ATIKA is a progressive folk music quartet based in Aarhus, Denmark. The four members of the quartet met under a common passion for nordic melodies, southern rhythms, traditional music that goes back to baroque and medieval times, and the link between them.

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The combination of instruments is, to say the least, untraditional. Percussion instruments of all sizes and a wide palette of shakers and tambourines give power to the music, such the deep african djembé and cajón flamenco. A 1'75 meter lute and a little baroque guitar, with their 14- and 9-strings, provide both, static harmonies of resonances and the most alive strumming groove. A cello forms the bottom of the ensemble and colors the soundscape with techniques from the baroque style and the Nordic folk music tradition, while the 4 different saxophones add an exotic range of melodies full of flamenco, arabic and jazzy improvisations.

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