• Home
  • Music
  • Lyrics
  • Contact

ELIN KÅVEN

  • Home
  • Music
  • Lyrics
  • Contact

Latest Music

Eamiritni / Rimeborn

Eamiritni / Rimeborn

Elin Kåven

Download album
View on Bandcamp
Greetings
I want to show you my gratitude for you for listening to my music. I feel blessed to have been able to continue my dreams of singing, performing and recording music in Sámi for ten years now. It has been a journey that has led to this album. It is my third solo album, but for me it feels like my debut album, because why I express myself
Greetings
I want to show you my gratitude for you for listening to my music. I feel blessed to have been able to continue my dreams of singing, performing and recording music in Sámi for ten years now. It has been a journey that has led to this album. It is my third solo album, but for me it feels like my debut album, because why I express myself through voice has changed. In this album I am much more influenced by the traditional sami yoik. The past few years I more clearly see the uniqueness of our culture – the Sami culture, as I have travelled around the world, and seen similarities and differences compared to other cultures. This has inspired me to highlight and celebrate our uniqueness through art.
I have also understood the importance of knowing my own culture and heritage. It is easy to feel lost without roots to nurture and take knowledge and values from. The making of this album has brought me closer to my origin, and has made me feel reborn.
Three years ago I moved back to Sápmi after 16 years away. I decided to do this because I wanted to bring the experience of the arctic life with me on stage. I wanted to be and manifest the qualities that come from the arctic living and culture. I am aiming to express and share these values on stage, therefore it was important to me that I return to my roots and live my culture every day. This has resulted in tracks that are personal, and inspired by the way music is made in Sami culture.
It is common practice to yoik people, mountains, nature and animals for Sami people. On this album you will hear yoiks and songs dedicated to my cat Lynxie, my neice Enya, my grandmother Inga, trees, a dance festival - Gothla.uk - that shaped my life, and personal experiences while living in Sápmi the past few years.
My birthday is in autumn-winter, and it is the season of both green leaves and rime. It is the most beautiful season of the year to me. Enjoy!
Ává/hugs Elin Kåven
Read more…
0:00/???
  1. 1
    Javkan / Vanished 5:15
    0:00/5:15
  2. 2
    Hiras / Demure 4:10
    0:00/4:10
  3. 3
    Lynxie 3:30
    0:00/3:30
  4. 4
    Gothla 3:58
    0:00/3:58
  5. 5
    Gavnnahallan / Revealed 3:39
    0:00/3:39
  6. 6
    Muorat dánsot / Trees dance 1:58
    0:00/1:58
  7. 7
    Enya 5:25
    0:00/5:25
  8. 8
    Dohkka / Doll 1:17
    0:00/1:17
  9. 9
    Friddja / Free 3:11
    0:00/3:11
  10. 10
    Veahkkin / Help 1:20
    0:00/1:20
  11. 11
    Gárdin-áhkku / Grandmother Inga 3:27
    0:00/3:27
  12. 12
    Àlgu / Beginning 1:34
    0:00/1:34
  13. 13
    Hiras / Demure 4:10
    0:00/4:10
  14. 14
    Lynxie 3:31
    0:00/3:31
Sámi Soga Lávlla / Sami Anthem

Sámi Soga Lávlla / Sami Anthem

Elin Kåven

Download track
View on Bandcamp
Dat | DATSICD651 | Digital Single

Sámi soga lávlla was written by Isak Saba and published in the newspaper Sagai Muittalægje for the first time on April 1. 1906. At the Sami Conference in Åre in August 1986 it was declared The national anthem of the Samis. Arne Sørli has composed the music to Sabas poem which was approved as the Sami Anthem at
Dat | DATSICD651 | Digital Single

Sámi soga lávlla was written by Isak Saba and published in the newspaper Sagai Muittalægje for the first time on April 1. 1906. At the Sami Conference in Åre in August 1986 it was declared The national anthem of the Samis. Arne Sørli has composed the music to Sabas poem which was approved as the Sami Anthem at the 15th Sámi Conference in Helsinki in 1992. Sámi soga lávlla has been translated into the different Sámi languages / dialects.

Elin Kåven - Vocals
Odd-Erling Simensen - Baritone guitar

Isak Saba - Lyrics
Arne Sørli - Melody

Recorded at Stierdna Studio (Feb. 2014)
Produced by Odd-Erling Simensen, Elin Kåven, Johan Sara.
Photo - Tromsø Museum
Read more…
0:00/???
  1. Sámi Soga Lávlla / Sami Anthem
Stálu Fápmu

Stálu Fápmu

Elin Kåven

Download track
View on Bandcamp
Nordic Notes | LC 14502 | Digital Single

"The reason why I wanted to make a christmas song is that when I was a child I remember christmas as a very positive time of the year. It was dark season, so it was constantly dark outside, so we lit candles and spent alot of time together with my family inside playing games, making christmas decorations,
Nordic Notes | LC 14502 | Digital Single

"The reason why I wanted to make a christmas song is that when I was a child I remember christmas as a very positive time of the year. It was dark season, so it was constantly dark outside, so we lit candles and spent alot of time together with my family inside playing games, making christmas decorations, bakery and toys and gifts of course.

