With this album, Sara jr. wants to highlight and set focus on the Sámi population living along the coast of northern Norway.
Through the music, Johan and his fellow musicians depicts and reflects on the coast from a Sámi perspective. 
The length of the works stands in contrast to the busy times we live in. They linger and change slowly, just as the light and weather change in the fjords and along the coast.
Alongs side Johan Sara jr. on this trilogy, there are two brilliant musicians: Erik Håkon Halvorsen on keys, and Stein Inge Brækhus on drums and percussion.Guest musician on various flutes from Turkey is Serdar Kastelli

Shortcut - Mearrásapmelaš

Press release: Mearraspeajal / Havspeilet  (The sea mirror) - New album from Johan Sara jr.

The second album in the trilogy «Mearrasápmelaš» deals with the Sea Sami roots.

In an acoustic and dynamic soundscape, Sara returns to the starting point of his career on the album trilogy «Mearrasápmelaš / Sea sámi», and also like «Ovcci vuomi ovtta veaiggis» album in 95.
The second album "Mearraspeajal" is recorded live in studio, and cultivates the immediate and direct in such a way of working, where the rhythms and melodies can almost be touched and felt - up close and personal, and the joik leads the way through various sonic landscape.

Shortcut - Havspeilet : Mearraspeajal

This is a yoik to selebrate all the lovely people getting married. Sami or not.

Heajat

Johan Sara jr- Artist, musician and composer.
Owner of Stierdna record label.

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