Stine Janvin & Morten Joh: Death Songs
Death Songs is a new project by Stine Janvin (voice and electronics) and Morten Joh (synths and percussion). Their starting point is the tradition of "Liksong" from the south-western region in Norway. "Liksong", literally Corpse Song, describes a now extinct custom in which a small group of singers would lead rural funeral processions, using an exceptionally slow and eerie singing style. Death Songs recreates these tonalities by postulating a voice-driven, ancient, microtonal electronic music – in which gloomy synth chords meets religious folk songs.
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