Joik

The Joik ( North Sami juoigan; verb. Joiken, nordsam juoigat ) is a related to the yodel, monotonous, guttural singing of the seeds. These indigenous people of Lapland so sing humans, animals and natural phenomena. The Joik is still an integral part of their culture.

The Joik is maintained by both men and women and has sung text or meaningless syllables. He was formerly the only traditional music form of seeds and consisted of a solo singing without instrumental accompaniment. The main melody instrument was the reed instrument fadno while the shaman for his sessions used the shaman drum. Both served occasionally as an accompaniment of Joik.

The Sami Yoik is only partially formalized and about half improvisation. The basic understanding after a Joik simply arises in a person through life in nature, so you can not directly identify him as improvisational singing - he simply exists and fits the mood and the landscape on. In artistic performances, he is however slightly adapted to the situation. There occur rhythmic and melodic changes. Individual vibration and rapid or slow tremolos can be installed.

Topics of Joikens

In a mixture of song and ballad poem or the lyrics talking mostly about life in the barren landscape of the polar region. The Joiken may be about the past or the future, but most often "play" it in the present. His subjects cover the contents of the entire life of the Joikers ( performer ). Some of the joik tell of people, but most of animals that are particularly important for the seeds - eg reindeer and some wildlife. Also sacred, special places in nature, feelings and hopes are well-known themes of joik. The traditional and most popular joik are those about the wolf and those Personenjoiks that describe a person's character.

Anyone who wants to understand the Joik, must sink into the deep connection of the seeds with nature. You do not joikt about something, but you joikt something - that is, when Joiken arises in singers and listeners the idea of ​​the presence of humans, animals, situations or landscapes. A Joik is endless. It needs no words, the interpreter can tell the story through words, gestures, melody, rhythm, and other forms of expression or vary. The Joik is a " thing-in- and - for -itself ".

Every year at Easter, the " Sami Grand Prix " held in Kautokeino ( Finnmark county / Northern Norway ), a music contest in which the locals perform their self-composed works.

Famous Artists

At the opening ceremony of the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer of Nils- Aslak Same Valkeapää sang his joik. Prior to 1996, a serious car accident suffered on its long-term consequences, he died at the end of 2001, which also " Áilluhas " or " Áillohaš " was called native Finn the most famous artist of this genre. For the Norwegian Youth Adventure Pathfinder ( original title: Ofelas or Veiviseren ) 1987 Valkeapää had sung a large part of the soundtrack. In addition, he played the role of siida - isit in this first purely Sámi film production.

The internationally renowned Norwegian world music performer Mari Boine is often referred to as the most important representative of the Joik. In fact, their spherically - mystical style of singing but did not have much in common with the throaty indigenous Joik.

The Finnish Sami singer Wimme respectively Wimme Saari, however, is a modern Joik interpreter that presents real joik on the stage, but this can often accompany the techno sounds of his band radio channel.

It is believed that some Finnish bands such as Korpiklaani and Finntroll sing in Joik style. However, the song of the band does not have much in common with the original Joik. Nevertheless, the Joik has left its mark in the songs of these bands and helped them among other things to worldwide success.

The Finn Ulla Pirttijärvi from Utsjoki, the cosmos of sound in the concert series - World Music in NRW completed in March 2006, a total of 16 performances in various cities in North Rhine -Westphalia, is also becoming well known.

Transjoik is a Norwegian band that combines jazz music with joik. Established in 1992 in Trondheim, under the name Frode Fjellheim Jazzjoik ensemble, she has also gained popularity associated with the ambient or trance scene later.

• Sami music
• Vocal technique
• Genre of traditional music