river of god

va • river of god [luzzzalig/calm in trees, marzo 2015]

lo prometido es deuda, compilado de chicas!

:: por la ponita de los 4 vientos y filomena montañas :: 

01 heraaminen pitka • lau nau | silmäterä (princess of egypt) soundtrack [2013]
02  sailing away • jennifer castle | pink city [no quarter / idée fixe, 2014]
03 down the road • mary mccaslin | way out west [philo, 1973]
04  isn't it good to be lost in the woods • pefkin | inner circle outer circle morc, 2014]
05 colorado blue • alela diane | about farewell [rusted blue, 2013]
06 seven moons • sunhiilow | invisible totem [om ha sva ha ksha ma la va ra yam, 2015]
07 imperial smoke town (20131125）• ichiko aoba | ライブアルバム「0%」 [speedstar records, 2014]
08 head & heart • vashti bunyan | johnny boy would love this  [hole in the rain music ltd., 2011]
09 parade of the blood red sorrows • jane weaver | la rose de fer... [disposable music, 2013]
10 el desierto • lhasa de sela | la llorona [atlantic, 1997]
11 children • linda perhacs | the soul of all natural things [asthmatic kitty records, 2014]
12 carter's blues • kathy & carol | kathy & carol [elektra, 1965]
13 beasts in the garden • spires that in the sunset rise | beasts in the garden | [alt.vinyl, 2015]
14 coucou • josette dayde et le quintette du hot club de france  [1940]
15 hole in the bucket • collie ryan | takin' your turn 'round... [rainbow recording, 1973]
16 run run se fue pa'l norte • violeta parra | las últimas composiciones [rca victor, 1966]
17 mattachin • delia derbyshire | bbc radiophonic music [bbc records, 2002]
18 air recording • ylangylang | am i being overdramatic? [inyrdisk, 2014]
19 rotolock • daphne oram | oramics [paradigm discs, 2007‎]
20 take me away • emma tricca | relic [bird records ‎,2014]
21 the vigilante • judee sill | heart food [asylum records, 1973]
22 i wish i knew how it would feel to be free • nina simone | the very best [music brokers, 2006]
23 pantomime • clara rockmore | the art of the theremin [delos, 1987]
24 opening • essie jain  | to love [self-released, 2015]
25 as i went out one morning • mira billotte | i'm not there [columbia, 2007]

26 wave crashed on rocks • meg baird | meet the philly elite [(k-raa-k)³, 2009]
27 i'm your puppet • dionne warwick | walk on by: definitive collection [arista, 1999‎]
28 om supreme • alice coltrane | eternity [warner, 1975]
29 night swimmer • beth jeans houghton | golden 7'' [static caravan, 2009]
30 midnight blues • liz green | o, devotion! [play it again sam, 2011]
31 she rises like the dolphin • kate wolf | safe at anchor [kaleidoscope records, 1979]
32 jugar a la vida • amparo ochoa | el cancionero popular [discos pueblo, 1975]
33 to b without a hitch • bridget st. john | ask me no questions [dandelion records, 1969]

34 the white balloon • mary lattimore and jeff zeigler | slant of light [thrill jockey, 2014]
35 cult of isis • pauline anna strom | trans-millenia consort [ether ship records, 1982]
36 clearing • grouper | ruins [kranky/ yellow electric, 2014]
37 where you are • marianne nowottny | for lee jackson in space [2012]
38 geometría del universo • colleen | the weighing of the heart [second language, 2013]
39 yeh come t'be • jeanne lee | conspiracy [earthform records, 1975]
40 mamacitacity • annie shaw | bush cow milk [2010]
41 over. round, in a room. found. • tara jane o'neil | where shine new lights [kranky, 2014]
42 bláklukkurnar • sigríður níelsdóttir | grandma lo-fi: the basement tapes [hornbuckle, 2014]
43 congregation • itasca | unmoored by the wind [new images, 2014]
44 river of god • linda perhacs | the soul of all natural things [asthmatic kitty records, 2014]
45 vague a l'ame • tara king th. | hirondelle et beretta [moon glyph, 2013]
46 you are song • angel olsen | half way home [bathetic records, 2012]
47 isn't it nice • barbara dane | barbara dane & the chambers brothers [folkways records, 1966]
48 sparta • jennifer castle | pink city [no quarter / idée fixe, 2014]
49 ticket agent • cora mae bryant | the last and lost blues survivors [dixiefrog, 2005]
50 solidao • amália rodrigues | les amants du tage  [columbia, 1955]
51 la suicida • liliana felipe | las horas de belén [fonarte latino, 1999]

