We are singing Kaipaava (The Longing One), by Essi Wuorela and Jussi Chydenius as performed by Rajaton and recorded on their 2001 album Boundless. It is a Finnish folk song, with text taken from the Kanteletar. We sang the 6 parts a cappella (with no instruments), and recorded the videos. Sorry if our Finnish isn’t great – we don’t speak it. (this version is a re-upload: I fixed the low volume problem on the original video). Also, I think the audio’s a bit late compared to the video – I’ll try to improve that for future videos! ——— Update 11/01/09 Some viewers are concerned that I do not have permission to perform this song. In fact I bought the score legally from the original publisher. To verify my claim: www.sulasol.fi ——— Other Info: I edited and mixed the audio with some reverb, EQ, and compression. Equipment: Thinkpad Laptop, M-Audio Luna microphone, Tascam US 122-L audio interface, Cubase LE4 recording/editing/mixing software, Canon Powershot 640 camera Sheet Music: Purchased from Sulasol, a Finnish music publisher (www.sulasol.fi) About Rajaton: they are a 6-singer a cappella group from Helsinki, Finland. I consider them to be the best musical group of any kind. For more info, go to their official website (www.rajaton.net) or the Rajaton Fan Club (rajatonfanclub.awardspace.com). You can buy their albums directly from their website, or in North America from http About me: I’m a 19-year-old student from Toronto, Canada, studying Business and Engineering …
Video Rating: 4 / 5
You’re students of music in a conservatory or something like that?.
I don’t need to give a review to say this was GREAT :O)
That chord at 3:12 is amazing!
Amazing
- Finland
Lovely performance! And your Finnish is very good. I am native Finnish and I understood each word
TwT So Beautiful!!!
This is awesome, good job! You’re finnish is really cute (but it’s very good thinking that you don’t speak it!)
I just noticed my writing wasn’t so correct..of course I meant “Check out KYN – Kaipaava” =)
Just listened to them singing Kaipaava – wonderful! They have a nice, focused sound and I liked the little embellishments and extra pitches they added to the arrangment. Thanks!
Beautiful, love it!!!
Your Finnish sounds pretty terrific to me!!! *****
I think I favorited this video 3 time already hahaha xD
Check out KYN – Rajaton
This is one of my favorite Rajaton songs!!
Lovely work : ) I need to find to a friend to sing the male harmonies with me….
Good job guys! I’m from Finland and I know that finnish is a hard language, but you did that very well!
I am from Finland and I have seen Rajaton couple of times live. Work on the pronounciation (or however it’s written), then I think this song would be EVEN MORE awesome! You are so talented guys really!
I get chills, amazing talent!
Brilliant, absolutely awesome!! gives me goosebumps –
- thank you!!
Great job guys!
your pronounciation is marvelous! Loving it
I love this song, and this performance is brilliant
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This is amazing .
che schifo,fate venire voglia di suicidarsi
Hahaha – my first comment with profanity, and it’s in my support! Thanks, Ghostval!
Come on! who the fuck said you don’t have permission to perform anything on this planet if you can do it properly. What the fuck is wrong with some people.
Come on! who the fuck said you don’t have permission to perform anything on this on this planet if you can do it properly. What the fuck is wrong with some people.
great guys!