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I Land Sound is a lifestyle and experience festival that ties together music, art and beautiful nature. The electronic music festival takes place on Illiku islet in Orissaare, Saaremaa and offers a wide range of workshops, discussions and performances. I Land Sound festival values nature, recycling, cleanliness, artistic freedom and good flavours. The festival aims to offer their guest a broad experience, to rip the person from the mundane daily life and to transport them to an alternate universe, where they can forget all about work and other troubles.[1]

2023[edit]

I Land Sound 2023 took place from July 13 - 16.

In the beginning of 2023 Jan Teevet joined the festival team and took on the role of a creative director. His goal was to bring together all the individual parts of the festival and to tie them into an all-inclusive experience, where time, space and people meet in a way that's not possible anywhere else.[2]

I Land Sound 2023 brought back Emalava and moved the Sunset Pavillion closer to the main area. The five stages - The Dome, Piidivabrik, Terrace, Emalava and Sunset Pavilion - hosted more than 50 artists from Estonia, Germany, the United Kingdom, Ukraine, France, Romania, Armenia and Switzerland. The roster included artists like Ivan Dorn, Kon Faber, Lola Palmer, Traumer, Rey&Kjavik, Sepp & Nu Zau, Seth Schwarz, Tim Green and William French.

A podcast episode for Täitsa Pekkis Saade was also recorded at I Land Sound 2023. The organisers of the festival Paap Uspenski and Taavet Bristol spoke about the origins of I Land Sound, about the mishaps and things that haven't gone according to plan, about the festival's environmental project I Land Green, the importance of teamwork and future plans.[3]

I Land Sound is renowed for their environmental programme and in 2023 took things even further by switching to renewable energy. In addition the festival also focused on the environmental impact of food, therefore ruminant meat was forbidden at the festival and the catering of the organising team was completely plant-based.[4]

I Land Sound was the first festival in the Baltics to receive A Greener Future "A Greener Festival: Highly Commended" certification in 2023.[5] The festival was also crowned as the most green-inspiring enterprise in Estonia at the Äripäev TOP100 gala.[6]

2022[edit]

The fifth I Land Sound took place from July 14 - 17. More than 50 artists from Estonia and abroad put on a show on the six stages of the festival, including Nico Stojan, Rampue, Acid Pauli and Louis Largo from Germany, Traumer (France), Barac (Romania), Calabasa (Spain) and Heidy Purga, Muudu, Jonas F.K., Käärkäsi, Lexsoul Dancemachine and Gram-Of-Fun from Estonia.

The festival's body and mind programme included sound and breath journeys, a cacao ceremony and yoga sessions. Guests were also able to visit the sauna and take part in paddle board trips at sunset and other water activities and workshops.

On Friday night the festival guests were able to enjoy a Japanese drum show by Team EN[7] and the "Mantra" fireshow by Alex Creek and Surya Fire Studio. Saturday night saw a performance by Non Grata and a huge fire sculpture was set alight as a culmination of the festival.

2021[edit]

After having missed a year in 2020 due to Covid-19 restrictions, the festival returned in 2021. I Land Sound 2021 graced the shores of Illiku from July 15 - 18.

The festival was spread out over a slightly smaller area than before and the musical programme was divided between five stages: Loojangulava (the Sunset stage), Kai, Terrass (the Terrace stage), Kuubaas and Nobelava, but there were also more live acts than in previous years. The opening day of the festival was concluded by the German producer Monolink. The foreign artist roster also included Mihai Pol, Cosmjn, Strack and Tony O'Bada from Romania, Taran & Lomov from Latvia, Silat Beksi from Ukraine, and Hugo Yunus Diker from France. Oopus, an Estonian group that combines techno and folk music, took the stage on Saturday night. Other Estonian acts included Jozels, MHKL, party series TIKS and Haigla and others.

In additon guests were also able to partake in different workshops, enjoy a diverse body and mind programme, activities on the sea and in the sauna area.

2019[edit]

In 2019 I Land Sound received a Roheline ettevõtmine 2018 (Green Enterprise of 2018) award at Saaremaa’s recognition awards gala of 2018. The festival also received a funding from Enterprise Estonia for three years for organising the event and for international marketing.[8]

In 2019 the festival took place from July 11 - 14. There were six stages for musical programme: Kai, Kuppel (the Dome), Loojangulava (the Sunset stage), Metsalava, Piidivabrik and Terrass (the Terrace stage).[9] All the artists who performed at the festival were a part of an Estonian or foreign club, party series or radio show.

