fÝRI

DIGITAL RELEASE (ER001)

Fýri is Tuulikki Bartosik’s follow-up to her critically acclaimed 2019 solo album Tempest In A Teapot, the successor to 2016’s internationally praised debut Storied Sounds. She is firmly established on the world stage, and Fýri has been eagerly awaited.

The Estonian musical experimenter’s new release is a four-track EP which builds from the experience of creating Tempest In A Teapot and from a newly learnt understanding of how her music is crafted. Encountering fellow Estonian sonic auteur Arvo Pärt helped clarify her vision. The arresting, shape-shifting result is an unfiltered expression of who she is.

Where Tempest In A Teapot (Torm veeklaasis in Estonian) was completed in a traditional recording studio, Fýri was recorded in the forest of the Lahemaa National Park in north Estonia, 70 kilometres east of capital city Tallinn. Surrounded by trees, beneath the canopy of their branches and foliage, she was enclosed. A totally organic environment, yet not so far from being indoors.

Explaining why she chose to record Fýri in such an unusual way, Tuulikki says “I had filmed a live streamed concert in Sweden from the Lejondals Nature Reserve in 2020 and then I wanted to search for the perfect forest spot for recording. I had visited Lahemaa quite a few times when I was a small child, it’s on the Juminda peninsula where the forest meets the sea, so I thought of there for recording. It was magical to sit in the forest with my accordion and hear the waves in the background. I really felt that nature is my living room and forest is my studio. Those rooms are always open.”

Synja
Efni
Sigra
Lysa

All music composed and arranged by Tuulikki Bartosik

Recorded by Tuulikki Bartosik & Kristel Kolkanen

Mixed by Kristel Kolkanen

Mastered by Siim Mäesalu

Produced by Tuulikki Bartosik

Photos by Ingridient

Released on digital platforms June 21, 2021