Imagine being an Anglo-Saxon Soldier patrolling a beach on a foggy morning. All you hear is ocean noise. All of a sudden, you hear this rumbling noise coming from the distant ocean, it resembles Thunder. Suddenly, the silhouette of 100 long ships appears in the fog. Full of throat singing Vikings. It's too late to call for help
@Çağdaş actually throat singing got to scandinavia before the viking era most likely from wandering sardinians (from spain circa 4th to 6th century ad)
Funny how people yell and freak out acting like they know for a fact that Norse didn’t do throat singing like they’re there. Are you having a cultural crisis there? There are notions of it having potentially occurred. It’s not even a big deal, damn.
Phantom T.V Maybe not even maybe. I take inspiration from mother earth, and I have been working with traditional and ancient music from all sorts of cultures. The music I make is made with inspiration from all of them :) And the further back you go, the more similarities you will find in music from all cultures.
@@kjellbraaten When you reach the core, there is only a collectiv unconscious shared by humans AND everything that lives in the Great Reality (Nature)...
@@jackorlove4055 Of course civilized hybrids like Greeks and Romans were weak...I agree with some of what you say, but I don't believe in the Indo-European myth. Europe was never conquered by Indo-European : some of the native European woman married with Indo-European nomads, so their children language is still today Indo-European. But we were always here... Native american, mongols and Inuit practise throat singing, but... American Indians : some Néandertal (European) blood, ok Inuit: no Néandertal blood Mongols: no Néandertal blood And sorry but African people also do it. I'm proud of my blood, but I don't think throat singing came only from my ancestors
Songs like this. Songs like this are the reason I want to work so hard. Throat singing is powerful even without words. it digs to the depths of the soul that craves nature and release. makes you cry and laugh and feel powerful. It MOVES.
Growing up in Texas I remember hearing Tibetan and Mongolian throat singing on the NPR show called "Hearts in Space". Now that I'm an older guy who's travelled the world I cant help but wonder if my ancestors in Germany sang like this. If I'm wrong please correct me.
We really don’t know, but according to language historians, this would probably be an early stage of lanuage for us all. Down in the comments here, I have explained other sources that may suggest that the northerners did back in the Viking- age too, but they are quite vague...
Yes northern Germanics did. A lot of this is lost due to Christian culture dominating Europe. There is a connection to magic which would most likely why it got banned.
Whatever whoever says, don't listen. Your music is awesome, thank you. The point isn't to know if historical facts prove or disprove the existence of Viking throat singing. As for the Native american part, I don't know why but I've always felt some kind of connection between them, Mongolians and Vikings.
Thank you Kytt :) I agree! I think that native music no matter where from speak to us in a deeper way. It was created not necessary as music only, but it was a way of communicating deeper feelings and experiences in a way spoken language could not :)
@@kjellbraaten Exactly, one may not understand the words but one definitely feels the music. Two different ways of expressing and communicating that can be combined.
*WARNING* Please, don't read the comments if you don't want to lose faith in human intelligence. I mean, human throats have the same anatomy, regardless of ethnicity, so it can make the same sounds. Soooo no, throat singing doesn't ,,belong" to any specific nation.
The mix of emotions that this music elicits for me is absolutely mind boggling!!!!! I have never had a single piece of music elicit every emotion at the same time, but somehow keep them in perfect balance. I swear this hits the same resonance as my soul, its like its tearing it apart then piecing back together.
Hehe it is hilarious reading all these comments, never bothered before. We have never claimed that we do (in whatever projects we are now involved with) or did Viking music. I personally find "Viking" as a musical terminology totally ridiculous. Some historians suggest that the throat sounds are older than spoken language and that it was used to scare predators, communicate with animals etc but of course they don't know either. It does have strong healing properties thought, maybe cause it has something like 2-4 sounds at the same time. The Tuvans, The Mongols, The Tibetans, The Inuits etc have different kinds of these techniques, The Sami and North Americans touch something similar at times too. There are also Africans doing it. I've even hear a recording from an American guy recorded in (I believe) the 1920's suddenly jumping into it. As for the solo's I can only speak about mine which comes around 30 seconds, the only inspiration for that was the moment and what the voice and my singing skills at the time allowed to happen😁 I don't care if it's the best in the world or not, I gave it my best and I believe that is the best I can do. But hey, thanks for getting engaged wether you like it or not. Much love to you all❤️❤️❤️
Tibetan style is identical to Kargyraa technique by the Tuvans and Mongols because they are neighbours and must have picked it up from the Turko-Mongols. This "Viking technique" however is just a blatant copy of that technique 👎
No they have nordic ancestors. Viking is a action, like you go on a viking and the guys who went to a viking were vikings. Viking is not herritage. I do not think that you what job your ancestors from 900 years or 1000 years had.