52 meridian • madalyn merkey | valley girl [new images, 2014]
53 with my eyes wide open i'm dreaming • virginia astley | from gardens.. [happy valley, 1983‎]
54 the owls • félicia atkinson | the owls [wunderkammer 2012]
55 nightlight • miaux | cassette van antwerpen [ultra eczema, 2014]
56 part I • tropical rock | suma love [perfect wave, 2015] 

57 säteet • kuupuu | lumen tähden [time-lag, 2009]
58 kola (lighthouse version) • amiina | the lighthouse project [sound of  handshake, 2013]
59 jellyfish • vashti bunyan | heartleap [fatcat, 2014]

60 fools rush in • peggy lee | gold collection [musicrama, 2002]
61 for the living • rio en medio | peace sequence [womens work, 2013]
62 klias wetlands • sophie cooper | our aquarius [wild silence, 2014]
63 volver a los 17 • violeta parra | las últimas composiciones [rca victor, 1966]
64 why feel alone • diane cluck | boneset [not on label, 2014]
66 yes yes • kelly nesbitt | kell's bells [reverb worship, 2008]
67 slona/leto • kot kot | kунь  [jozik, 2014]
68 return to fugue • áine dwyer | music for church cleaners mie music, 2015]
69 it's gonna rain • collie ryan | indian harvest [rainbow recording, 1973]
70 drunken conclusions • emma tricca | relic [bird, 2014]
71 woman to woman • tammy wynette | woman to woman [epic, 1974]
72 jai rama chandra • alice coltrane | turiya sings [aquamarin, 1982]
73 me and my shadow • peggy lee | is that all there is / me and my shadow [capitol records, 1969]
74 III • melanie velarde | some [temporary archives, 2013]
75 o superman (for massenet) • laurie anderson | big science [nwarner, 1982]
76 punkte • ursula bogner | recordings 1969-1988 [faitiche, 2008]
 

77 leopard • ela orleans | tumult in the clouds  [clan destine, 2012]
78 keplana • księżyc | księżyc [obuh, 1996]

79 summer's lease • sarah angliss | down to the silver sea [gecophonic, 2013]
80 gossamer silk • pauline anna strom | trans-millenia consort ether ship, 1982‎]
81 song of the planets • linda perhacs | the soul of all natural things [asthmatic kitty, 2014]
82 the visit • marcey hamm | z [not on label, 1986]
83 meet you at midnight • julianna barwick | rosabi ep [dead oceans, 2014] 

84 shasta • suzanne doucet | shasta: sacred mountain vol. 1 [only new age music, 2006]
85 song for hyperion • inez lightfoot | three weaving at the well [biological radio, 2012]
86 elemental finding • tara jane o'neil | where shine new lights [kranky, 2014]
87 capable of murder • christina carter | original darkness [kranky, 2008]
88 interlude • isengrind | underflesh [was ist das?, 2014]
89 aye fond kyss • bridget hayden | god damn, i hate the blues [(k-raa-k), 2011]
90 love letters • ketty lester |  am gold 1962 [time life music, 1991]
91 leicht • sarah davachi | august harp [important, 2014]
92 day colored celery • aloonaluna | a house made of cloud and bone [digitalis limited, 2013]
93 ghost riders in the sky • the space lady | greatest hists [night school, 2013]
94 taivut • kuupuu | sisar [em, 2013]
95 the chord and the centre (imperial topaz remix) • msott | remixes [tabs out, 2013]
96 puella • caterina barbieri | ruota [not on label, 2014]
97 broken drum • je suis le petit chevalier | dark morse [shelter press, 2013]
98 existencial angst • white poppy | white poppy [not not fun, 2013]
99 princess with orange feet • suzanne ciani | lixiviation [finders keepers, 2012]

100 thank you blessings • katarina | aspects [not on label, 2010]

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a warmer place

 va ~ a warmer place (calm in trees, junio 2013)

