Kiri Uu

In the words of <a href="spotify:artist:3MF1hzHZ0T67PQqs6J34fy" data-name="Charles Seeger">Charles Seeger</a> this is the concept of the folk process. ‘Creak Whoosh’ is a collection of choral ballads originating in the Finno-Ugric regions of Estonia and Ingria, electronically adapted predominantly by <a href="spotify:artist:7oglFvWqIJ7NdMTRKTYF1e" data-name="Olev Muska">Olev Muska</a> and Mihkel Tartu, based around the contemporary arrangements of <a href="spotify:artist:0Idpvxe8nO6ZOciUbB5eSa" data-name="Veljo Tormis">Veljo Tormis</a>. Originally established as ‘Kiri-uu’, the project was undertaken by the children of Estonian refugees, most of whom grew up over 8,000 miles away in the metropolis of Sydney, Australia. With the majority having never visited the land of their ancestors prior to the tour of 1989, the first generations reshaping of these ancient folk tales convey Seeger’s process amidst displacement and its subsequent fringe-culture. Fusing modern recording technologies and synthesized instrumentation with themes of nature and eternity, for a short time the Kiri-uu choir dictated their own unique reading of Estonian music for the Australian market. Love and family, swamps and forests, seasons and desire:

‘Is it the moon or the sun or a rainbow, or are they the stars in the sky?’

Kiri-uu are: Christine Jaques, Ene Juurma, Kaija Ann Meister, Ilmar Midri, <a href="spotify:artist:7oglFvWqIJ7NdMTRKTYF1e" data-name="Olev Muska">Olev Muska</a>, Juhan Palm-Peipman, Mihkel Tartu, Gunnel Silvéus, Ingrid Silvéus, Ingrid Slamer, Lembit Suur and Vivien Valk.