Jatuli Observatory

Rocks grind, winds howl, the ocean rages, and the viking violin plays on.
Taking inspiration from Finnish folk tales of giants, Vongoiva composed Jatuli Observatory as she sheltered from a winter storm for five days on Jurmo, a tiny sliver of an island in the Baltic Sea, home to just a dozen people.
Layering windy, violent and ominous oceanic field recordings with his use of the Jouhikko, the viking violin, Vongoiva gifts us with a transformative journey over the seven compositions comprising Jatuli Observatory.
"Jatuli is an old Finnish word and means "giant". There are old rock formations all over Finland which are called giant´s gardens "jatulintarha" which gave inspiration to this album," he explains.
In the eye of a Jurmo storm Vongoiva has conjured a singular version of these mythical gardens from the elements: stone, wind, water.
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Jatuli Observatory is an audio visual collaboration. Each piece features a magnificent video by Ville Westerlund. Visit each track for the link.
Vongoiva (Heikki Lindgren) is based in Finland.
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