Signe - Morphemes (2022) [Hi-Res]

Signe's newest project 'Onomatopoesia' is a trilogy of albums, contemplating the need for attachment in one's fast-changing surroundings. How can we strengthen the feeling of belonging through voicing and mirroring sounds around us?

The first part of the trilogy is named “Phonemes” (2021 Eclipse Music) and consists of commissioned contemporary works by Tytti Arola, Mikko Sarvanne and Sampo Kasurinen. The trilogy continues with album “Morphemes' will be released on August 26, 2022. Phones evolve to syllabi and quasi-words that reach to traditions of jazz in ardent solos and hearty harmonies.

A sought-after quartet on the Finnish jazz scene and a frequent guest for contemporary and literary events, Signe has also performed at jazz festivals in London, Oslo and Germany. Sonically, the group flows and meanders through contemporary classical, folk music and Nordic jazz. Vocalists Selma Savolainen, Riikka Keränen, Josefiina Vannesluoma and double-bassist Kaisa Mäensivu are in-demand artists in their own right.

Signe's first full-lenght album 'To Sappho' (Eclipse Music 2019) gained an honourable mention for Teosto Prize 2020 (Finnish Composers' Copyright Society Prize) as well a nomination for the Finnish Jazz album of the Year 2020. The album draws influences from the poetry fragments that have survived from the pen of Sappho, the archaic Greek poet from the island of Lesbos.

Riikka Keränen - vocals
Kaisa Mäensivu - double bass, vocals
Selma Savolainen - vocals
Josefiina Vannesluoma - vocals

Tracklist:
1.01 - Signe - morphemes (1:14)
1.02 - Signe - Pietà (4:43)
1.03 - Signe - Helena (2:09)
1.04 - Signe - Kerouac (1:24)
1.05 - Signe - Please (6:35)
1.06 - Signe - Neo (5:37)
1.07 - Signe - mamababanana (1:23)
1.08 - Signe - Vectra (3:39)