My choir director introduced me to Rajaton (Finnish for “boundless”) early this Spring, and I’m completely hooked — easily the best a cappella vocal group I’ve encountered thus far. Unfortunately, the only recordings I have of them are a mixed CD containing eight miscellaneous tracks, and seeing how all but one is in Finnish, I have no idea what the titles are. Well, actually, the first track is in English. But that’s it. Below I’ve included a live rendition of that piece, entitled “Butterfly”. Note that this is neither a professional recording nor an actual performance: it’s actually a bootleg video capture of a soundcheck in Edmonton, Alberta. I love unadorned acoustic music, hence why this video is so special. Oh, and the fact that all Scandanavians just tend to be hot for some reason. It makes me sick.

Here’s a more polished performance — also acoustic, with no amplification devices — in their native tongue. Brilliant.

Filed by Trevor at 12:48 am under The Arts