As an adult the christmas celebration has changed alot for me. Shops start earlier and earlier to sell christmas items and here in Norway its almost like a contest who gets most presents and who gets the most exphensive gifts. Year after year I asked myself "do even people know why we do this? Do they even know why we have this holiday? The reason for christmas, what it is about? But if they don´t know.... do I know?"
I was longing for my childhood christmas experience.

I started looking into what my christmas soon would be about, what the sami way of celebrating christmas was. How did sami people celebrate christmas, what are the sami christmas traditions? Unsurprisingly I found that the sami people did not celebrate christmas before christianity took over. The only thing we would celebrate is the vinter-solstice. December is in the middle of dark season, and this is the season where the sami myhtological creature "Stállu" is out on a journey. Therefore it was natural for me to write about Stállu."
-Elin Kåven


Music : Terje Wollmann
Lyrics: Elin Kåven
Drums: Terje Wollmann.
Guitar, bass og tangents : Jørgen Karlstrøm.
Produced by Heksagone production ved Karlstrøm/Wollmann.
Photo: Geir Anders Hætta Berg
Elin Kåven Logo: Arktisk Design.
Read more…
0:00/???
  1. Stálu Fápmu
Máizan / Thaw

Máizan / Thaw

Elin Kåven

Download album
View on Bandcamp
Nordic Notes | NN053 | Digital Edition

"The album 'Máizan / Thaw' shows my sami background from a new side, where the traditional, mythical and modern are mixed. Through this album my inner life as a sami girl in the city has manifested. The roots and longing for the nature is present, but at the same time I am drawn towards the urban." - Elin
Nordic Notes | NN053 | Digital Edition

"The album 'Máizan / Thaw' shows my sami background from a new side, where the traditional, mythical and modern are mixed. Through this album my inner life as a sami girl in the city has manifested. The roots and longing for the nature is present, but at the same time I am drawn towards the urban." - Elin Kåven
Read more…
0:00/???
  1. 1
    Ulda Nikta / Ulda Allures 2:53
    0:00/2:53
  2. 2
    Lihkku Niehku / Dream of Fortune 4:09
    0:00/4:09
  3. 3
    Vaimmu Čuovga / Heartlight 3:23
    0:00/3:23
  4. 4
    Gatnjalat Váimmus / Tears From the Heart 5:02
    0:00/5:02
  5. 5
    Jus Mieđihat / If You Agree 4:26
    0:00/4:26
  6. 6
    Ija Árdna / Night Treasure 3:07
    0:00/3:07
  7. 7
    Njielasattu / Quicksand 5:16
    0:00/5:16
  8. 8
    Čuovo Čuovgga / Follow the Light 4:53
    0:00/4:53
  9. 9
    Čábbáseamos Báiki / Beautiful Place 9:36
    0:00/9:36
Jikŋon Musihkka / Frozen Music

Jikŋon Musihkka / Frozen Music

Elin Kåven

Download album
View on Bandcamp
Nordic Notes | NN067 | Digital Edition

"Elin Kåven's debut album 'Jikŋon Musihkka / Frozen Music' from 2009 is meditative, with a penchant towards the mystical, with influences of traditional sami joik. Intense and quiet vocal with a suggestive music, rich in detail, opens up for a flowing expression." - DAT
Read more…
0:00/???
  1. 1
    Áibbas Jaska / All Still 4:03
    0:00/4:03
  2. 2
    Gii Logai / Who Said 3:39
    0:00/3:39
  3. 3
    Jikŋon Musihkka / Frozen Music 4:57
    0:00/4:57
  4. 4
    Dovdu Mii Jávká / Disappearing Feeling 3:14
    0:00/3:14
  5. 5
    Suoivanis / In the Shadow 4:28
    0:00/4:28
  6. 6
    Du Lusa / To Where You Are 4:13
    0:00/4:13
  7. 7
    Váldde Mu Du Mielde / Take Me With You 3:08
    0:00/3:08
  8. 8
    Oaidnaletne / See You 4:38
    0:00/4:38
  9. 9
    Soardde Mu / Hurt Me 5:35
    0:00/5:35
  10. 10
    Jorri Čalmmit / Twirling Eyes 8:48
    0:00/8:48

All rights reserved Elin Kåven 2018

  • Log out
Powered by Bandzoogle