I Took Up the Runes

by Jan Garbarek

I Took Up the Runes cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 1990
  • Label: ECM
  • Country: Norway
  • Length: 1:00:52
  • Community rating: 3.69/5 from 5 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

The acclaimed Norwegian saxophonist deepens his exploration of Scandinavian folk music within a pristine, ambient jazz framework. Integrating traditional Sami joik vocals and vast, sweeping synthesizer backdrops, the record is a signature example of the highly polished ECM Records aesthetic.

Genres

Descriptors: atmospheric, instrumental

Tracklist

  1. Gula Gula (5:55)
  2. Molde Canticle - Pt. 1 (5:13)
  3. Molde Canticle - Pt. 2 (5:43)
  4. Molde Canticle (9:56)
  5. Molde Canticle - Pt. 4 (5:10)
  6. Molde Canticle - Pt. 5 (6:06)
  7. His Eyes Were Suns (6:04)
  8. I Took Up The Runes (5:24)
  9. Buena Hora, Buenos Vientos (8:51)
  10. Rahkki Sruvvis (2:26)

Credits

  • Jan Garbarek - primary artist, soprano saxophone, tenor saxophone, arranged by, composed by
  • Eberhard Weber - bass
  • Manu Katch茅 - drums
  • Nan谩 Vasconcelos - percussion
  • Rainer Br眉ninghaus - piano
  • Bugge Wesseltoft - synthesizer
  • Ingor 脕ntte 脕ilu Gaup - voice, composed by
  • Mari Boine - composed by

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