Saucejas
Daba (2cd)
Saucejas, a traditional vocal group of the Latvian Academy of Culture, was established in 2003 in Riga. Its members focus on traditional Latvian singing styles and techniques, with particular attention to those local traditions involving multipart singing. Their repertoire includes various types of archaic polyphony, such as drone singing, as well as a variety of later forms of multipart singing. Many written sources describe the Latvian tradition of singing outdoors in nature, but they lack any audio documentation. It is for this reason that Saucejas decided to develop a project that explored this musical tradition from both the theoretical and practical aspect. This 2CD set 'Daba' ('In Nature') comprises the results of this project, which was carried out from 2017 to 2020.