Radio Lofoten on YouTube
The YouTube channel 'Radio Lofoten' is a virtual "radio channel" which exclusively features music made on the Lofoten Islands.
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Much like one of the headline acts on the channel - Gravdal Gangstaz - "this is the sound of Lofoten".
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As Norway's main tourist destination, the world comes to visit every year. And as global citizens familiarize themselves with the striking Arctic nature, many are curious of the islands' unique cultural expression.
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It is this constant influx of global influences that gives the music produced in Lofoten a very international outlook - on the one hand.
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On the other hand, the islands' relative isolation from the rest of the country and the world, has created a unique local cultural expression in the Norwegian language - particularly in the realm of rap.
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The music produced in Lofoten comes in a multitude of genres, but primarily anchored in electronic music.
On the Radio Lofoften channel on YouTube you'll find English language-, Norwegian language- (but only in the local Lofoten dialect), and instrumental tracks in the genres: Rap, Trap, R&B, Hip-Hop, Trip-Hop, Techno, Tech-House, Ghetto-House, Ghetto-Tech, Booty-Rap, Comedy-Rap, Rave, EDM, Dance, Pop, Alt-Pop, Traphall, Island Vibes, House Music and more!
You're invited to check out Radio Lofoten on YouTube, and leave your thoughts on the music produced in Lofoten in the comments.
Radio Lofoten - The Album
The most unique aspect of Radio Lofoten is the fact that it is home to all the music produced in the hip-hop sub-genre 'Lofot-Rap' (i.e. rap in the Lofoten dialect about the Lofoten culture).
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For true hip-hop enthusiasts, it is of major importance that it was rap in the North-Norwegian dialect which realized the inherent potential in Norwegian hip-hop with lyrics in the Norwegian language.
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When the rap group Tungtvann (from Harstad & Bodø) cracked the code on making hip-hop in Norwegian language in 1999, it took a mere two years before the sub-genre 'Lofot-Rap' emerged.
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The album 'Radio Lofoten - 96% Nordnorsk Hip-Hop' (i.e. Radio Lofoten - 96% North-Norwegian Hip-Hop') features the 13 biggest hits from the Lofot-Rap sub-genre. The common denominator is that it is music in the Lofoten-dialect about the Lofoten culture, produced by locals from Lofoten.
However, musically it spans expressions from hip-hop to trap/R&B, gangsta rap, party rap, and ghetto house.
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The album is available on all streaming services globally:
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If your preferred music streaming site isn't listed, please search for the album title: Radio Lofoten - 96% Nordnorsk Hip-Hop.
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