Jrpjej - Yele Yele (live @TivoliVredenburg 2021)

Jrpjej performs ‘Yele Yele’ recorded at Le Guess Who? festival in TivoliVredenburg/Utrecht in 2021. Full session: Jrpjej: Timur Kodzoko — guitar, shichepshin, vocals Alan Sheugen — vocals, accordion Diana Kulova — vocals, shichepshin, percussion Zaur Nagoy, vocals (special guest) The group Jrpjej creates a sound which both feels ancient and novel. Jrpjej plays traditional Circassian and Caucasian music and try to find their own way to sound in the limits of canon. They use only acoustic instruments – shichepshin, apapshin, percussion, accordion – but original approach to melodies and songs makes the sound dense which is more typical for the metal or experimental electronic. Singer Zaur Nagoy is known for his dark and beguiling song stories and spoken word-ballads. Ored Recordings is a Russian label known for collecting and documenting field recordings of authentic traditional music “from Caucasus, Russia and