The goal of the festival's art programme was to create practical and permanent installations from reusable materials as a collaboration of several Estonian artists.

Like in previous years, the festival also hosted various workshops, which had three major themes in 2019: body and mind, games and customs of Estonians and the environment and recycling.[10]

On the last day of the festival there was a fair, where local artists were able to sell hand-crafted items.[11]

In 2019 I Land Sound was the first festival in Estonia that began using real tableware instead of biodegradable dishes. Uuskasutuskeskus (Re-use Centre) donated 2200 plates, 1000 spoons, 1100 forks and 1100 knives, and a special mobile dishwashing station was built for the festival. The festival avoided using about 60, 000 disposable cups by using reusable drinking cups.[12] A 6-step recycling system wa also introduced in 2019. By the end of the festival, a total of 2.53 tons of clean packaging, 1.19 tons of bottles, 660 kg of cardboard and paper, and a total of 1230 kg of food waste was obtained.

2018[edit]

29 clubs, party series or radio show groups and more than 100 DJs performed at I Land Sound in 2018. For example clubs like 911, Lekker, Piidivabrik and UP, and radio shows "Estonian funk embassy", "Haigla pidu", "Machine nation", "Majamasin", "Tallinn Express", "Tjuun In" and "Öötöö".[13]

Festival guests could also take part in different workshops and lectures, watch films and shows.

During the festival, both permanent and temporary artistic projects, such as sculptures, installations, street art and paintings on the walls of old houses were created both in Illiku and Orissaare. The decorations were made from recycled and nature-friendly materials.[14]

Stand-up comedians from Comedy Estonia, including Sander Õigus and Ari Matti Mustonen, also performed at the festival. For the first time, the guests were able to partake in panel discussions led by Sven Grünberg, Ingrid Peek, Tuul Sepp and Aro Velmet. The topics included being human, nature, music and sounds.[15]

2017[edit]

The first I Land Sound festival took place from July 14 - 15 2017. The line-up included party series Vürts, Sünk and Mutant Disco.[16]

In addition to music, workshops and art installations were also a very important part of the festival experience. You could see sand and fire sculptures, fire shows, kinetic light installations, video art, different performances, paintings, graffiti, UV-art, henna body art and elaborate flower arrangements. Guests could partake in different relaxing activities, like healing sounds workshop, breathwork sessions and yoga and were able to play ping-pong/ table tennis and volleyball or try slackline.

Majamasin, Mutant Disco, Tallinn Express, Lekker, Tiks, Piidivabrik, Katlamaja, Öötöö, lounge Bravuur and others put on a show at the festival in 2017.[17]

Environmental sustainability[edit]

Since the beginning of the festival in 2017, I Land Sound has tried to organise the event in an environment-friendly way and has become one of the pioneers in the field in Estonia. The event's environmental project I Land Green has become as integral part of the festival as versatile music and daily programme. Each year the organisers try to come up with new ways to leave an even smaller ecological footprint.

From the beginning of the festival, the drinks are served from re-usable cups and free drinking water is available on the site, in 2022 the festival quit selling bottled still water. I Land Sound is also print-free. In 2019 it was the first festival in Estonia to ban the use of disposable dishes and served food on real tableware. In addition the organisers built a mobile dishwashing station, so the dishes could be washed on site. A six-step waste collection system, that included food waste, paper and cardboard, clean packaging, bottles, cigarette filters and mixed waste was also introduced in the same year. The goal is to recycle as much as possible.

In the spring of 2021 Brigita Perm's master thesis was completed and based on that the ecological map of Illiku islet was created. The map lists the biological diversity and sensitive areas of the islet and serves as a guidebook for the organising team. In 2023 I Land Sound,was the first festival in Estonia to start using renewable energy (in collaboration with Neste), the festival also introduced a vast selection of plant-based foods to the menu.[18]

The festival is also known for raising environmental awareness. For example, artist Ines-Issa Villiodo has created art projects from cigarette butts collected at the festval to raise people's awareness on the pollution caused by cigarette butts. In 2020 Estonia's first paddle board made of cigarette butts, the Buttboard, was completed and in 2023 Villido created a whale sculpture that was covered in more than 30, 000 cigarette butts.[19]

I Land Sound collaborates with various companies and waste stations and uses as much scraps, used things and defective products as possible to create art projects and in decorating the festival area. Whenever possible, only leftover paints and test colours are used for painting and environment-friendly paints are preferred. Since the festival is print-free, all the signs in and around the festival area are hand-painted.

