This spell is the first Merseburg charms, which are old germanic incantations preserved by the christians around the 9th century, in Old High German language. The spell is a "Lösesegen" (blessing of release) that recounts how a group of Idisen—female spirits, deities, or fate-weaving beings—broke the bonds of warriors captured in battle. The final two lines invoke the magic words: "Leap forth from the fetters, escape from the foes," a command meant to set the warriors free. Disclaimer: throatsinging is not attested in germanic tribes and therefore this song do not represent it. It is just my personnal way of singing. Same with my facepainting and feathers: my art is rooted in prehistoric/paleolithic influences and these attributes are common to all humans worldwide. I don't wish represent any particular culture but the legacy of all humans, we're all related somehow through prehistoric tribes. Translation: Once sat the Idisi, They sat here, then there. Some fastened bonds, Some impeded an army, Some unraveled fetters: Escape the bonds, flee the enemy! Vid by @ila_on_the_moon Drum by @meinlpercussion #drum #drumming #throatsinging #oldlanguage
"Hamrer Hippyer" is a song from the band Heilung. Quite a challenge to cover it alone as this piece usually involved many musicians that orchestrate their singing and drumming in a way that I can't do. Though I could mimic it with loops, and started to work on this way. "Hamrer Hippyer" was the most "adaptable" of their song as a lone musician. I'm also not a singer, so all the clear singing from the original song is mostly changed in throatsinging in my attempt. So I'm happy to share this humble cover of a song that just resonnated in me endlessly, like many other song of this band actually. This song is usually played at the end of their rituals, and is a blessing. It involved rhythmic throatsinging inspired by Arctic tribe (such as Inuk/Inuit), several names of Wodan/Odin (the high god of germanic tribes) and also part of the called Merseburg charms, which are old germanic incantations preserved by the christians around the 9th century, in Old High German language. This spell can be found in several european cultures and similarities can be found in Atharvaveda hymns from Ancient India, hinting an ancient Indo-European roots. This cover purpose aim to pay tribute to a band that influence my music (alongside with Tool band) since several years. I wanted to thank them by humbly chanting them. Full version on YouTube The video was shot in a forest from la vallée des Beunes (les Eyzies, France), a place inhabited by humans since Paleolithic. "Hamrerhippyer" - Original music and lyrics are composed by Heilung (Kai Uwe Faust, Christopher Juul and Maria Franz) Video: @hood.mov #throatsinging #cover #livelooping #heilung #amplifiedhistory #merseburgcharms #germaniclanguage
"Ṷariṷedi̭ā" ("Dawning Prayer") is a prayer in reconstructed Gaulish language. Gaulish is an extinct Celtic language spoken in parts of Continental Europe before and during the period of the Roman Empire. Gaulish was the language of the Celts of Gaul (now France, Luxembourg, Belgium, most of Switzerland, Northern Italy, as well as the parts of the Netherlands and Germany on the west bank of the Rhine). Disclaimer: Throatsinging is not attested in Gaulish tribes and therefore this song do not represent it. It is just my personnal way of singing. Same with my facepainting and feathers: my art is rooted in prehistoric/paleolithic influences and these attributes are common to all humans worldwide. I don't wish to represent any particular culture but the legacy of all humans, we're all related somehow through prehistoric tribes. The legacy of Gaulish may be observed in the modern French language and its rural dialects, in which 150–400 words, mainly referring to pastoral and daily activities, are known to be derived from the extinct Continental Celtic language. This language was spoken approximately 2400 years ago. This work is based on Steve Hansen and Bellouesus Isarnos book "Anthologia Gallica". Thanks a lot to @l.ctrl and @total_illegal_lighting / @1jour1catering for the help with video, light, smoke and sound recording :) #throatsinging #gaulish
Prayer to the light ☀️ Gaulish is an extinct Celtic language spoken in parts of Continental Europe before and during the period of the Roman Empire. In the narrow sense, Gaulish was the language of the Celts of Gaul (now France, Luxembourg, Belgium, most of Switzerland, Northern Italy, as well as the parts of the Netherlands and Germany on the west bank of the Rhine). The linguistics material is based on the work of Bellouesus Isarnos found in "Anthologia Gallica" Disclaimer: Throatsinging is not attested in Gaulish culture and is just the way I sing. Edit: a little mistake in the last subtitle, it's "Ad Loṷkon Ai̭ṷī Agaṷnon/ To the Guiding Light of Eternity" (same meaning though ;)) Instrument (kashaka) by @asaratopanman #kashaka #asalato #throatsinging