@@Christoph2600 shut up about this damn label nobody actually cares. Through common use and popular culture viking has morphed into meaning nordic. Every single Viking video has 20534 people saying this over and over.
i feel the magic of galdr in this is really deep like i get some kinda feeling i forget everything and am just there in the moment of everything is good and i fell strong thank u for sharing such an amazing song
Wow I never knew Vikings actually throat sang! Why isn’t this touched upon in the new boom in Viking culture? Anything to do with mongols all have throat singing music. So I seriously only thought mongols did it. Is it because they mixed cultures during the age of Attila?
A lot of cultures have throat- singing in different ways. There are very few proofs that the Vikings did, only some vague indications really. But that is exactly what we where experimenting with back then :)
WeebSlayer : The Thing is that we really don’t know if they did throatsing, so this is our own invention based on those very few indications that exist :) Therefor when we do it it is directly inspired by the Mongols and Inuits as we really have no idea how it sounded if they did it at all ;)
Thor Odinson Throat singing existed before any language. The Huns for a long time couldn’t even speak to one another. They did communicate in some form, even the later Cuman people had massive language issues. Music was the language they understood on the steppes. In my opinion all cultures at one point would have been the same. This is all way before any kind of musical scaling existed also.
Kjell Braaten Is there a site where I can research this style better and possibly learn to perfect my technique? Whenever I search online it either gives me the Asian styles or American football cheers lol not to seem racist or ethnocentric but I have no interest in the Asian styles of throat-singing/chanting, only because I am wanting to develop a closer bond with my heritage and my heritage is Scandinavian. Any advice would very greatly appreciated!
Would I be able to use this in a video? The license says it's allowed to be reused. But I might use this awesome track sometime in the future. I would link back to this video as credit.
Is this actually what such music sounded like? Or is it all guess-work? I'm aware that there was an account from the 10th century by an Arab trader visiting Denmark that the Norse made some form of growling sound from their throats when singing. But is there any other sources for how it actually sounded? Is there an established tradition of throat singing anywhere in Scandinavia?
No, I do not believe this is how it sounded, and yes it was guesswork based partly on the source you mention, and partly on the throat- singing tradition of inuit- people and their cultural connection to the sami. Little did we know back then (this was recorded about 15 years ago) that we would start a trend :)
the only reason I ask is because I myself have just entered the world of viking reenactment, and if this is indeed a historical recorded viking art then id like to learn it. could you do a video or show me some links explaining the references it would be much appreciated and huge contribution to the Viking cultural learnings.
I believe throat singing is a form of mediation and offering to the creator. I believe throat singing is gift that God has given to us and dates far back to our earliest ancestors. Who had their own form of wisedom that they painted for their descendants to see.
It is called Throat-singing, @Catty779. It is an ancient singing technique found in many cultures. Today, it is most common in Inuit and Tuvan traditions.
Yes, but I would probably call it «spiritual» . Especially when performing. This session here, for example. Was quite spiritual. Many cultures have used this or similar kind of music for spiritual work. Some call it «Shamanism» others call it different. Today, Gospel is one of the most common types of music for this, but the later years, many have turned towards other more tribal or even «heathen» traditions to gain the same experience.
This is an attempt of reconstructing music in a way that MAY have been done by the vikings. That means Scandinavia. (Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Iceland...)
words seriously cannot express the pure ancestral beauty of this.
Thank you so much :)
Definitely, its a good one to sing along with
me and the boys summoning Óðinn at 3am
I’m with you brother.
