Europe

This astounding musician vocalist and from the Sami indigenous people of Northern Europe.

With his band V A S S V I K the circumpolar sound poet Torgeir Vassvik provides you with a fresh kick from the shores of the Arctic Ocean. Whether you listen to him in Norway, Canada, Japan or Malaysia, he will have you mesmerized by his new vision of animistic Joik, the vocal art of the Samiindigenous people of Northern Europe.

It's a magical energy from the Nordic vocalist, musician and composer Torgeir Vassvik taking a unique approach to the archaic, trancelike Joik of his people, the Coastal Sami. The Oslo based soundscape artist stems from Gamvik in the Northernmost tip of the European mainland. His voice, like a mirror of the landscape, is a rare, raw jewel with facets full of beauty. Joik has inspired the Samimusician since childhood. But he also grew up with the mandolin music of his father and played in several Indie Rock groups. Undertaking cool sound experiments he updates animistic vocal tradition and percussion rituals for the 21st century.

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