mika Miulla Mielessa (What's On My Mind?)
- Kiirama
- Hyva Tyttona Hypata (Good To Stay A Single Girl)
- Fanfaari (Fanfare)
- Paukkuvat Pasuunat (Thundering Trumpets)
Free Music Notes for Seleniko
Free Music Review: Neo-Finnish folk music with a twist
Hit: 4 Stars
Varttina's debut album for the Green Linnett/Xenophile label, "Seleniko" is the folksiest of the group's releases. Traditional Finnish melodies and strident female folk-singing are successfully blended with instrumental accompaniments that combine Scandinavian, Celtic and modern elements. More laid back and accoustic than some of Varttina's later work, "Seleniko" celebrates the band's traditional roots. Topics of the songs, sung in Finnish with English translations provided, are the stuff of all traditional folk music--love, courtship, marriage and drinking. The acapella song "Sulhassii", accompanied only by hand claps, is particularly fun, gaily encouraging young girls to accept a suitor. "Hyva Tyttona Hypata", on the contrary, warns girls to remain maids so they won't have move into a stranger's house and fawn on a mother-in-law. This simple song is arranged with a modern feel to it, building and evolving as the verses progress. All in all, "Seleniko" is an impressive and innovative debut with the promise of much more to come! Varttina's next, "Aitara", kicks it up a notch, while the solo release by lead singers Sari and Mari Kaasinen, "Can We Have Christmas Now?", delves more deeply into traditional Finnish music.
Seleniko Poster
Varttina is a nine-member Finnish ensemble featuring four female singers and a five-member folk string band. The emphasis is clearly on the dazzling vocals of the four women, who sing in perfect parallels even as they bounce through the brisk tempos and syncopated rhythms. All 14 selections on this album are either traditional Finnish folk songs or reworkings of original materials. There are obvious parallels with Celtic music, which originated in a similar latitude, but Varttina's harmonies have more of a Slavic character. What really makes this album such a triumph is not only the sheer beauty of the harmonies but also the personal emotion the women put into their vocals. --Geoffrey HimesAlternative Rock Music CDs
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