Orbina: Orbina II

MIC’s Listen to Norway profile series continues with Orbina’s second album.

	Listen to excerpts from Orbina’s latest album
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25.08.2003 | By: Tomas Lauvland Pettersen

Nine years after their debut, Orbina return with the follow up. Fusing ancient Sami vocal traditions with 21st century production techniques and instrumentation is a serious undertaking that could easily end up not portraying the rich Sami traditions correctly. Orbina succeed on their quest - the outcome of the efforts on this album might best be described as a large canvas of highly contemporary Saami folk music with colourful strokes of present technology. Rich vocal tracks, tasteful programming and skilful instrumentation round out a strong album that serves as a lasting point of reference for contemporary Sami crossover music.

Orbina: Orbina II (DAT DATCD 34)

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