He is already summoned that’s why we’re here
Imagine being an Anglo-Saxon Soldier patrolling a beach on a foggy morning. All you hear is ocean noise. All of a sudden, you hear this rumbling noise coming from the distant ocean, it resembles Thunder. Suddenly, the silhouette of 100 long ships appears in the fog. Full of throat singing Vikings. It's too late to call for help
Then king Alfred unites the kingdoms and destroys the Norse travellers
@@beefybert9354 sad times 😩
@@beefybert9354 Cringe
Oh god bless my Nordic ancestors geez this is crazy
You look Latina
xman42 not really
Timur1999 go to her only video on her channel
@Lethean It was mentioned by an arab traveller. He mentioned that the songs of the vikings sound like rumbling or growling dogs.
@Çağdaş actually throat singing got to scandinavia before the viking era most likely from wandering sardinians (from spain circa 4th to 6th century ad)
Funny how people yell and freak out acting like they know for a fact that Norse didn’t do throat singing like they’re there. Are you having a cultural crisis there? There are notions of it having potentially occurred. It’s not even a big deal, damn.
No, it´s not a big deal. But I must correct you. We do not know they did it, and there are no records, only a very few vague indications ;)
This is not Music, this is Life. Pure Energy.....
I wish i had sing this on my Fathers Funeral....
Wow! Thank you Patrick! This is why we do it ❤️
Maybe this is not from Natives American, not from Mongols, not form Inuits, not from Vikings but from all humans having a throat...
Phantom T.V Maybe not even maybe. I take inspiration from mother earth, and I have been working with traditional and ancient music from all sorts of cultures. The music I make is made with inspiration from all of them :)
And the further back you go, the more similarities you will find in music from all cultures.
@@kjellbraaten When you reach the core, there is only a collectiv unconscious shared by humans AND everything that lives in the Great Reality (Nature)...
@@MrWTPunk Exactly!
@@kjellbraaten ; )
@@jackorlove4055 Of course civilized hybrids like Greeks and Romans were weak...I agree with some of what you say, but I don't believe in the Indo-European myth.
Europe was never conquered by Indo-European : some of the native European woman married with Indo-European nomads, so their children language is still today Indo-European. But we were always here...
Native american, mongols and Inuit practise throat singing, but...
American Indians : some Néandertal (European) blood, ok
Inuit: no Néandertal blood
Mongols: no Néandertal blood
And sorry but African people also do it.
I'm proud of my blood, but I don't think throat singing came only from my ancestors
Songs like this. Songs like this are the reason I want to work so hard. Throat singing is powerful even without words. it digs to the depths of the soul that craves nature and release. makes you cry and laugh and feel powerful. It MOVES.
Thank you, Abraham :)
I totally agree :)
Amazing..... The roots are the same doesn't matter where it starts when it comes from the heart.
Beautiful, raw, gentle, strong, earthy, ancient, masculine, spiritual. Speaks to my soul.
Thank you 😊
Original throat singing. Really loved it. Saved it
Thank you :)
Growing up in Texas I remember hearing Tibetan and Mongolian throat singing on the NPR show called "Hearts in Space". Now that I'm an older guy who's travelled the world I cant help but wonder if my ancestors in Germany sang like this. If I'm wrong please correct me.
We really don’t know, but according to language historians, this would probably be an early stage of lanuage for us all.
Down in the comments here, I have explained other sources that may suggest that the northerners did back in the Viking- age too, but they are quite vague...
Yes northern Germanics did. A lot of this is lost due to Christian culture dominating Europe. There is a connection to magic which would most likely why it got banned.
@@Skindrift the same happened in Scandinavia I'm told. Such a shame but thats human history in a nutshell. Conquest and cultural oppression.
Whatever whoever says, don't listen. Your music is awesome, thank you. The point isn't to know if historical facts prove or disprove the existence of Viking throat singing. As for the Native american part, I don't know why but I've always felt some kind of connection between them, Mongolians and Vikings.
Thank you Kytt :) I agree! I think that native music no matter where from speak to us in a deeper way. It was created not necessary as music only, but it was a way of communicating deeper feelings and experiences in a way spoken language could not :)
@@kjellbraaten Exactly, one may not understand the words but one definitely feels the music. Two different ways of expressing and communicating that can be combined.
I can feel this in my blood.
Thank you, tookurjaerbs. I hope it is doing you lots of good :)
This touches my Swedish soul
this gave me the siege of paris flashbacks, damn
i find that rather strange, did i miss there was a raid in paris. or are you that old?
