EST: (ENG below)
Nendes kahes vaikelus on Eestit ja ajas rändamist, abstraktsel ja tabamatul moel. Nad sündisid peaaegu ühel ajal ja mõlemi kohal hõljub mingi defineerimatu Eesti vaim.

Vaikelu I, koos Salme Palmistega

Lugu sündis improviseerides. Üle pika aja mängisin ilma metronoomita, nii nagu ka “Vaikelu II” puhul. Instrumentaalosad olid valmis, peale lihvimise ei mõelnud ma suurt midagi teha.

Samal ajaperioodil kuulasin Eesti Rahvaluule Arhiivi koostatud kogumikku “Virumaa rahvalaule ja pillilugusid” ja sealt jäi mulle paljude teiste seas kõrva Salme Palmiste sõdurilaul “Kaugel võõral vaenuväljal”.

Lihtsalt katsetamisrõõmust tõstsin selle loo enda helide keskele. Tuli välja, et asjad jooksid kokku, isegi akordid sobisid! Natuke kohendamist ja valmis see saigi.

Pala sõnum on aktuaalne ka täna, mil Ukrainas käib sõda.

Salme Palmiste (1917-2017) laulu on salvestanud 1978. aastal Simuna kihelkonnas, Kaavere külas Edna Lips ja Ingrid Rüütel. Aitäh Eesti Rahvaluule Arhiivile lahke abi ja rahvalaulu kasutamisõiguse eest!

Vaikelu II

Teema sündis kunstnik Jaanus Samma näituse “Vaikelud rahvuslikel motiividel” (EDTM) jaoks. Kõigepealt tuulasin ERRi fonoteegis ja otsisin 1930ndate ja 50ndate muusikat. Aga Jaanus tahtis midagi muud, midagi, mis ainult ei illustreeriks näitust ajastutruude lugudega, vaid mis oleks instrumentaalne ning sündinud siin ja praegu.

Ühel hommikul otsustasin ise kohale minna. Tegime Jaanusega näitusele ringi peale, ammutasin muljeid. Õhtuks oli teema olemas.

Minu EP esikaanel on töö samalt näituselt, selle autoriks on legendaarne Eesti raamatu- ja tarbegraafik, kirjakunstnik Paul Luhtein. Graafika pärineb taldrikult “Assamalla lahing” (1943).

Jaanus Samma näitus Eesti Tarbekunsti- ja Disainimuuseumis on avatud kuni 02.04. 2023

ENG:
These two still lifes contain Estonia and travels in time, in an abstract and elusive way. They came to be nearly simultaneously, and hovering above both is some sort of indefinable Estonian spirit.

"Still Life I, feat. Salme Palmiste"

This piece was born from improvisation. For the first time in a long time, I played without a metronome, as I had with "Still Life II." The instrumental tracks were done, and apart from some polishing work, I wasn't planning on doing much.

Around the same time, I was listening to the Estonian Folklore Archives' compilation "Traditional Songs and Instrumental Pieces from Virumaa," and what caught my ear among many others was Salme Palmiste's soldier's song "Far Away on a Distant Battlefield."

Just for the fun of it, I stuck this tune in the middle of my own sounds. As it turned out, it all came together — even the chords fit! Just a couple of tweaks and it was done.

The piece's message is relevant today as well, as war continues to be waged in Ukraine.

Salme Palmiste's (1917-2017) song was recorded by Edna Lips and Ingrid Rüütel in the Simuna Parish village of Kaavere in 1978. Thank you to the Estonian Folklore Archives for your generous help and for the rights to use this folk song!

"Still Life II"

This theme was created specifically for Jaanus Samma's exhibition "Still Lifes on National Motifs" at the Estonian Museum of Applied Art and Design.

At first I browsed ERR's sound archive and looked for music from the 1930s and 50s. But Jaanus wanted something different — something that wouldn't just illustrate the exhibition with period songs, but rather be instrumental, born here and now.

One morning I decided to head there in person myself. Jaanus and I walked through the exhibition together and I took in impressions. By that night, I had come up with the theme.

On the cover of my EP is a piece from that same exhibition, by legendary Estonian book and graphic designer and calligrapher Paul Luhtein — an illustration from the plate "The Battle of Assamalla" (1943).

Jaanus Samma's exhibition at the Estonian Museum of Applied Art and Design runs through April 2, 2023.