FOR YOUR GRAMMY® AWARD CONSIDERATION
Runic Principium - Mediterranean Dark Folk Codex I
Album Of The Year
Global Music Album
The sounds of Vikings, The Witcher, The Lord of the Rings, Gladiator, and Skyrim have converged in one place: Runic Principium is the first Codex of the Mediterranean Dark Folk genre. Blending elements of ancient Italian culture and music with nordic folk, this album looks at the "beginning of the runes" as a journey from the Etruscans all the way to Scandinavia. While unconfimed, one theory about the origin of the Futhark claims that the Etruscan alphabet (of Greek origin itself) is its distant relative.The spotlight of this album is my tagelharpa, and a plethora of vocal styles (clean and harsh), but keep an ear out for many instruments bridging this almost mythological gap too (aulos, ancient Roman horns, olive branches and uninhabited snail shells sampled from my garden).The lyrics are in a constructed language I invented, and they are intentionally left very vague so they can be universal in their own way. In this case, the constructed language blends Italian dialects from my roots, Rome and the South of Italy (Calabria region), as well as Scandinavian languages, Latin, and other mystical sounds. I want these sounds to unite folk music traditions across the world through the songs I create, and leave to the listener the interpretation that flows through the emotions they feel as the music feel the air.
Written, performed, and produced as a one-woman independent release by Psamathes
FOR YOUR GRAMMY® AWARD CONSIDERATION
Crèmera River
Song Of The Year
Record Of The Year
Global Music Performance
The sounds of Vikings, The Witcher, The Lord of the Rings, Gladiator, and Skyrim have converged in one place: Runic Principium is the first Codex of the Mediterranean Dark Folk genre. Blending elements of ancient Italian culture and music with nordic folk, this album looks at the "beginning of the runes" as a journey from the Etruscans all the way to Scandinavia. While unconfimed, one theory about the origin of the Futhark claims that the Etruscan alphabet (of Greek origin itself) is its distant relative.The spotlight of this album is my tagelharpa, and a plethora of vocal styles (clean and harsh), but keep an ear out for many instruments bridging this almost mythological gap too (aulos, ancient Roman horns, olive branches and uninhabited snail shells sampled from my garden).The lyrics are in a constructed language I invented, and they are intentionally left very vague so they can be universal in their own way. In this case, the constructed language blends Italian dialects from my roots, Rome and the South of Italy (Calabria region), as well as Scandinavian languages, Latin, and other mystical sounds. I want these sounds to unite folk music traditions across the world through the songs I create, and leave to the listener the interpretation that flows through the emotions they feel as the music feel the air.
Written, performed, and produced as a one-woman independent release by Psamathes
What We Do
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The Team
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