EstoCast Episode 61: Mart Avi

From percussive singing to dolphins with Mart Avi

Listen to the Episode here or on your favourite streaming platform.

Singer, songwriter, and soundscape builder Mart Avi is bound to turn your head when you first hear his music. Even through the sounds alone, you can tell he has a very physical approach to music, including an almost percussive style of singing. And there are an abundance of stories to dig into lyrically.

Before he hits the stage at 2025’s Estonian Music Week festival, hear him speak on the latest episode of EstoCast, including points about:

🧠 How the art he saw when performing during the Venice Biennale infiltrated his subconscious

🦕 Why his upbringing in a newly re-independent Estonia makes him feel “Jurassic”

🌴How the seaside city of Ubatuba, Brazil impacted his and Ajukaja’s new album

🎙️ and much more!

Things mentioned in this episode include:

-Mart Avi’s website: https://avicorp.cargo.site/

-Badass Yuki: https://porridgebullet.bandcamp.com/album/badass-yuki-open-your-eyes-to-the-landmass

-Stones & Holes: https://soundcloud.com/stonesandholes

-Mart Avi’s 2013 EP After Hours: https://porridgebullet.com/pb004.html

-Ajukaja: https://open.spotify.com/artist/4SQmCLlTPWxgg2OU4mXx8G

–the new album, Death of Music: https://open.spotify.com/album/6DLENPCPcJMwL8LyuUZPL4

-the film Kihnu maraton: https://www.efis.ee/en/film-categotries/movies/id/21423

-the Porridge Bullet record label: https://porridgebullet.com/

-Röövel Ööbik: https://open.spotify.com/artist/2v7rG3uuuZplbm5RjTQV2D

-Estonian artist Edith Karlson: https://cca.ee/en/artists-database/edith-karlson

-details on the 2025 edition of Estonian Music Week festival: https://2025.estonianmusicweek.ca/