01 arrivées ~ günter schlienz | the norman tapes (metaphysical circuits, 2013)
02 asian carp ~ bitchin' bajas | unreleased track (2013)
03 before us is our ocean ~ tuluum shimmering | before us... (rotifer, 2013)
04 homes ~ innercity | not from here (ginjoha tapes, 2012)
05 kulti ~ high wolf | kairos: chronos (not not fun, 2013)
06 paean to the architect ~ floating gardens | generalife (constellation tatsu, 2013)
07 I-V ~ mount elephant | III (dying for bad music, 2013)
08 omaya beach ~ sunhiilow | garden & cosmos, split with uton (om hasva ha..., 2013)
09 certainty ~ ignatz | can i go home now? (fonal, 2013)
10 hengellinen rapsutus ~ kuupuu | sisar (em, 2013)
11 hey de chirico ~ ian kubra (mpala garoo) | unknown yet spring (self-released, 2013)
12 untitled I ~ eddies n the water | untitled (relax with nature, 2010)
13 untitled ~ color dream | cloud factory (digitalis ltd., 2008)
14 silvering future ~ strange mountain | slow midnight (lillerne tapes, 2013)
15 spa world ~ dolphin tears | spa world (lillerne tapes, 2013)
16 telepylos ~ the fractal skulls | split with adam willetts (bunkland, 2013)
17 the beach day ~ fred becker | synthetism (self-released, 2012)
18 camp nou ~ günter schlienz | the catalanian tapes (seconds, 2013)
19 superbrain ~ buchikamashi | superbrain (sicsic tapes, 2013)
20 thunderous slit-gongs... ~ tuluum shimmering | s/t (different lands, 2009)
21 duh reef ~ potions | cosmic fidelity (lillerne tapes, 2013)
22 hope is my guardian spirit ~ sunhiilow | a new beginning (self-released, 2013)
23 sun room ~ brett naucke | the visitor (nihilist, 2013)
24 splash clash tempo ~ jccg | unreleased track (soundcloud, 2012)
25 in search of the miraculous ~ mark mcguire | along the way (inpartmaint, 2013)

26 l'aquarium géant ~ janko nilovic | jouets musicaux (editions montparnasse, 1973)
27 dream sequence for a jellyfish ~ jürgen müller | science of the sea (digitalis, 2011)
28 pillow hills ~ panabrite | illumination (sicsic, 2011)
29 canyon eye ~ miaux | aeronaut 7'' (ultra eczema, 2013)
30 breezy ~ sky stadium | southsea (existencial cloth recordings, 2010)
31 mind levitation ~ sunhiilow | a new beginning (self-released, 2013)
32 s. royal brougham ~ emuul | split w/ afterlife (no kings, 2012)
33 how will i survive the winter... ~ thaniel ion lee | ambiguity... (watery starve, 2013)
34 a veces vuelo ~ salvador cresta | algunas grabaciones de dormitorio (salvita, 2012)
35 i need a good night's sleep ~ ignatz | can i go home now? (fonal, 2013)
36 opposites in harmony ~ former selves | split w/ aloonaluna (cosmic winnetou, 2013)
37 celestion ~ panabrite | xenon district (vco, 2013)
38 the secret door ~ motion sickness of time travel | oust (sicsic, 2013)
39 trapdoor to onfinity ~ rambutan | split with tidal (aguirre, 2012)
40 melancholy descriptions... ~ oneohtrix point never | fall into time (software, 2013)  
41an empire upon an empire ~ high wolf | kairos: chronos (not not fun, 2013)
42 you are sound ~ the fractal skulls | unreleased track (free download, 2013)
43 some place i keep dreaming about ~ ricky eat acid | love songs (obama, 2013)
44 holding breaths ~ aloonaluna | split w/ former selves (cosmic winnetou, 2013)
45 peru suite (andes & city) ~ monster rally | s&s dreams (stadiums&shrines, 2013)
46 lost raindrops ~ banana pill | banana pill (full of nothing, 2012)
47 tchenhoukoumen ~ senegal, percussion | murmurs of earth (2013)
48 lonesome train dreams ~ henry flynt | graduation (ampersand, 2001)
49 western tears ~ justin walter | lullabies & nightmares (kranky, 2013)
50 please leave me here ~ reedbeds | basement grotto (sicsic, 2012)

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hertta lussu ässä

hertta lussu ässä ~ s/t (de stijl 2011)

"Kuupuu (Jonna Karanka), Lau Nau (Laura Naukkarinen) and Islaja (Merja Kokkonen),  all together in one band - it's like the dreamiest Aquarius daydream come true! All three of these ladies have been responsible for some of the most mystical and beautiful recordings of the last few years, all of which have become permanent favorites with everyone here. Lau Nau, and Islaja's recent recordings have shown them moving toward a more direct approach in their songwriting, but this project really lets all of these ladies dig deep into their textured, experimental roots.

