Terje Isungset Arctic Icemusic concert at Førdefestivalen 2016. Norway

A unique Ice concert and world premier in Norway July 2016. Performers are: Terje Isungset: icedrums, icepercussion, icehorns, iceofone & idea. Maria Skranes: voice & electronics. Sara Marielle Gaup Beska: voice & joik. Beatrice Deer: throat singing & voice. Evie Mark: throat singing & voice. Radik Tyulyush: throat singing. The most memorable performance was the premiere of Arctic Ice Music, by the world’s only ‘ice musician,’ Terje Isungset. He literally plays trumpets, xylophone, chimes and drums made out of ice. But however extraordinary and beautiful that is, there are limitations to what ice can do. So here he was working with Sami and Inuit singers from the Arctic plus Tuvan throat singer Radik Tyulyush, which brought in an awesome sonic landscape, created in just three days. The various layers, textures and otherworldly sounds seemed like listening to an aural equivalent of the Northern Lights. Glorious, beautiful, but elusive. It is something that de