Seleniko

Varttina | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 5, 1993)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Xenophile Records
• ASIN: B000001L4L
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #264,264 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #66 in Music > World Music > Europe > Scandinavia > General

Track Listings

1. Seelinnikoi

2. Lemmennosto [Awakening of Love]

3. Kylä Vuotti Uutta Kuuta [The Village Awaits the New Moon]

4. Sulhassii [Bride Grooms]

5. Matalii Ja Mustii [Sad and Mournful]

6. Hoptsoi

7. Suuret Ja Soriat [Tall and Handsome]

8. Leppiäinen [Gentle as Alder]

9. Pihi Neito [Stingy Girl]

10. Mikä Miulla Mielessä [What's on My Mind?]

11. Kiirama

12. Kyvä Tyttönä Hypätä [Good to Stay a Single Girl]

13. Fanfaari (Fanfare)

14. Paukkuvat Pasuunat [Thundering Trumpets]

Editorial Reviews

CD has 14 soundtracks. Music is from Finland and is distributed by Green Linnet Records. CD has Xeno phile written on it.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Neo-Finnish folk music with a twist, December 30, 2003

By 

Brianna Neal (USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Seleniko (Audio CD)

Varttina's debut album for the Green Linnett/Xenophile label, "Seleniko" is the folksiest of the group's releases. Traditional Finnish melodies and strident female folk-singing are successfully blended with instrumental accompaniments that combine Scandinavian, Celtic and modern elements. More laid back and accoustic than some of Varttina's later work, "Seleniko" celebrates the band's traditional roots. Topics of the songs, sung in Finnish with English translations provided, are the stuff of all traditional folk music--love, courtship, marriage and drinking. The acapella song "Sulhassii", accompanied only by hand claps, is particularly fun, gaily encouraging young girls to accept a suitor. "Hyva Tyttona Hypata", on the contrary, warns girls to remain maids so they won't have move into a stranger's house and fawn on a mother-in-law. This simple song is arranged with a modern feel to it, building and evolving as the verses progress. All in all, "Seleniko" is an impressive and innovative debut with the promise of much more to come! Varttina's next, "Aitara", kicks it up a notch, while the solo release by lead singers Sari and Mari Kaasinen, "Can We Have Christmas Now?", delves more deeply into traditional Finnish music.

5.0 out of 5 stars Exquisite-- from haunting to high energy, April 27, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: Seleniko (Audio CD)

This album shows Varttina at their best, from revved-up instrumentals to slow and soulful a cappella. A good variety of styles, blending the traditional with the modern.