It's a bit like listening to a seance happening miles away. Distant and subtle rumblings, murmurs, and gently conjured spells. One of those records that you can't identify what instruments/electronics are being used, with many of the sound sources seeming to be drawn from nature. Hertta Lussu Ässä use their voices as another haunting instrument that glides in and out of these four long tracks. It has us thinking of the Jewelled Antler crew performing an Arvo Part piece, or Grouper and Hala Strana collaborating on the soundtrack to a pagan solstice ceremony. Completely breathtaking!" aquarius records

...y poco más puedo añadir a lo que nos cuenta aquarius. la emoción en estado puro. dicen que este nuevo disco de islaja, laura y jonna es como un sueño hecho realidad. jewelled antler interpretando una pieza de arvo part, o grouper y hala strana colaborando en la banda sonora de una ceremonia pagana. tan sólo añadiré que las risas, murmullos, susurros, palmas, flautas, maullidos y pianos, convierten a estas cuatro canciones nana en otro disco familiar y acogedor del que no quieres salir. y que jewelled antler y finlandia es lo mejor que le ha pasado a la música en los últimos diez años. alabados sean por siempre ^^

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kuupuu

kuupuu ~ lumen tädhen (time~lag 2009)

"although finlander jonna karanka has been slowly leaking out little kuupuu jewels for six years now, somehow it’s taken just that long to materialize her first ‘proper’ album. maybe it has something to do with the time she’s devoted to her beautiful artwork, or her time spent in a highly impressive string of other bands, included Hertta Lussu Assa (with Islaja and Lau Nau), Anaksimandros, Avarus, and many others… but, you know, i always figured kuupuu music didn’t have much to do with ‘time’ anyway. it’s music from another reality, to put it bluntly. a beautiful place no doubt, but somehow totally other. you could call this music a lot of things, all without really saying much… post-everything? pre-birth folk? bedtime acid-art? naive avant-garde loop witchcraft? maybe something like a thousand memories & vague images folded into each other and spooled out infinitely like a sloppy film loop…now play backwards in slow motion… surreal might just be an understatement… " time~lag

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listen, the snow is falling...

 

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way of the cross

way of the cross - mind of the dolphin (phoenix vinyl 2008)

"American/European big band that unites Dave Nuss of The No-Neck Blues Band with Spencer Clark and James Ferraro of The Skaters alongside Jan Anderzen of Kemialliset Ystavat, Jonna from Kuupuu, Stellar Om Source, Mik Quantius from Embryo and Tiitus Petajaniemi and Jari Koho of Uton/Keijo."

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kuupuu

kuupuu - tinakenkalurtta cs (scumbag relations 2008)

"New Lady Garden secretions from Jonna! Two live sets...one recorded at home and the other on John Cavanaghs Soundwave." scumbag relations

"Finnish goddess jonna karanka plays "Home baked freeform folk songs, strange lo-fi loops, vocal drones and psychedelic cut-ups, made using weirdly tuned plucked and strummed strings, bells, clattery percussion, unidentifiable wind instruments, backwards tape loops and a ton of other noisemakers all played and recorded by herself; accompanied by her distinctive voice (often looped and layered) with vocals sung and whispered in her native Finnish language making the whole atmosphere even more haunting and. Kuupuu creates and intimate space where the listener feeks kuje sitting next to her in a small chamber or outside in the woods where she sings a lullaby just for him" dekorder

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discos 2007

01. panda bear - person pitch (paw tracks)

02. asa irons & swann miller - s/t (spirit of orr)
03. james blackshaw - the cloud of unknowing (tompkins square)

04. hush arbors - under bent limb trees (digitalis reissue)

05. fursaxa - alone in the dark wood (eclipse)

06. wooden wand - james and the quiet (ecstatic peace)

07. valerio cosi - freedom meditation music vol. 1 (students of decay)

08. matt valentine & erika elder - mars delta (child of microtones)

09. barn owl - bridge to the clouds (self-released 2007) *download*

10. pocahaunted - rough magic (blackest rainbow) *download*

11. mike tamburo - dance enis dance (barlfire)

12. akron/family - love is simple (young god)

13. richard youngs - autumn response (jagjaguwar) *download*

14. joshua burkett - where's my hat (feather one's nest)

15. no-neck blues band - meets the clear people with mystery gypped live at ken's electric lake (locust)

16. hala strana - heave the gambrel roof (music fellowship)

17. voice of the seven woods - s/t (twisted nerve)

18. pulga - pulga loves you (fire museum)

19. vapaa - hum hum hum (last visible dog)

20. davenport family - at the foot of zodiac mountain (meudiademorte)
21. bill callahan - woke on a whaleheart (drag city)

22. cubs - stonewater (rusted rail 3 inch cdr)

23. amber lions - pink panther blood (house of alchemy)

24. six organs of admittance - shelter from the ash (drag city) *download*

25. electrelane - no shouts, no calls (too pure)

26. valerio cosi - freedom meditation music vol. 3 (cdr) *download*

27. fabio orsi & valerio cosi - not used not seen (root don)

