paavoharju

paavoharju - laulu laakson kukista (fonal 2008)

"...If you've never heard the music of Paavoharju, prepare yourself for one of life's more considerable and uncontained pleasures. They are a band who take in influence from the "Radio India" style shortwave pop transmissions of the Sublime Frequencies label, freak folk, Europop, modern classical, plunderphonics, choral, devotional, experimental and multicoloured music of almost every description imaginable - and yet they embody a specific sound that's unmistakably their own..." boomkat

 "Sounds of raindrops falling on sheet metal roof melted together with old television's random-dot-pattern-noise. Leena Uotila's soft voice echoed in empty, dusty rooms. Catowls gathered to the sky, appletrees were blooming and waves rocked a barrell against the pier. Suddenly all this started to form esoteric mildew to cassette's magnetic tape. I finished our work with prayer only a moment before the cold winds rose from Saimaa. Laulu laakson kukista (A song about flowers of the valley) is dedicated to Marja Ainala." fonal

 

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 (gracias and the world smiles with you)

 siguen siendo tan fascinantes, esa extraña combinación de cocteau twins y sublime frequencies (preciosas 'kevätrumpu' y el piano de 'tuoksu tarttuu meihin'). y siempre es un placer volver a contemplarlos y oirlos en dos de las canciones más perturbadoramente bonitas del mundo