Acknowledgements[edit]

  • In 2023 I Land Sound received the most green-inspiring enterprise award at Äripäev's TOP100 gala.[20]
  • I Land Sound was the first festival in the Baltics to receive A Greener Future[21] certificate "A Greener Festival: Highly Commended" in 2023.
  • In 2019 I Land Sound received a Roheline ettvõtmine 2018 (Green Enterprise of 2018) award at Saaremaa’s recognition awards gala of 2018.
  • In October of 2019 the festival received the title “Saare County’s Person/Deed of the Year in Tourism 2019” (inc. sustainable tourism).
  • I Land Green was chosen as the audience’s favorite at the Environmental Act of the Year 2019 competition organised by the Ministry of the Environment.

References[edit]

  1. ^ "I Land Sound | 2024 DATES TBA ILLIKU LAID, SAAREMAA". I Land Sound. Retrieved 2023-11-07.
  2. ^ ERR (2023-02-21). "Jan Teevetist saab I Land Sound festivali loovjuht". ERR (in Estonian). Retrieved 2023-11-07.
  3. ^ #185 - Täitsa Pekkis, milline festival - I Land Soundi telgitagused ja pekkiminekud x Paap Uspenski & Taavet Bristol, 2023-08-28, retrieved 2023-11-07
  4. ^ Kristi (2023-07-04). "I Land Sound goes even greener!". I Land Sound. Retrieved 2023-11-07.
  5. ^ Kristi (2023-10-25). "I Land Sound receives the first A Greener Festival certification in the Baltics". I Land Sound. Retrieved 2023-11-07.
  6. ^ "Kõige rohelisem ettevõte: "Viis aastat kestnud pingutused olid väärt seda"". Äripäev (in Estonian). Retrieved 2023-12-20.
  7. ^ "I Land Sound". TEAM EN INC. (in Japanese). Retrieved 2023-12-20.
  8. ^ "Elamusfestival I Land Sound sai EAS-ilt kolmeks aastaks toetuse - meiemaa.ee". 2019-06-20. Archived from the original on 2019-06-20. Retrieved 2023-11-08.
  9. ^ Tooming, Kaisa (2019-06-30). "I Land Sound 2019: PROGRAMMIJUHT". Häppening (in Estonian). Retrieved 2023-11-08.
  10. ^ ERR (2019-07-04). "Orissaares toimub kolmandat korda elamusfestival I Land Sound". ERR (in Estonian). Retrieved 2023-11-08.
  11. ^ Tooming, Kaisa (2019-06-30). "I Land Sound 2019: PROGRAMMIJUHT". Häppening (in Estonian). Retrieved 2023-11-08.
  12. ^ ERR, Kristo Elias | (2019-09-04). "Kuidas korraldada keskkonnasõbralikku üritust?". ERR (in Estonian). Retrieved 2023-11-08.
  13. ^ "Festivali I Land Sound esinejad on paigas - Saarte Hääl". 2019-09-25. Archived from the original on 2019-09-25. Retrieved 2023-11-08.
  14. ^ "PILDID | I Land Soundi elamusfestivalil on pöörane menu, kõik piletid on välja müüdud!". www.ohtuleht.ee (in Estonian). Retrieved 2023-11-08.
  15. ^ "Algab elamusfestival I Land Sound". Muusika (in Estonian). 2018-07-12. Retrieved 2023-11-09.
  16. ^ Leushina, Sandra (2017-07-04). "I Land Sound: programmist lähemalt vol 1". Häppening (in Estonian). Retrieved 2023-11-09.
  17. ^ "VIDEO JA FOTOD | Selle suve parim pidu - I Land Sound Festival sai avapaugu!". www.ohtuleht.ee (in Estonian). Retrieved 2023-11-09.
  18. ^ "I Land Sound festivali korraldustiim sõi 12 päeva taimetoitu, külastajate menüüs loobuti veiselihast". Rohegeenius. 2023-08-22. Retrieved 2023-11-14.
  19. ^ "Fotod: suitsukonidega kaetud skulptuur osutab maailma suurimale veereostusprobleemile". Rohegeenius. 2023-08-03. Retrieved 2023-11-14.
  20. ^ "Kõige rohelisem ettevõte: "Viis aastat kestnud pingutused olid väärt seda"". Äripäev (in Estonian). Retrieved 2023-12-20.
  21. ^ "A Greener Future". A Greener Future. Retrieved 2023-12-20.

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