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Estonian Notes - Ukraine Emergency Appeal

by olev muska

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All proceeds from this release will be donated to UNICEF Australia Ukraine Emergency Appeal
www.unicef.org.au/landing-pages/ukraine-emergency-appeal

> Electronic folk music of Estonia

> A compilation of works produced between 1983 and 2022

> All tracks based on popular Estonian folk songs and dances


IN THE MUSEUM OF ETHNOGRAPHY

We didn't bother to twist necks double;
Our yarn we double twisted instead.

We didn't care to thrust eyes out of heads;
We thrust corpses into textiles instead.

We weren't keen to slit throats;
We cut up fabrics instead.

We weren't in a hurry to puncture bodies with spikes;
We stitched blankets and headdresses instead.

Our coffins are now full with works of art,
There are no acts of manliness here.

Buried under the beauty of our cloth
is the pain and suffering of our enslavement.

/ Aleksander Suuman

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ETNOGRAAFIA MUUSEUMIS

Ei vaevund me kaelu kahekorra käänama;
Lõngu me kahekorra käänasime.

Ei söandand me silmi peast välja susata;
Surnukat lõimesse suskasime.

Ei mõigand me kõrisid läbi lõigata;
Kangaid me läbi lõikasime.

Ei tihand me kehi piiki tikkida;
Tekke ja tanusid tikkisime.

Kirstud on täis nüüd kunstiteoseid;
Mehetegusid pole siin.

Ürpide ilu alla on maetud
orjapõlve valu ja piin.

/ Aleksander Suuman

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released March 28, 2022

> All tracks arranged + produced + mastered by Olev Muska

> 'Hällilaul / Lullaby' is a re-imagined original Mihkel Tartu and Olev Muska composition (1988) featuring the voice of Marta Vambola

> 'Heestimuusika' features the voice of Sten Teppan

> 'Kuldne õhtu päike / Golden evening sun' features the voices of Helvi and Carmen Meiers and Olev Muska

> 'Nägin tonti (Mardilaul) / Spooked (Song of St. Martin's Day)' features samples from pioneering Estonian ensemble Collage's 1974 LP Kadriko

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olev muska Wangi Wangi, Australia

Estonian-Australian folk synthesist, composer and visual artist. Son of refugees from Russia's invasion of Estonia in 1944.

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