Martijn Polkerman there were raids in Paris during the Viking age.
i know that . that's where the stories of ragnar and rollo comes from.why do you tell me this?
G E N E T I C M E M O R Y
Martijn Polkerman he's probably talking about Vikings. You know the TV show?
It's beautifully similar to Mongolic and Turkic Khöömii. Thank you so much for posting this amazing video. Much love from the United States. 🇺🇸
May the Elder Gods bless this line of ancestral heritage.
And all who enter this comment section.
Better than modern music, that's for sure.
I feel this from base of my spine and out the top of my head.
Sends chills through my spine👌
Thank you, Miren :)
Amazing ! For ears and eyes!
Thank you, Andrea R.Berndt :)
Blessings to you! This is the sound of our ancestors. It is healing to the soul and the earth.Thank you for sharing it.
This is the definition of "old but gold"!
i got goosebumps..... beautifull!
Thank you :)
*WARNING*
Please, don't read the comments if you don't want to lose faith in human intelligence.
I mean, human throats have the same anatomy, regardless of ethnicity, so it can make the same sounds. Soooo no, throat singing doesn't ,,belong" to any specific nation.
I feel to the temptation...
I should listen to you :/
Nitram Orac: It could probably give some good laughs ;)
Thanks
Word Michalina!
It's beautiful, I miss you all so much.
Skvalthr always puts my mind at ease..
The mix of emotions that this music elicits for me is absolutely mind boggling!!!!! I have never had a single piece of music elicit every emotion at the same time, but somehow keep them in perfect balance. I swear this hits the same resonance as my soul, its like its tearing it apart then piecing back together.
Wow! That´s the best compliment I ever got!
@@kjellbraaten You earned it. Keep up the amazing work!!
Not a day goes by that I dont listen to this song. Its the true sound of The North and I can feel my ancestors within this music.
Thank you so much! It means a lot to hear that ☀️
@@kjellbraaten Do you teach throat singing online?
Unfortunately not,@@scipioafricanus1346 But you can find some excellent Tutorials (and some bad ones) here on TH-cam :)
Amazing...Ancient roots, ancient knowledge...Hail the Ancestors, hail the gods..
It's good to preserve the culture of a people
Beautiful, I love the resonance the human voice has in nature! Almost as if that's where it was intended to be heard 😉❤
Hail, my Brothers of the North!
Wow, this is transcendental. I bow in deep respect!
Thank you so much :)
Great music, good job! - Greetings from Norway
This is great. I'm going around to use this to help for grounding.
It is as though you are in contact with nature, fantastic setting
Fucking love the Norse Culture.
Hehe it is hilarious reading all these comments, never bothered before. We have never claimed that we do (in whatever projects we are now involved with) or did Viking music. I personally find "Viking" as a musical terminology totally ridiculous. Some historians suggest that the throat sounds are older than spoken language and that it was used to scare predators, communicate with animals etc but of course they don't know either. It does have strong healing properties thought, maybe cause it has something like 2-4 sounds at the same time. The Tuvans, The Mongols, The Tibetans, The Inuits etc have different kinds of these techniques, The Sami and North Americans touch something similar at times too. There are also Africans doing it. I've even hear a recording from an American guy recorded in (I believe) the 1920's suddenly jumping into it. As for the solo's I can only speak about mine which comes around 30 seconds, the only inspiration for that was the moment and what the voice and my singing skills at the time allowed to happen😁 I don't care if it's the best in the world or not, I gave it my best and I believe that is the best I can do.
But hey, thanks for getting engaged wether you like it or not.
Much love to you all❤️❤️❤️
Hear, hear! ❤️🔆
Whats the video for the American guy?
@@skipalitevandango I can not remember his name now, but I’ve seen it. He is quite well known in the early Blues- scene :)
Tibetan style is identical to Kargyraa technique by the Tuvans and Mongols because they are neighbours and must have picked it up from the Turko-Mongols. This "Viking technique" however is just a blatant copy of that technique 👎
I'm Celtic but I find Viking anything fascinating!
I love the throat singing
this is beautiful may healing find you all brothers.
Thank you, Patrick 😊
So beautiful. Thank you!
