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"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

⬇️⬇️The question of the oldest language is always a hot topic and subject of debates. Though we know, thanks to old clay tablets written in cuneiform script, that one of the oldest we have traces of (as it needs scripture to date a language) is Sumerian language. It was spoken in Mesopotamia and was also one of the first script to appears. This song is called "Ninkasi" and is an adaptation of a hymn dedicated to goddess of the same name. Sumerian is also considered as a language isolate, that means there's no direct "descendant" or daughter language that linguists know of. Disclaimer : my music is not historically accurate and that's not the point. There's no evidence of throatsinging in Sumerian culture as far as we know. Why feathers ? It's symbolize the aerial realm, therefore the aerial part of the body which is the spirit/mind/consciousness. Through metonimy the higher spirit. Why facepainting ? It's a shield. To protect myself from the world, to give me strengh. It can also symbolize masks that people use socially. Why white ? To symbolize unity (as white light contains all colors), authenticity. Why throatsinging ? Because it's raw sound from the body, the inner instrument. It cast a vibration for the ritual/offering. This song is part of an EP/triptyh 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. My EP "H₁yaǵnós" is available on all streaming platforms and on donation on bandcamp. #throatsinging #sumerian #oldlanguage #framedrum #drumming #livelooping

"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

"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

"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

There's plenty of very old languages but the only way to date it is when it is written. With cuneiform script written on clay tablets, Sumerian/Emeĝir is one of the oldest we have traces of (approx 5000 years old, 3000 BC) It was spoken in Mesopotamia and was also one of the first script to appears. This song is called "Ninkasi" and is an adaptation of a hymn dedicated to goddess of the same name. Sumerian is also considered as a language isolate, that means there's no direct "descendant" or daughter language that linguists know of. Disclaimer : my music is not historically accurate and that's not the point at all. There's no evidence of throatsinging in Sumerian culture as far as we know. No evidence for tongue drum also ;) This song is part of my last EP Alla Uectia, now available to stream. Tongue drum by @kosmosky_workshop (If you're interested by this instrument you can have a 10% promo with "WAAGAL" code on en.kosmosky.com ) Linguistic credits: Black, J.A., Cunningham, G., Ebeling, J., Flückiger-Hawker, E., Robson, E., Taylor, J., and Zólyomi, G., The Electronic Text Corpus of Sumerian Literature (http://etcsl.orinst.ox.ac.uk/), Oxford 1998–2006. #throatsinging #tonguedrum #singing #oldlanguage #drumming #sumerian

This year I added voice (with throatsinging) to my instrumentarium. I wanted to sing meaningful things and the idea to make an offering to the gods by chanting them started to emerge. 3 years of linguistic research later, I choose three of the oldest written material available with Sumerian, Proto Indo European and Vedic Sanskrit and made an EP with it: "H₁yaǵnós" (meaning "offering" in PIE). This EP/triptyh 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. Disclaimer: There's no evidence of throatsinging in those language, and it's an artistic choice of mine. Why throatsinging ? Because it's raw sound from the body, the inner instrument. It cast a vibration for the ritual/offering. Why feathers ? It's symbolize the aerial realm, therefore the aerial part of the body which is the spirit/mind/consciousness. Through metonimy the higher spirit. Why facepainting ? It's a shield. To protect myself from the world, to give me strengh. It can also symbolize masks that people use socially. Why white ? To symbolize unity (as white light contains all colors), authenticity. Almost a year after, I decided to make a second EP, Alla Uectia (meaning "a second time, another round" in Gaulish), to revisit some songs, and improve my prononciation (as my linguistics/phonectic researchs still continue :)). Both EP are available on streaming platforms and translation are available on waagal.bandcamp.com #drumming #oldlanguage #throatsinging #polyrhythms #handpan #sitar

"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