WARSAW VILLAGE BAND
NORD
Wydawca: Jaro Medien

  We wrześniu 2012 roku album NORD (wydany w marcu w Polsce przez Karrot Kommando) ukazał się nakładem niemieckiego JARO, zdobywając miano „Top Of The World Album” od brytyjskiego magazynu Songlines oraz 2. miejsce wrześniowego notowania World Music Charts Europe. „NORD” otrzymał kwartalną Nagrodę Niemieckiej Krytyki Fonograficznej w kategorii „Muzyka świata”, wyróżnienie przyznawane przez 150. osobowy panel niemieckich dziennikarzy muzycznych (prasa, radio, Internet, telewizja), muzykologów i DJów.

"Nord" is a meeting of musicians in search of common elements between the Slavs, the Scandinavians and the aboriginal peoples of the North. The Warsaw Village Band hosts this musical summit as a tribute to the heroes and mystics, the Viking warriors, and the poets of the Saami and Inuit peoples. Music strangely familiar; harsh, but dignified, cold, rough – deep and strong, with a hint of nostalgia and with a piercing thrill of truth. The relationships of the countries of the North have a long history. The Vikings invaded Polish lands in the Middle Ages and had considerable influence on the Polish state. They also explored deeply into the continent of North America, establishing settlements in present-day Canada.

During the Polish – Swedish wars of the 17th century, along with other spoils, Sweden also imported the Polish dance Kujawiak, which to this day, is known in Sweden by the name Polska. All of these diverse but related musical influences meet for the first time ever in the Warsaw Village Band "Nord" project.

Guests in Warsaw Village Bands "Nord" include the Swedish cult band Hedningarna, considered a seminal precursor of world music. Hedningarna, whose music has long been admired by Warsaw Village Band, come to return the stolen Kujawiak!

The "Nord" project is also graced by the presence of Sandy Scofield – one of the greatest Canadian singer/songwriters, with roots deep in her Indian past. “Nord” is the collective result of this unique encounter between artistes; a return to the wild, tribal trance notes, as well as lyrical songs and pulsating dance.