ANDERS JORMIN | LENA WILLEMARK | KARIN NAKAGAWA - Trees of Light (2015) FLAC (tracks+.cue), lossless

Anders Jormin’s new Swedish-Japanese project returns the highly distinctive voice and fiddle of Lena Willemark to ECM (her first appearance on the label in more than a decade), and introduces koto player Karin Nakagawa. In their collaborative music the Japanese classical tradition and the stark, archaic sounds of the koto, allied to Jormin’s muscular bass improvisations, form a unique context for Lena’s sung poems, delivered in her native Älvdals-dialect. Traditions and non-idiomatic improvising are cross-referenced, and new paths are opened up. This unusual and striking album of deep-rooted contemporary music is launched with ten concerts in Sweden. ecm
Tracklist :
1    Krippainggler 8'43
(Karin Nakagawa)
2    Dröm 3'55
(Anders Jormin)
3    Jag Starkvar 3'19
(Anders Jormin)
4    Urbanus 4'02
(Lena Willemark)
5    Hirajoshi 5'58
(Anders Jormin)
6    Minni 2'03
(Lena Willemark)
7    Ogadh Dett 5'39
(Anders Jormin)
8    Lyöstraini 5'14
(Lena Willemark)
9    Slingerpolska 2'28
(Lena Willemark)
10    Uoruo 5'59
(Lena Willemark)
11    Lyösfridhn 4'48
(Karin Nakagawa)
12    Vilda Vindar 4'26
(Lena Willemark)
Credits :
Anders Jormin   Double Bass
Lena Willemark   Voice, Fiddle, Viola
Karin Nakagawa   25-String Koto