The circumpolar Sámi sound poet from Norway, Torgeir Vassvik, develops new visions of the animistic joik, the vocal art of the Sámi indigenous people of Northern Europe. With his band VASSVIK he embeds it into an arctic-avant-garde sound, which is rooted in folk, classical, jazz and impro music.
Together with the experimental violin playing of the brothers Hans P. and Rasmus Kjorstad and Audun Strype’s live sound design, a new contemporary music is created out of our most ancient traditions.

Torgeir Vassvik – joik, guitar, frame drum
Hans P. Kjorstad – violin
Rasmus Kjorstad – octave violin
Audun Strype – sound design

www.vassvik.com

Booking: Torgeir Vassvik
torgeirvassvik@gmail.com
+47 47858647

Photo: Alf Helge Jensen