Sumé (band)

{{Short description|Greenlandic rock band}}

{{Infobox musical artist

| name = Sumé

| landscape = yes

| origin = Sorø, Sjælland, Denmark

| genre = {{flat list|

• Psychedelic rock
• progressive rock
• folk rock

}}

| years_active = 1972–1977

| label = Demos, ULO

| past_members = Malik Høegh
Per Berthelsen
Hans Fleischer
Hjelmar Dahl
Emil Larsen
Sakio Nielsen
Karl Sivertsen
Nikolaj Steenstrup
Erik Hammeken

}}

File:Sumut cover.jpg

Sumé (meaning "where?" in Greenlandic) was a Greenlandic rock band considered the pioneers of Greenlandic rock music. They were formed in 1972 by singer, guitarist and composer Malik Høegh (born 1952), and guitarist, singer and composer Per Berthelsen. Their first record Sumut ("where to?") was released in 1973 on the Danish Demos label and was purchased by 20 percent of the Greenlandic population, becoming an important part of the Greenlandic movement for cultural independence of Denmark.{{cite book|author=Bours, Etienne|chapter=Sealskin Hits|year=2000 |editor=Broughton, Simon |editor2=Ellingham, Mark |others=McConnachie, James and Duane, Orla (Ed.)|title=World Music, Vol. 1: Africa, Europe and the Middle East|page=–145|publisher=Rough Guides|isbn=1-85828-636-0}} The band was inspired by American rock, but sang in the Greenlandic language and their lyrics were progressive and critical of the Danish colonial power. In the song "Nunaqarfiit" they sang "It is time to live again as Inuit and not as Westerners". The cover of the 1973 record Sumut showed a reproduction of a 19th-century woodcut by Aron of Kangeq depicting an Inuk hunter killing a Norseman.Pekka Gronow, Ilpo Saunio. 1999. International History of the Recording Industry. Continuum International Publishing Group p. 184

The band was dissolved in 1977 but they still perform occasionally, and in 1994 they released the record Persersume ("Snowdrift").{{cite web|url=http://www.denstoredanske.dk/Kunst_og_kultur/Musik/Rytmisk_musik/Udenlandske_musikere_og_grupper/Sume|title=Sume | Gyldendal - Den Store Danske|publisher=Denstoredanske.dk|accessdate=2016-07-14}}

2014 saw the premiere of the movie about the band, its English title was Sumé: the sound of a revolution, directed by Inuk Silis Høegh.{{cite web|url=http://www.dfi.dk/Filmhuset/Cinemateket/Billetter-og-program/Film.aspx?filmID=v1019948|title=Der er opstået en fejl på siden|publisher=Dfi.dk|accessdate=2016-07-14}}{{cite web|url=http://www.fyens.dk/odense/Sume-lyden-af-den-groenlandske-revolution/artikel/2589697|title=Sume - lyden af den grønlandske revolution | Odense | Fyens.dk|date=14 October 2014|publisher=Syens.dk|accessdate=2016-07-14}}{{cite web |url=http://jyllands-posten.dk/kultur/film/ECE4546814/film-om-groenlands-stoerste-rockband/ |title=Film om Grønlands største rockband - Film & tv - Kultur |access-date=2014-10-19 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141019045914/http://jyllands-posten.dk/kultur/film/ECE4546814/film-om-groenlands-stoerste-rockband/ |archive-date=2014-10-19 }}{{cite web|url=http://sermitsiaq.ag/premiere-se-foerste-trailer-sume-film|title=Premiere: Se første trailer til Sume-film | Sermitsiaq.AG|publisher=Sermitsiaq.ag|accessdate=2016-07-14}}{{cite web|url=http://sermitsiaq.ag/danske-medier-hylder-sume-film|title=Danske medier hylder Sume-film | Sermitsiaq.AG|publisher=Sermitsiaq.ag|accessdate=2016-07-14}}{{cite web|url=http://knr.gl/da/nyheder/dansk-premiere-p%C3%A5-dokumentaren-om-sume|title=Dansk premiere på dokumentaren om Sume | KNR|publisher=Knr.gl|accessdate=2016-07-14}}