Angelit, formerly known as Angelin tytöt (''Aŋŋel nieiddat''), is a

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group formed by sisters Ursula and Tuuni Länsman in 1989. However, the history of the group can be traced back to 1982 when Eino Ukkonen, Ursula and Tuuni Länsman's Finnish teacher, took them along with some classmates to sing at a Sámi festival held at

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. In 1987 the group released their first non-commercial tape, recorded together with

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. In 1989 one of the members of the group was killed in a car accident, and subsequently the group broke up. Together with

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, Ursula and Tuuni went on and established a group that was called "Angelin tytöt" or "girls of Angeli", named after Angeli, the village they grew up in, located in

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in Northern Finland. Ulla sings in their first album "Dolla" and has made a successful solo career after leaving the group. The group changed its name to Angelit in 1997 due to the problem of many different translations of "Angelin tytöt".

Members

* Tuuni Länsman (vocals) * Ursula Länsman (vocals) * Alfred Häkkinen (joined in 1994; guitar and drums) *

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(joined in 1999; percussion) * Mamba Assefa (joined in 1999; percussion) *

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(joined in 1999; keyboards, programming, atmospherics)

Former members

(vocals) *

Jonne Järvelä Jonne Järvelä (born 3 June 1974 in Vesilahti) is the vocalist/guitarist of the Finnish band Korpiklaani. He is known in the folk metal scene for his yoiking and contributed the yoik on the Finntroll album, ''Jaktens Tid ''Jaktens tid'' ( en, ...

(from

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)

Discography

Albums

As ''Angelin tytöt'': * '' Dolla'' (''Fire'', 1992) * ''

Giitu ''Giitu'' is an album by the Finnish folk music group Angelin tytöt, released in 1993 in Finland. The musical tracks consist mainly of traditional Sámi yoiking accompanied by a guitar. The album was recorded at Finnvox Studios in Helsinki ...

'' (''Thank you'', 1993) * ''

Skeaikit ''Skeaikit'' is an album by the Northern Sámi folk music group Angelin tytöt, released in 1995 in Finland. The musical tracks consist mainly of traditional Sámi yoiking mixed with electronic music in some of the songs. The album was recorded ...

'' (''Laughter'', 1995) * ''

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'' (1997) - a compilation of the three previous albums As ''Angelit'': * ''

Mánnu ''Mánnu'' is an album by the Northern Sámi folk music group Angelit, released in 1999 in Finland Finland ( fi, Suomi ; sv, Finland ), officially the Republic of Finland (; ), is a Nordic country in Northern Europe. It shares land bor ...

'' (''The moon'', 1999) * ''

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'' (2003)

Collaborations

All but the Final Fantasy collaboration have been made with the band

Waltari Waltari is a Finnish band from Helsinki combining alternative metal, progressive metal, death metal, hard rock, heavy metal, hip hop, industrial, pop, punk, symphonic metal, techno and thrash metal styles. Most of the band's music is writ ...

. * ''

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'' (1993) * ''

So Fine! ''So Fine!'' is the fourth studio album by the Finnish avant-garde progressive metal band Waltari and their first collaboration with the Joik group Angelit. Track listing # "The Beginning Song" - 4:14 # "Mad Boy" - 4:23 # "So Fine" - 4:32 # "A ...

'' (1994) * ''

So Fine 2000 ''Channel Nordica'' is a collaboration album by Waltari+Angelit. It is the ninth studio album by Waltari. Track listing # "Intro" - 1:02 # "Tráveller" - 4:52 # "System Oðða Áigi" - 4:57 # "Muittut" - 2:51 # "Virtual Áigái" - 5:29 # "So Fi ...

'' (2000) * ''

Channel Nordica ''Channel Nordica'' is a collaboration album by Waltari+Angelit. It is the ninth studio album by Waltari. Track listing # "Intro" - 1:02 # "Tráveller" - 4:52 # "System Oðða Áigi" - 4:57 # "Muittut" - 2:51 # "Virtual Áigái" - 5:29 # "So Fi ...

'' (2000)

References

External links

Official website

Angelin Tytöt - "Giddat" (1990)
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