following a cratedig i found the first mari boine remix album and i sort of knew what to expect as it wasn't completely aimed at the housier dancefloors. i was very intrigued with future prophecies remix of "mun da han lean oaivámus" ("just when i had") as i heard the first guitar strums and it launched into a part where boine speaks in english and give a backstory on the song.
it's about her pity of a caucasian man in south africa that was devestated with the changes in the country following the fall of apartheid. she saw a documentary and was disgusted and felt sorry for how he couldn't accept that someone he considered below him would be equal to him. coupled together with boine's heartfelt jojk and the nelson mandela interview except that future prophecies sampled in makes this a powerful track. something does tell me that boine uses the situation of this south african man as an allegory about the treatment of her own native sami heritage by sweden & norway.
given the nature of the vocal and the original, it's more a refitting where the drumprogramming is more intricate than her flowing jojks. everything is built around boine's vocal and to make it impact harder even though most of the people will not understand what she is actually saying. this is why the bass is quite contrained and there isn't that much additional sounds apart from some accenting synthy tones.
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note, due to a screwup in the titling of the album, the remix credit is swapped on "ahccai" and "mun da han lean oaivámus".
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