ja Intian syke Iskee kuin miljoona ampeeria suoraan sydämeen… Shava soittaa Iskusäveliä nykypäivän betonisen maaflmankylän asukin arjen riemuista ja murheista. Suomibhangra on uuden vuosituhannen globaalia kansanmusiikkia, jonka juuret ovat kotiseudulla Itä-Helsingissä mutta latva syleilee koko maailmaa. Rytmi ja sydän tulee Intiasta.
Kiureli Sammallahti: laulu, koskettimet
Valtteri Bruun: kitara
Lauri Salokoski: basso, laulu
Hannu Risku: rummut, ragga
Sami Rönkä: dhol, tabla
Tuottaja: Valtteri Bruun
Äänitys: Valtteri Bruun, Taneli Bruun ja Karl Sinkkonen
Äänitetty Kallio-Kuninkalassa, Hitsville IV:ssa, Sibelius-Akatemian kansanmusiikin osastolla, Kaapelitehtaalla, Kurvissa, Ison-Antintiellä, kotona ja jossain Bangaloressa
Masterointi: Jaakko Viitalähde, Viitalähde Mastering
Kiureli Sammallahti: vocals, harmonium
Valtteri bruun: el. guitar, Jupiter 4
Lauri Salokoski: bass
Sami Rönkä: dholki, tabla
Hannu Risku: drums
”King” Gurcharan Mall: dhol, shout
Pandit Rajendra Prasanna: shahnai
Los Elementos & Soul Sisters Choir: vox
The album kicks off with a cheerful song about the Band itself. We’re bad ass and we’re invincible is the simple but beautiful message here.
2. Gur nalo ishq mitha (Rakkaus on makiaa)
Säv. trad., san. trad., Kiureli Sammallahti, Hannu Risku, Gurcharan Mall
Kiureli Sammallahti: vocals
Valtteri Bruun: el. guitar, synth, bass, mandolin, baglama
Hannu Risku: rap, percussion
Ville Väätäinen: drums
”King” Gurcharan Mall: dhol, vocals
Los Elementos & Soul Sisters Choir: vox
One of the most classic Bhangra songs has been given a Finnish countryside twist. The original Punjabi lyrics suggest that ”Love is sweeter than Jaggery”, to which the Finnish response is ”Love is hotter than sauna” followed by ecstatic rap lyrics on the subject matter.
Kiureli Sammallahti: vocals, accordion
Valtteri Bruun: mandolin, kantele, guitar
Lauri Salokoski: bass
Sami Rönkä: tabla, dhol
Hannu Risku: drums, darbuka
Peali Juva: vocals
Kai Olander: saxophone
Bollywood goes Finnish in a song about a romance between a Finn and an immigrant. Based on a true story.
5. Usko rumpuun
Säv., san. Kiureli Sammallahti
Kiureli Sammallahti: vocals, harmonium
Valtteri Bruun: synth
Dile Kolanen: bass
Sami Rönkä: dhol
Karo Sampela: drums
Roope Aarnio: mandola, tumbi
Peali Juva: vocals
Gulfam Sabri: tabla intro
Otso Mäensivu: shout
Believe in the drum!
6. Kaiken takana on nainen
Säv. Kiureli Sammallahti, san. V.-P. Lehto / Hannu Risku
Kiureli Sammallahti: vocals, synth
Valtteri Bruun: guitars
Lauri Salokoski: bass
Sami Rönkä: tabla, dholki
Hannu Risku: drums, rap, vocals
Shakthdhar Iyer: flute
Pi Kiviharju: giggle
The song states ”the woman is behind everything”. Matti & Teppo along with the lyricist V.-P. Lehto have several mega hits from the 70’s and 80’s to their name, Kaiken takana on nainen being the biggest of them all. Their lyrics fit in very well for a Bhangra groove and the song topics are not that far from popular Punjabi songs. One can speculate if the tune was originally written as a Bhangra – a hypothetical original version might have sounded something like this 🙂
7. Shavan lemmenlaulu
Säv., san. Kiureli Sammallahti
Kiureli Sammallahti: vocals, harmonium
Valtteri Bruun: ud, electric guitar, kantele
Lauri Salokoski: vocals, bass
Sami Rönkä: tabla, dholki
Hannu Risku: mbira, djembe
Peali Juva: vocals
The band goes Hindustani Classical in this mellow, philosophical and Ghazalesque love song.
8. Nyt vasta bileet alkaa
Säv., Kiureli Sammallahti / trad., san. Kiureli Sammallahti
Kiureli Sammallahti : vocals, synth, harmonium
Valtteri Bruun: electric guitar
Lauri Salokoski: bass
Sami Rönkä: tabla, dholki
”King” Gurcharan Mall: dhol
Hannu Henrik Salomo Risku: drums
Peali Juva: vocals
Pandit Rajendra Prasanna: shahnai
Kiureli Sammallahti: vocals, synth, harmonium, accordion
Valtteri Bruun: guitars
Lauri Salokoski: bass
Sami Rönkä: dhol, dholki
The song title translates as ”my homeland made ouf of concrete”. The homeland that shava is singing about is actually not tied to one place or country, but Shava’s aim has been to create a kind af a folk music of the global suburbia. Today, a huge and ever-growing amount of the world population lives in the suburbs, and it is there that so many different cultures live side by side.
10. Bonus track – Kaiken takana on nainen (dhol / zipper version)
Säv. Kiureli Sammallahti, san. V.-P. Lehto / Hannu Risku
Kiureli Sammallahti: vocals, synth
Valtteri Bruun: tumbi
Lauri Salokoski: bass, vocals
Sami Rönkä: dhol, dholki, tabla
Hannu Risku: rap
Sara Puljula: zip
