iDJa Presents: Šuvva EP

iDJa released his ambient EP Šuvva on Friday 6, 2025 – a unique journey through time and space.

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The EP is a collection of experimental ambient tracks based on field recordings from nature and sounds from Sámi handicrafts.

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– Šuvva is a beautiful Northern Sámi word. For me, it describes the whisper of the wind in nature, iDJa explains.
– The word captures the calm feeling of standing in the forest and hearing the trees rustle. Those are the feelings I wanted to convey with the record.

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The music moves between nature and technology, featuring recordings from Okstindan in Hemnes, forests in Helgeland, Sámi duodji, and joik.

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The recordings have been digitally processed into abstract soundscapes, shifting between the concrete and the abstract.

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The EP is a result of new production techniques the artist learned while studying in Berlin. It is released independently, supported by artist development funding from the Sámi Parliament.

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– It’s a unique journey through time and space—something even artificial intelligence can’t recreate.

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The EP consists of six tracks:

• Gáissáide – inspired by changes in mood and landscape.

• Mearra – based on recordings from the Helgeland coast, featuring the sounds of waves and seabirds.

• Áhčis – a personal track based on a joik the artist received from his father in his youth.

• Rávdnji – built from sounds of duodji and inspired by the energies of nature.

• Šuvva – a rhythmic chill track inspired by a unique trip to Japan in 2017, combined with field recordings from Sápmi.

• Skábma – a minimalist ending inspired by the dark season in the north, built from time-stretched recordings of ice and diffuse joik performed by the artist himself.

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iDJa has previously made a name with the club EP Klubbas and performances in Berlin, Prague, and at both Norwegian and Sámi festivals.​