Loituma
Loituma is a Finnish quartet that combines the Finnish vocal tradition with the sounds of the kantele. Gained international recognition the group through their interpretation of the song " Ievan polkka ".
History
Loituma was founded in the fall of 1989 as the Septet Jäykkä Leipä ( ' stiff bread ') at the Sibelius Academy, Department of Folk Music. For the original cast also included singers Sanna Kurki - Suonio and Tellu Paulasto; but both later went to Sweden and entered Hedningarna at. Anita Lehtola until 2000 was also a member of Hedningarna. Loituma was elected in 1997 at the Folk Music Festival Kaustinen for " Group of the Year ". Over the years, the band continuously pursued their own musical path and expanded their music to different musical influences of various origins. One of the cornerstones of Finnish folk music is the vocals. The songs of Loituma, supported in the background by Martti Pokela and Toivo Alaspää convey Finnish tradition. Another fundamental element of the music of Loituma is the kantele.
Ievan Polkka
Ievan Polkka Song ( Eva's Polka) was originally written in 1937 by Eino Kettunen. Loituma were sung with her version of Ievan Polkka in ostfinnischem dialect known, which they supplemented by an intermezzo, which generally consists of sounds without meaning and uses only the voice as another musical instrument. The Intermezzo is freely improvised at each performance. With this interpretation Loituma were also in the Finnish charts, and later, in April 2007, represented even in the German Top 50 charts.
For Ievan Polkka cult became especially in Internet forums and blogs through a flash video. In this Orihime Inoue turned, a character from the anime Bleach implementation of a leek - rod in a short and ever- repeating sequence. At the same time came in an endless loop of Ievan Polkka the Intermezzo.
Published in 2006 by two Italian music producer, a version of the song for which they created the animated cartoon character Holly Dolly.