Anár Gilli Inari Village - Music

Angelit Is A Finnish Sámi Music Group Of Two Siblings Ursula And Tuuni Länsman. The Group Used To Be Called Angelin Tytöt Until The Year 1997. They Have Also Released Some Albums Under The Name Girls Of Angeli. Angelit Come From The Village Of Angeli In The Municipality Of Inari One Of The Few Purely Sámi Villages In Northern Finland. Better Known As Lapland. The Entire Population Of Angeli Are Native Speakers Of Sámi. They Make Their Living Mainly By Reindeer Husbandry. The Nearest Shop Is 70 Kilometres Away. In 1982 Eino Ukkonen A Finnish Teacher Took A Sámi-Speaking Class To Sing At A Sámi Festival In Utsjoki. This Group Included Ursula And Tuuni Länsman Among Four Other Girls And A Boy. Thus The History Of The Group Spans 15 Years To Date! Their First Non-Commercial Recording Was Released In 1987. It Was A Christmas Tape That Was Recorded Together With Mari Boine. In 1989 One Of The Original Members Died In A Car Accident And The Band Spread Up. Only The Two Länsman-Sisters Remained. For The Very First Time The Band Established The Name "Angelin Tytöt" Or "Annel Nieiddat" "Girls Of Angeli" . Three Commercial Releases By The Girls Of Angeli Followed "Dolla" Fire "Giitu" Thanks And "Skeaikit" Laughter . "Giitu" Also Introduced A New Member Alfred Häkkinen Playing Guitar And Drums. In 1994 They Performed Together With Waltari On Waltari's Song "So Fine" Of The Same Called Album. Various Tours Followed On Which They Performed Further Songs. The Album Was Followed Up By A Tour On Which They Performed Further Songs Together. On Waltari's 1995 Album "Big Bang" Was Another Song On Which The Two Sisters Performed "Jänkhä." Various Live Shows In Which They Performed Together Followed. In 1997 A Compilation Containig Songs From All Three Angelin Tytöt Albums Has Been Released. In 1999 The Albums Themselves Have Been Re-Released. In The Same Year The Band Established A New Simplified Name Angelit "The Angelis" In 1997. In 1998 Angelit Recorded For The First Time A Whole Album With Waltari. In 1999 Angelit Released Their Fourth Album "Mannú" "The Moon" . "Mannú" Distinguishes From All Former Releases For On This Album The Traditional Sámi Music Is Mixed Up With Modern Dance Beats. The Band Is Also Accompanied By Three New Members Samuli Kosminen Percussion Mamba Assefa Percussion And Kimmo Kajasto Keyboards Programming Atmospherics . In 2000 "Channel Nordica" The Two Years Earlier Recorded Album With Waltari Is Released. The Band Title For This Project Is Waltari Angelit. In 2003 Angelit Released Their Album Reasons. Members
Tuuni Länsman
Ursula Länsman
Alfred Häkkinen Guitar And Drums Samuli Kosminen Percussion Mamba Assefa Percussion Kimmo Kajasto Keyboards Programming Atmospherics Albums
With The Name Angelin Tytöt Dolla 1992 Giitu 1993 Skeaikit 1995 With The Name Angelit Mannú 1999 Reasons 2003 Angelit Have Also Recorded An Album Called Channel Nordica With Waltari. read less