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Ohcejohka - Saxophone, Joik and Birds

The saxophonist Pauli Lyytinen and his friend the writer Niillas Holmberg improvise on a lake and among the birds of northern Finland.

Saxophonist Pauli Lyytinen travels to S谩pmi, to Ohcejohka (Utsjoki), the northernmost municipality of Finland and the European Union, to visit his friend, writer鈥搈usician Niillas Holmberg. The two artists go rowing in the river, improvise under the S谩mi bridge, and make music with birds. Along the way, with researcher Karoliina Lummaa, they confront questions of understanding: do the birds understand them鈥攐r do they understand the birds? And does it even matter?

Sound design and field recording: Suvi Tuuli Kataja and Jussi Liukkonen
Script consultant: Elli Salo
Background research: Roosa Stenroos
Music: Niillas Holmberg and Pauli Lyytinen
Poem (in Northern S谩mi and English translation): Niillas Holmberg
Production manager: Pinja Korhonen

Produced by Suvi Tuuli Kataja
A Falling Tree production for 蜜芽传媒 Radio 3

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