Thank you so much :)
this is really amazing and beautiful
Thank you Francisca :)
you welcome
Sooooooooooooooooo cool and I like the pics in the background
All the pics was shot at Gullfoss during and straight after the performance ;)
Greetings from Greece my brothers and sisters ⚔️
Greetings back from Norway :)
I have viking ancestors and this makes me feel a type of way n I love it.
Thank you, @psycho alien I am so glad to hear :)
You can not have viking ancestors. Viking is not a race. But you are noth germanic
@@Christoph2600 noone said it was a race other than you sooo. People can have viking ancestors..
No they have nordic ancestors. Viking is a action, like you go on a viking and the guys who went to a viking were vikings. Viking is not herritage. I do not think that you what job your ancestors from 900 years or 1000 years had.
@@Christoph2600 shut up about this damn label nobody actually cares. Through common use and popular culture viking has morphed into meaning nordic. Every single Viking video has 20534 people saying this over and over.
I went to sleep with this song to relax and I woke up in a drakkar at british coast
i feel the magic of galdr in this is really deep like i get some kinda feeling i forget everything and am just there in the moment of everything is good and i fell strong
thank u for sharing such an amazing song
Vikings vs Mongol throat singing. Which is better?
Hmm... Well... We really have no proof that Vikings really did throat- sing, only vague indications... So I think I´ll go for Mongol ;)
Ur supposed to be dead abraham what are you doinf here
@@gangnammystyle questioning life.
@@sebastianbaran9645 then what is the difference between a caucasoid and a mongoloid??
@@gangnammystyle يا هلا بل عرب
So evocative,great sounds.
+Seidrkona Thank you :)
Wow I never knew Vikings actually throat sang! Why isn’t this touched upon in the new boom in Viking culture? Anything to do with mongols all have throat singing music. So I seriously only thought mongols did it. Is it because they mixed cultures during the age of Attila?
@@Gevixel really?
@@Gevixel I realize anyone can throat sing if they want to learn but Is it deeply rooted in these other cultures as well?
A lot of cultures have throat- singing in different ways. There are very few proofs that the Vikings did, only some vague indications really. But that is exactly what we where experimenting with back then :)
I am a patron of this fine art as well.Been throat singing khoomei since I was young...
Sad to hear that your band doesn't exist anymore - it's a real shame. This is a haunting ( in the best possible kind ) and beautiful song.
Andrei Iliuta Thank you so much!!
This is what lets me know iv walked into the wrong mist filled valley without a Dane axe
Totally awesome. I am a fan now.
feeling it deep!!! I'm about to sit on my speaker!!!! no seriously thank you for this it's soul awakening
Thank you Amber :)
this gives me goose bumps...love it , thank you
+Annie Johnson Thank you, Annie :)
This video impressed me a lot, thanks for share.
Wow!True masterpiece.😇
Thank you so much :)
This gave me goosebumps. Thank you
+Rachel Theilade Thank you :D
Lovely.
Thank you, Magni 😊
very beautiful music! i love it!
***** Thank you so much :)
I'll admit Mongol and Norse throat singing is very similar but I can hear some differences in the two
WeebSlayer : The Thing is that we really don’t know if they did throatsing, so this is our own invention based on those very few indications that exist :)
Therefor when we do it it is directly inspired by the Mongols and Inuits as we really have no idea how it sounded if they did it at all ;)
I wouldn't be surprised if the practice was taken up by some European tribes after the Huns invaded
The difference might be the, language 😲
Thor Odinson Throat singing existed before any language. The Huns for a long time couldn’t even speak to one another. They did communicate in some form, even the later Cuman people had massive language issues. Music was the language they understood on the steppes. In my opinion all cultures at one point would have been the same. This is all way before any kind of musical scaling existed also.
BEAUTIFUL
Thank you so much :)
Like Inuits and Tuvans! So cool and awesome.
Thank you
I was just reading up on what their singing was like, & this is pretty close to what I imagined. Good job guys.
Thank you :)
Kjell Braaten Is there a site where I can research this style better and possibly learn to perfect my technique? Whenever I search online it either gives me the Asian styles or American football cheers lol not to seem racist or ethnocentric but I have no interest in the Asian styles of throat-singing/chanting, only because I am wanting to develop a closer bond with my heritage and my heritage is Scandinavian. Any advice would very greatly appreciated!
