Transjoik (founded in Trondheim in 1992) is a Norwegian band that plays jazz and Sámi music, often characterised as an ambient electronic, techno and trance band, but with a dose of yoiking, so it is often considered world music. (Trondhjem is a city and municipality in the county of Sør-Trøndelag, Norway. Year 1992 ( MCMXCII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1992 Gregorian calendar) Jazz is an American Musical art form which originated in the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States Traditional Sami music revolves around singing The only traditional instruments are the flute "fadno" (made from Angelica archangelica) and Drums and purely Ambient music is a Musical genre in which sound is more important than notes Techno is a form of Electronic dance music (EDM that emerged in Detroit, Michigan, USA during the mid to late 1980s Trance is a style of Electronic dance music that developed in the 1990s Yoik, Joik or juoiggus is a traditional Sami form of Song. Originally yoik referred to only one of several Sami singing styles but in The term world music includes Traditional music (sometimes called Folk music or roots music of any culture that are created and played by indigenous musicians The group's original name was Frode Fjellheim Jazzjoik Ensemble.
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