andy gilmore + tsembla

 

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 andy gilmore

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no sé si al escuchar Tsembla -mientras veo las imágenes creadas por Andy Gilmore-, estoy bajo los efectos de la música o de las caleidoscópicas composiciones del espacial ilustrador. en ambos casos el  efecto es duradero, como cuando tomas medicina y el todo se expande hacia el infinito. tanto con los sonidos mutantes y juguetones de Marja Johansson en 'nouskaa henget', como con los visuales que hipnotizan de Andy Gilmore, me pierdo en lo que parece una alucinógena paleta sin fin. ¡la imaginación al poder!

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tsembla • nouskaa henget [new images, 2013]

listen  // buy // download: 'Vasen Käsi, Kolmas Ovi' y 'Viikunakatedraali'

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keijo

 keijo • paint all blue [pseudoarcana, 2012]

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keijo es una joya que transporta a tierras lejanas y paisajes surealistas. tener 'paint all blue' en las manos y escucharle en casa es un billete de visita a un lugar de polvos dorados. un paisaje plagado de melancolias que bailan al ritmo del blues, acompañadas de la voz tan unica del keijo querido. definitivo, keijo es mi héroe :)

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rambling boys

rambling boys • in the heart of the deep south
[no home, 2012 - tape limited to 50 copies ]

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hace poco tuvimos la fortuna de asistir al kraak festival. digo fortuna por el simple hecho de haber sido testigos de lo que keijo y los rambling boys son capaces de hacer. es inevitable no contornear cada centimetro del cuerpo mientras keijo cuenta historias de pasajes lejanos como sólo él sabe hacerlo... justo ahí es donde todo resulta más emocionante. tan emocionante como las fotografias de adam kola.

keijo

keijo • another man [ikuisuus, 2011 - cs]

"close feel of consciousness but have to go onto the road as another man with barren songs passage may be going with easy beat but becomes blue because of distance - you are not independent of what must be grabbed that is sufficient to be given but think of me as only so you will get yourself free from thinking of me in order to shine in the world of a dream of tomorrow" ikuisuus

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"i don't deny, my mind wander in the blue"

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KEIJO, santificado y alabado seas. porque verdad verdadera que quisiera ser como tú cuando sea grande. que en tu caso es ser grande pero grande de adeveras. me pregunto cuantos cabecitas blancas como tú surfean los gajes de la edad de tan creativa manera. esa edad a la que muchos olvidan o etiquetan erroneamente como sinónimo de derrota. pero tú -san keijo querido- tú jugueteas con la magia como lo haría un niño... y los simples mortales jugamos contigo al escucharte.

fotola: ruhnay ackerman

lau nau & kuupuu

lau nau & kuuppu • spinning on air session EP [2010]

"Lau Nau (Laura Naukkarinen) and Kuupuu (Jonna Karanka) are two musicians from Finland — that's east of Sweden, west of Russia, and home to the largest forested area in Europe. (Subsequently, it's one of Europe's most sparsely populated countries.) But independent, improvised music recognizes no governmental borders. Naukkarinen and Karanka are part of a global community of do-it-yourself musicians exploring the rich musical territory between song and sound.

And yet, you can almost hear a Finnish sensibility in their music. Maybe long nights, snow drifts, and deep forests are a suitable environment for the gentle wildness within.

This Spinning on Air session opens with Karanka performing a continuous suite: a sonic collage of vocal sounds, Bollywood samples, toy noisemakers and more, stitched together with digital delay, and shaped by her elegant way of balancing noise and lyricism. With her machines and materials spread around her, Karanka knelt on the studio floor, engrossed in the delicate manipulation of her tools.

Naukkarinen's set is more song-oriented. It opens with a traditional Finnish song, followed by "Lue kartalta," a playful romp you can watch her assemble before your eyes in the embedded video. Naukkarinen has previously written and performed her songs in Finnish, but she opens the next song with the line, "My friend, Nosferatu, your claws have been growing again..." She wraps up her set with a totally danceable ditty — pop music from another dimension.

It was a particular pleasure to be in the studio when, after both solo sets had ended, the two improvised a final piece together. They began with nothing, but ended with riches — an exquisite example of the way these artists engage sound and invite listeners to join them in their unique way of hearing the world." david garland

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fotola: lara leaf