"Hamrer Hippyer" is a song from the band Heilung. Quite a challenge to cover it alone as this piece usually involved many musicians that orchestrate their singing and drumming in a way that I can't do. Though I could mimic it with loops, and started to work on this way. "Hamrer Hippyer" was the most "adaptable" of their song as a lone musician. I'm also not a singer, so all the clear singing from the original song is mostly changed in throatsinging in my attempt. So I'm happy to share this humble cover of a song that just resonnated in me endlessly, like many other song of this band actually. This song is usually played at the end of their rituals, and is a blessing. It involved rhythmic throatsinging inspired by Arctic tribe (such as Inuk/Inuit), several names of Wodan/Odin (the high god of germanic tribes) and also part of the called Merseburg charms, which are old germanic incantations preserved by the christians around the 9th century, in Old High German language. This spell can be found in several european cultures and similarities can be found in Atharvaveda hymns from Ancient India, hinting an ancient Indo-European roots. This cover purpose aim to pay tribute to a band that influence my music (alongside with Tool band) since several years. I wanted to thank them by humbly chanting them. Full version on YouTube The video was shot in a forest from la vallée des Beunes (les Eyzies, France), a place inhabited by humans since Paleolithic. "Hamrerhippyer" - Original music and lyrics are composed by Heilung (Kai Uwe Faust, Christopher Juul and Maria Franz) #throatsinging #cover #livelooping #heilung #amplifiedhistory #merseburgcharms #germaniclanguage
Will you find the cinematic reference ? ⬇️ Esperanto is an international constructed language and the most widely spoken in the world. Developed by L. L. Zamenhof in 1887 as 'the International Language' (la Lingvo Internacia), it was designed to serve as a universal second language for global communication. Those who first embraced the language were drawn to the name Esperanto, which they adopted to refer to it. The word itself means 'one who hopes' in English. Zamenhof, born in Białystok, was deeply affected by the division of the town's inhabitants into separate ethnic groups—Russians, Poles, Germans, and Jews—each with their own language and a sense of enmity towards the others. This environment shaped his idealism and belief in human unity. Raised to believe that all people were brothers, Zamenhof felt the painful contrast between this ideal and the harsh reality of language-based division. As a child, he was tormented by this separation, but he resolved that, once grown, he would work to eliminate this division and promote understanding among people. Instruments are #musicalarc #calabash #anklebells and #throatsinging Vid by @ila_on_the_moon
This spell is the second Merseburg charms, which are old germanic incantations preserved by the christians around the 9th century, in Old High German language. This spell can be found in several european cultures and similarities can be found in Atharvaveda hymns from Ancient India, hinting an ancient Indo-European roots. Disclaimer: throatsinging is not attested in germanic tribes and therefore this song do not represent it. It is just my personnal way of singing. Same with my facepainting and feathers: my art is rooted in prehistoric/paleolithic influences and these attributes are common to all humans worldwide. I don't wish to represent any particular culture but the legacy of all humans, we're all related somehow through prehistoric tribes. Translation: "Phol and Wodan were riding to the woods, and the foot of Balder's foal was sprained So Sinthgunt, Sunna's sister, conjured it; and Frija, Volla's sister, conjured it; and Wodan conjured it, as well he could: Like bone-sprain, so blood-sprain, so joint-sprain: Bone to bone, blood to blood, joints to joints, so may they be glued." Vid by @ila_on_the_moon Handpan: Angel Handpans #throatsinging #merseburgcharms #handpan
I'm currently working on two new songs involving PIE language ;) "H₃rḗḱs dei̯u̯ós-kwe" ("The King and the God") is an adaptation of a short dialogue written in Proto-Indo-European. This version is by linguist Andrew Byrd. Proto-Indo-European is a hypothetical language considered to be the unique origin of today's Indo-European languages. Linguists have partially reconstructed this possible protolanguage on the basis of similarities between languages that have often disappeared but are real and known, and partially on the basis of well-identified transformation patterns, particularly phonological ones. Since the Kurgan hypothesis put forward by Marija Gimbutas in 1956, the Yamna culture has been associated with late Proto-Indo-Europeans (PIE) and proposed as the strongest 'candidate' for being the home of Proto-Indo-European. The Yamnaya lived around 6000 years ago (4000 BC). This song is also the first part of a triptych which is my humble offering to the higher mind, consciousness, spirit, seing, architect... call it as you wish. I borrow dead languages (and their text) with humillity and revive them for the time of a song, again as an humble offering. #handpan #throatsinging #livelooping #protoindoeuropean #linguistics