TUTL Records is a

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of the

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that was founded in 1977 by

Kristian Blak Kristian Blak (born 31 March 1947), originally from Fredericia, Denmark, lives in the Faroe Islands where he is a composer, musician, and record executive. He is the founder of the Nordic musical ensemble Yggdrasil (named after the World tree ...

. The label is credited with giving many Faroese musicians their first break and "has played a major role in giving musicians a chance to record and publish."

History

''Tutl'' is Faroese for "whisper, susurration"; overseas, it is probably the best-known representative and distributor of Faroese music. For instance, all entries of Faroese artists in the ''World Music'' guide (published by

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) are released by "the main Faroese record company, Tutl." Faroese musicians such as

Teitur Lassen Teitur Lassen (, 4 January 1977) is a Faroese musician, composer, singer-songwriter and producer. He is a winner of multiple Danish Music Awards and has toured globally since his debut release, ''Poetry & Aeroplanes'', in 2003. Teitur was bor ...

Eivør Pálsdóttir Eivor, Eivør or Øyvor is a female given name in the Nordic countries. In Sweden, 4,922 people bear the name. The average age is 78. The name perhaps originated from either the Proto-Norse word ''auja'', which is thought to mean "good luck", o ...

Høgni Lisberg Høgni Lisberg (born 7 June 1982) is a Faroese musician. Band and personal history Høgni was born in 1982 and is son of Sørin Lisberg and Hallbjørg Eliassen. His father is son of Knút Lisberg, who is cousin to Jens Olivur Lisberg (1896–19 ...

Guðrið Hansdóttir Guðrið Hansdóttir (born 6 October 1980) is a Faroese singer, songwriter, composer, and musician. She has released six full studio albums and has released an EP called "Taking Ship" on 24 January 2014 in the United States, in February in Europe ...

, Knút Háberg Eysturstein and

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started their career at Tutl, and Blak's own jazz band

Yggdrasil Yggdrasil (from Old Norse ), in Norse cosmology, is an immense and central sacred tree. Around it exists all else, including the Nine Worlds. Yggdrasil is attested in the ''Poetic Edda'' compiled in the 13th century from earlier traditional s ...

issues all their records at Tutl. In 2008, Tutl entered into cooperation with Factory 92 (formerly The Rocking Factory, an organization in

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) that aims to represent and promote music from the

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in mainland Europe. Besides distribution, Factory 92 is also slated to help Tutl-artists organize tours.

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Official site
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