Mari Boine - It Ain't Necessarily Evil Mari Boine, a Norwegian Sami born in Finnmark in 1956, has consistently created albums of enchanting beauty. Blending her extraordinary voice, the traditional music of her Sami heritage and more contemporary jazz, rock and folk sounds, the purity of her work has touched people across the globe. Yet her music is also capable of embracing modern electronica while retaining its haunting and organic qualities. You'd be forgiven if you thought that this wonderfully natural sounding music should not be interfered with. Yet for over two decades since the release of her debut in 1985 and the subsequent breakthrough album Gula Gula Boine has proved herself a woman who has always embraced collaboration and rejected isolationism, one who recognises the enriching contributions that others can make to her art as much as to life in general. In acknowledgement of this she has invited a crack team of artists and producers to remix some of her recent work. Far from debasing their sour ... Read More >> Mari Boine - Eight Seasons Her first album for Minneapolis-based Scandinavian music label Northside, Boine appears to be newly enthused, with fellow Norwegian and highly acclaimed keyboard and production innovator Bugge Wesseltoft on hand to create a new sound full of her passionate and otherworldly vocals that move into evocative arrangements tinged with jazz influence and electronic programming. Avoiding the pitfalls of electro-acoustic cross over music Boine and Wesseltoft’s musicianship lifts this album well beyond the realms of new age cliché. Using a mix of languages, both traditional vocalese non-verbal sounds and modern vocal styles she creates a mesmerizing blend of expressive sounds with her voice Conjuring the icy atmosphere of a wind whipping across mountain tops Boine’s elemental approach to her music on the expansive ‘Mu Váibmu Vádjul Doppe’ is typical of her unique mix of indigenous and modern sounds. Able to access the power of 20th century protest songs while adding the etherea ... Read More >>

Latest Releases Mari Boine - Odda Hamis - Remixed Hailing from the Arctic part of Europe, so far north that it is often missing from weather maps, Mari Boine is one of world music's most intriguing artists: her voice, words, and mesmerising music influential across all musical and geographical borders. The voice of an oppressed "Sami" minority, in what the rest of the world knows as "Lapland", Mari Boine's rise to international fame, far beyond Scandinavia, was first established with her ground breaking album release "Gula Gula" on Peter ... Read More >> Unni Wilhelmsen - To Whom It May Concern Jazzland is proud to present the classic debut album from one of Norway's most exquisite singer-songwriters, Unni Wilhelmsen. This, her 1996 debut album was a winner of a Norwegian Grammy for Best Album and was produced by Jazzland's own Bugge Wesseltoft. Unni describes the process of making the album: I never dreamt of releasing a record. My relationship with music was a private one. I wrote stuff, but I never played in a band. I didn't make demos for record companies or attend talent compe... Read More >> Playing - Bugge Wesseltoft AVAILABLE TO ORDER NOW! Bugge Wesseltoft, Jazzman for all seasons, returns with his follow-up to his first solo masterpiece, "IM". After a year spent touring the globe to great success, "Playing" is an album of rich sound, texture and colour that showcases his more lighthearted "trickster" side after the deep intensity of its predecessor. Contemplative piano solo pieces like the title track "Playing" and "Talking To MySelf" (Parts 1 & 2) gracefully glide between playful original com... Read More >> Ola Kvernberg Trio - Folk Following his critically acclaimed Night Driver, Ola Kvernberg returns with his brand new album, Folk. Once again, Ola goes genre-bending, guiding his distinct style via fiddle and mandolin across 8 compelling musical portraits. So, "Folk" in multiple senses then: "Folk" as in the music of his roots, and "Folk" as in the people that inspire him. With tracks merrily diversifying within themselves, the idea of calling Ola's music exclusively by one generic name is an exercise in futility (not that... Read More >> Lord Kelvin - Dances In The Smoke "Lord Kelvin" is a band consisting of two hornplayers and one drummer. Their debut record, Dances in the Smoke, contains 14 songs with free-rock, jazz, chambermusic and free-improvisation. They have shared the composing democratically between themselves. The bassless trio gives a lot of freedom, but also some challenges regarding composing the music. This results in some unusual solutions in the arrangements, and a whole lot of great new and sometimes strange music.  ... Read More >> Humvee Humvee was established the spring of 2005. After several concerts in scandinavia the band decided to record their first cd, released on Jazzland Records. The band plays acoustic improvised music, and often with an idea of making music that sounds composed. The music could be described as free jazz inspired by both rock, free impro and contemporary music. It´s uncompromising, impulsive and energetic, but always with a great dynamic span. The members of the band are three busy young musicians of... Read More >>