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.
ecmTracklist :
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 