Kjell Braaten Excellent video by the way, absolutely wonderful :)
My apologies for not replying before!!
The best option I can give is to search youtube for tutos... ;)
Would love to have this on a loop.
Feel free ;)
This is really awesome.
+Mike Peterson Thank you :)
nicland,nice music..like a lullaby..
This makes me want to go on a viking around my town with ax and shield.
😂
Wow first person to use the word correctly
TroMkaR lol
Death metal origins hahahh I loved the song! skál!!!
Awesome! I throat sing too, now I'm waiting for a mouth arp and I hope to perform something like yours
+Alex «Aden» Wave Wonderful! Hope to hear you somewhere :)
Danish blood in my veins
I do throat singing myself, this was nice, very nice.
Awesome, gave me chills
They need to versus Mongolian and Scandinavian throat singing. I would definetly enjoy this show...
Wonderful- great work!
Thank you Misty :)
Beautiful!
Thank you :)
This is the weirdest, most beautiful sound I have ever heard.
Thank you Kitty :)
You're welcome :)
Would I be able to use this in a video? The license says it's allowed to be reused. But I might use this awesome track sometime in the future. I would link back to this video as credit.
+Gaming with Mikey! Just use it, the bands name was "Skvalthr" and the song "Gullfoss" :)
Thank you for asking :)
just as beautiful and haunting as Tuvan Kargyraa.
+anggrimunki Thank you, that´s a great compliment! :)
Epic
magic!
This is great
Thank you, Zak :)
Fantastisk! Takk.
Is this actually what such music sounded like? Or is it all guess-work? I'm aware that there was an account from the 10th century by an Arab trader visiting Denmark that the Norse made some form of growling sound from their throats when singing. But is there any other sources for how it actually sounded? Is there an established tradition of throat singing anywhere in Scandinavia?
No, I do not believe this is how it sounded, and yes it was guesswork based partly on the source you mention, and partly on the throat- singing tradition of inuit- people and their cultural connection to the sami.
Little did we know back then (this was recorded about 15 years ago) that we would start a trend :)
sounds very soothing xx
Thank you, VIL 😊
please tell me you guys have a CD this is amazing, Takk
Unfortunately not...
And the band does unfortunately not exist anymore :(
thanks for the creative commons! been looking for a sample for ages.
Welcome :) I would be glad if you mention Kjell Braaten Music, and if you sent me a copy to hear :) Glad you like it!
I knew this had to be a thing.
I wish I was born in the north and became a viking
If you got Germanic blood aka English Scottish or any where that's north Western part of Europe, that's enough.
the only reason I ask is because I myself have just entered the world of viking reenactment, and if this is indeed a historical recorded viking art then id like to learn it. could you do a video or show me some links explaining the references it would be much appreciated and huge contribution to the Viking cultural learnings.
I believe throat singing is a form of mediation and offering to the creator. I believe throat singing is gift that God has given to us and dates far back to our earliest ancestors. Who had their own form of wisedom that they painted for their descendants to see.
N'Thavo Telcam We were more connected when we were primal. We’ve strayed far from the gaze of the universal presence.
Dylan Colby agreed
This isn’t singing or speaking this is 🗿
It is called Throat-singing, @Catty779. It is an ancient singing technique found in many cultures. Today, it is most common in Inuit and Tuvan traditions.
Anyone else have psychedelic experiences listening to this kinda music?
Yes, but I would probably call it «spiritual» . Especially when performing. This session here, for example. Was quite spiritual. Many cultures have used this or similar kind of music for spiritual work. Some call it «Shamanism» others call it different. Today, Gospel is one of the most common types of music for this, but the later years, many have turned towards other more tribal or even «heathen» traditions to gain the same experience.
Going into the woods, lighting a fire, banging some drums and doing some deep primal singing is the most therapeutic thing I know how to do.
I don't have Norse ancestry but I can feel this
The Vikings are coming, hide!
Keep it on!
+Guðrǫðr Veiðikonungr Thank you. This band does no longer exist, but I keep it up ;)
Where does this type of music come from
This is an attempt of reconstructing music in a way that MAY have been done by the vikings. That means Scandinavia. (Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Iceland...)