Album info

Album-Release:
2022

HRA-Release:
28.10.2022

Label: Nordic Notes

Genre: Folk

Artist: Okra Playground

Album including Album cover

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  • 1 Itku 03:01
  • 2 Ukkonen 04:30
  • 3 Laula! 03:16
  • 4 Kylmä lintu kyyneleeni 04:25
  • 5 Veri 05:55
  • 6 Kymmenniekka kylässä 04:06
  • 7 Hetkeen 03:59
  • 8 Juoksen karkuun aurinkoa 03:19
  • 9 Hypnoosi 04:00
  • Total Runtime 36:31

Info for Itku

Eine Welt aus Schatten und Licht erschaffen: Okra Playground veröffentlichen mit „Itku“ (übersetzt: Weine) ihr drittes Album, das sich mit dem hochaktuellen Thema Veränderung beschäftigt. Die sechs Musiker überzeugen mit einer aufregenden Mischung aus traditioneller finnischen Folksounds, elektronischer Musik und rockigen Klängen.

Markenzeichen dieser finnischen »Supergruppe« sind die drei ausdrucksvollen Stimmen der Sängerinnen. Das Sextett zieht die Hörer mit hypnotischen Rhythmen und energiegeladenen Sounds in seinen Bann. Von finnischer Zurückhaltung ist bei Okra Playground nichts zu spüren, wenn sie traditionelle Folksounds gehörig gegen den Strich bürsten. Die Musiker überzeugen erneut mit einem echten Händchen für Zwischentöne. Alle Songs stammen von Hirvonen, Maija Kauhanen und Veikko Muikku, die auch für einen Teil der Albumproduktion verantwortlich zeichnen.

Die Albumtracks entwickelten sich aus Soloarbeiten der Musiker und in gemeinsamen Sessions. Im Vergleich zu ihren früheren Alben haben die Bandmitglieder die Texte überwiegend selbst geschrieben. Die uralten Texte des traditionellen finnischen Runo-Gesangs dienen aber weiterhin als wichtige Inspirationsquelle.

Okra Playground:
Päivi Hirvonen, Gesang, Geige, Harfer
Maija Kauhanen, Gesang, Kantele
Essi Muikku, Gesang, Kantele
Sami Kujala, E-Bass
Veikko Muikku, Akkordeon, Synthesizer
Oskari Lehtonen, Percussion




Okra Playground
Helsinki based electro-folk band Okra Playground was originally formed in 2010 from a shared wish to bring together excellent people and musicians to play around traditional Finnish music with a fresh approach. The band became almost literally a musical playground for its musicians. On this playground the kantele and bowed lyre, both ancient folk instruments, coexist in a new, exciting symbiosis with modern instruments and soundscapes. The music resulting from the quite unusual interesting combination has roots deep in the Finnish soil, but its tallest branches spread out towards the furthest shores of world music. The strong voices of the three female singers, as well as the age-old lyrics, simultaneously take the listener to far-off places and close to home. Okra Playground’s fresh music captivates the listener with its hypnotic beat and mystical energy.

“Okra Playground will be a favourite in the European folk music festival scene from now on.” – Lira Musikmagasin 4/2018

Okra Playground’s long-waited debut album Turmio was released in October 2015. The album has ever since been warmly received gaining praises in the new and old medias – for instance receiving a five star review in Songlines Magazine. Turmio also made it to few listings of best albums of 2015. In July 2016 Turmio was re-released by Nordic Notes in most of Europe. The debut also took Okra Playground to perform at the official showcase program of World Music Expo WOMEX16.

Okra Playground released their second album Ääneni yli vesien in March 2018. They have already celebrated the new album touring Germany, Belgium, Finland, Sweden and Norway.

The musicians of this groundbreaking group are well known in the fields of folk and pop music – both in Finland and abroad. Okra Playground has previously captivated and charmed audiences at festivals such as The Rainforest World Music Festival (Malaysia), Brosella Folk & Jazz Festival (Belgium), Varangerfestivalen (Norway), Flow Festival (Finland), Haapavesi Folk (Finland), Folklandia (Finland), Kaustinen Folk Music Festival (Finland), and Etno-Espa (Finland). You can hear them in bands like Mari Kalkun & Runorun, Rönsy and Hohka, as well as solo – Maija Kauhanen and Päivi Hirvonen – fiddler with the voice.



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