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. An unusual and striking album of deep-rooted contemporary music.

Tracklist:
1. Krippainggler (Karin Nakagawa)
2. Dröm (Anders Jormin)
3. Jag Starkvar (Jormin)
4. Urbanus (Willemark)
5. Hirajoshi (Jormin)
6. Minni (Willemark)
7. Ogadh Dett (Jormin)
8. Lyöstraini (Willemark)
9. Slingerpolska (Willemark)
10. Uoruo (Willemark)
11. Lyösfridhn (Nakagawa)
12. Vilda Vindar (Willemark)