Five fiddles, double-bass, guitar, cittem, mandolin and Estonian bagpipes. Seven guys and one girl. Music that is based on Finnish folk music, but is influenced by pop and other countries' folk music. That's what Frigg is about.
Frigg was formed in Sibelius-Academy where the band members were studying. Two of the members were exchange students from Norway, brothers Gjermund and Einar-Olav Larsen. Only Einar-Olav plays still in Frigg. Tommi Asplund and Tero Hyväluomi have taken the place of Gjermund. Other members are the Järvelä's siblings (Alina, Antti and Esko), Petri Prauda and Tuomas Logren.
Frigg is one of the leading bands on Finnish fiddling and folk music. It has been chosen as a band of the year of Kaustinen's Folk Music Festival 2003. Frigg has also played in foreign countries for example, in Middle-Europe and the USA.
Frigg's Fast represents new folk music and fiddle music. Reason for picking Fast is that it's a cheerful and fast-packed song. You can hear the influence of old Finnish folk music, but in a modern way because it's played with modern instrumenst. Fast, like other Frigg songs, is instrumental and the fiddles are in the lead. The song is played with three fiddles. Other instuments on the background are double-bass and guitar. Sometimes Frigg plays the song with four fiddles, double-bass, guitar, and mandolin.
Fast might not be so improtant song for Finns and Finnish culture, but it definitely shows that Finnish music doesn't always have to be so melancholic and dark. It also shows that Finns haven't forgot their musical roots.
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