{"product_id":"leagus-ulli-lp","title":"Leagus - Ulli - LP","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eUlli is the fourth album by Norwegian-Sámi duo LEAGUS, consisting of pianist Herborg Rundberg and guitarist Kristian Svalestad Olstad. The album takes its point of departure in ideas of cycles, circulation and movement — in nature, in rhythm, and in the way musical ideas emerge, disappear and return in new forms.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eUlli is the Northern Sámi word for high tide. High tide is not a static state, but part of a larger natural cycle: it rises and falls, expands and contracts, moves outward and inward, and returns to familiar places without ever being quite the same.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eRooted in a Sámi identity, LEAGUS has always explored the space between composition and improvisation, and between established musical roles and the possibilities of redefining them.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe music on Ulli was not composed first and recorded afterwards. Instead, LEAGUS set up in their studio and spent an extended period of time improvising, composing and recording simultaneously. Ideas could be kept and developed when they felt meaningful, while others were left behind for later. Over time, the material began to take shape through this continuous process of exploration.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe album gradually expands beyond the duo. Svein Schultz contributes bass, while Torkil Vollstad-Giæver and\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"bcTruncateMore\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eAleksander Kostopoulos appear on drums. The joiker Lávre Johan Eira contributes on two tracks, with his voice and joik becoming an integral part of the compositions.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe music moves between acoustic and electronic textures, composed structures and improvisation. Piano, guitar, percussion, programming, bass and drums form a constantly shifting framework, while joik introduces another dimension of musical expression rooted in LEAGUS' Sámi identity.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe return to the duo format comes after the expansive Flora Eallin, a commissioned work for the ten-piece Nordnorsk Jazzensemble. After the experience of working with a large ensemble, there was a natural desire to explore the intimacy, freedom and possibilities of working as two musicians again. Not as a step backwards, but as part of the same ongoing movement.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTracklist\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e1. \u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;\"\u003eGaskkas \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e(feat. Lávre)\u003cbr\u003e2. Buolža\u003cbr\u003e3. Eamit\u003cbr\u003e4. Čáhcemuitu\u003cbr\u003e5. Uvlu\u003cbr\u003e6. Áhkut (feat. Lávre)\u003cbr\u003e7. Guohtun\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Is it Jazz? Records","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67739547238678,"sku":"KAR324LP","price":349.0,"currency_code":"NOK","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0944\/2820\/1238\/files\/Leagus-Ulli-LPMockup.jpg?v=1792133129","url":"https:\/\/shop.karismarecords.no\/products\/leagus-ulli-lp","provider":"Karisma \u0026 Dark Essence Records","version":"1.0","type":"link"}