Whirled

Vasen | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (September 23, 1997)
• Original Release Date: September 23, 1997
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Northside Records
• ASIN: B000003THZ
• Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #149,739 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #35 in Music > World Music > Europe > Scandinavia > General

Track Listings

1. Kapten Kapsyl [Captain Bottle Top]

2. Bambodansarna

3. Börjar du Fatta

4. Shapons Vindaloo

5. Nitti Pomfritti (Ninety French Fries)

6. 30-Ars Jiggen

7. Anno 1643

8. Tärtulingen

9. Sald Och Solde

10. En Timme I Ungern

11. Till Farmor

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Swedish folk. Who would have thought?, December 3, 1999

By 

Sara Wells (Lexington, KY) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Whirled (Audio CD)

This music will entrance you with its satisfying texture, and its hypotic rhythms will infect your mind (or at least make you want to jump around a lot). At times Whirled seems have Celtic inflections, though phrases are often delightfully asymmetric. Vasen sets up addictive grooves that remain clever throughout. There is even a touch of a more Eastern sound. Yet, Vasen's music retains a distinctiveness that makes it incomparable to anything else. This is some of the funnest, and still, most legitimate music I have ever heard.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Are you experienced?, June 20, 2001

By 

Kenny b Natural - See all my reviews

This review is from: Whirled (Audio CD)

Stunningly beautiful melodies with quirky rhythyms played by the masters of the style. When I 1st heard this on the radio I thought maybe it was Breton or Celtic. I soon explored more Scandinavian music and it was everything I could hope for in a traditional music. The use of viola, middle eastern drumming and bouzouki backing up the native keyed fiddle or "nyckleharpa" is a superb blend that never seems old. The compositional talents of Roger Talroth, Mikel Marin and Olov Johannson combined is an unparalled marvel. I own almost every disc on this label, now. The sense of living with magic and unseen forces pervades this music and is part of the living culture that is Scandanavia.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Strikingly unique!, December 30, 2003

By 

Brianna Neal (USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Whirled (Audio CD)

This joyous celebration of ancient and modern takes the listener on a journey through another world. Andre Ferrari's varied and inventive percussion is a nice complement to nyckelharpist Olov Johansson, fiddler Mikael Marin and guitarist Roger Tallroth, and distinguishes Vasen from many of the other neo-traditional Nordic groups. Another feature that sets this band apart is their freewheeling approach to meter and melody, disregarding the conventions of both to create music with an unexpected freshness and fascinating wildness. The tone of the selections on this album alternates between lively and progressive to laid-back and quaint, but an overriding sense of folksy cheerfulness pervades them all. Track 4, "Shapons Vindaloo", has a Middle Eastern feel to it and resembles the work of violinist Claude Shalhoub on his self-titled album. If you like "Whirled", check out also Vasen's subsequent release, "Gront", which is somewhat darker but just as interesting.