Qawwali is the traditional music of the Muslim mystics, the Sufis. Now they’ve turned east and found a soulmate in the qawwali singer Sher Miandad Khan. The combination of joik and electronic jazz has given them a highly recognizable identity.
“Bewafá” reviewed by Olav Gorseth in Bergens Tidende, 20 October 2005įor several years, Transjoik has been one of Norway’s most exciting bands. Transjoik going east – Fascinating musical encounter Highlights: “Befawá” and “Jinde mahi mahi.” On the contrary, it is melodic and accessible. The final result isn’t as complex as such a description may suggest. As we hear the pulsating joik rhythms underneath, Transjoik’s musicians enter into a dialogue with ancient Asian traditions, even as they supply the whole with a well conceived electronic sound picture. Not only do they enter into a collaboration with the great Pakistani vocalist Sher Miandad Khan, who sounds entirely natural and unstrained, they also compose songs that cross all borders. By that I mean that this is boundary-breaking, genre-busting music in more than one sense. Here they serve up more “trans” than joik. “Befawa” shows that Transjoik has a much wider range to offer than the joiking that gave the band its name. “Bewafá” reviewed by Trygve Lundemo in Adresseavisen, 25 October 2005 In expression, it lies somewhere between intense and almost quiveringly explosive “rock” and a dreamy, atmospheric act of playing with genre that swallows you up before you know it.
”Bewafá” stands out as a high point in Transjoik’s catalog so far, a recording that further opens up their musical horizon. The encounter between Transjoik’s ambient trance-punk from the North Cape, and Sher Miandad, a relative of Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, is a rare forging of musical brotherhood: Sher Miandad’s suggestive and instinctive use of his voice goes hand in glove with Transjoik’s equally suggestive rhythms and melodic sound stream, and this, combined with Frode Fjellheim’s joik and guitarist/vocalist Nils-Olav Johansen’s way of using his voice like a cavalier in several songs, makes for an exciting mix of the Nordic and the eastern. “Bewafá” reviewed by Mode Steinkjer in Dagsavisen, 15 October 2005įrode Fjellheim’s musical project, Transjoik, embraces an entire world of its own on the new CD, ”Bewafá,” and it would surprise me if the world didn’t embrace it, too, when it comes out next week. Made with support from Horisont/MELA in Oslo.
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