28. goldmund - two point discrimination (western vinyl) *download*

29. kuupuu - unilintu (dekorder lp) *download*

30. starbird - nanook of the north (sloow tapes) *download*

31. grails - burning off impurities (temporary residence)

32. joanna newsom - & the ys street band (drag city)

33. silvester anfang - echte vlaamse geiten (eclipse)

34. pefkin - lie on the ground and breathe (cook an egg)

35. jana hunter - there's no home (gnomonsong)

36. pocahaunted & robedoor - hunted gathering (digitalis)

37. hush arbors - live, heeley institute, sheffield (blackest rainbow)

38. meg baird - dear companion (drag city) *download*

39. michael flower - returning to knowing nothing (qbico)

40. christina carter & pocahaunted - split (not not fun vinyl)

41. glenn jones - against which the sea continually beats (strange attractors)

42. volcano the bear - amidst the noise and twigs (beta-lactam ring) *download*

43. ghq - crystal healing (three lobed vinyl)

44. wooden wand - more from the mountain 7'' (release the bats)

45. mariee sioux - faces in the rocks (grass roots)

46. hush arbors & wooden wand - swappin' (great pop supplement 7 inch vinyl)

47. pantaleimon - mercy oceans (durtro) *download*

48. tom carter & robert horton - monsters of felt (preservation)

49. kemialliset ystävät - s/t (fonal) *download*

50. the trees community - the christ tree (hand-eye records reissue)

51. giant skyflower band - blood of the sunworm (soft abuse)

52. tom carter & christian kiefer - a rather solemn promise (great pop supplement)

53. headdress - turquoise (totem songs)

54. twinsistermoon - levels and crossings (self-released) *download*

55. the golden oaks - paradise (music fellowship reissue)

56. tom carter - whispers toward infinity (wholly other)

57. cloaks - a crystal skull in peru (atheistsa records)

58. mike tamburo - language of the birds & other fantasies (music fellowship)

59. isengrind - golestan (tiliqua)

60. claypipe, pekko kappi, the blithe sons - the amazed map (music fellowship)

61. harris newman - decorated (strange attractors)

62. lost in hildurness - mount a (12 tonar)

63. islaja - ulual yyy (fonal)

64. visitations - s/t (time-lag)

65. pj harvey - white chalk (island)

66. rio en medio - the bride of dynamite (gnomonsong)

67. richard youngs & tirath singh nirmala - s/t (hp cycle vinyl)

68. julianna barwick - sanguine (self-released)

69. anna kallio & rokkiryhma - balladi neidosta joka rakasti varjoritaria-sinenmaa (sloow tapes)

70. uton and valerio cosi - kaarmeenkaantopiiri (fire museum)

71. eluvium - copia (temporary residence)

72. the valerie project - the valerie project (drag city) *click & click*

73. siren - living light (buried valley)

74. josé gonzález - in our nature (peacefrog mute)

75. devendra banhart - smokey rolls down thunder canyon (xl)

76. tight meat duo - vanishing fist (bo' weavil)

77. terracid - pinnacles upon aesthetes in glorious rows (mymwly)

78. religious knives - remains (no fun productions)

79. time life - geminis (blackest rainbow)

80. tom james scott - red deer (bo'weavil)

81. lichens - omns (kranky)

82. sons of noel and adrian - cave ep (cdr)

83. laughing owls - bad knees (killer unicorns arts & crafts)

84. spectre folk - get in the box (arbitrary signs)

85. scout niblett - this fool can die now (too pure)

86. the north sea - on the endless golden skyway (black petal) *download*

87. milenasong - seven sisters (monika)

88. cold bleak heat - simitu (family vineyard)

89. dopo - crossing birds (foxglove) *download*

90. arbore - greta (self released)

91. el oso goloso - colmenar viejo (self released)

92. la jr - dos casas (acuarela)

93. the solo joint - 2 (foxglove)

94. anvil salute - all the animals of the forest (lofi shit)

95. belly boat - dear robert handy (not not fun)

96. the one ensemble - wayward the fourth (secret eye)

97. the north sea - exquisite idols (type)

98. justin shay - vocalizations (foxglove)

99. henry flynt & nova'billy - s/t (locust)

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kuupuu

kuupuu - unilintu (dekorder, lp 2007)

..y de nuevo Kuupuu. el año pasado el sello alemán Dekorder editaba 'Yökehrä', primer recopilatorio con demos y canciones inéditas, esparcidas en cdr's y cassettes, de la incansable Jonna Karanka (fotógrafa, pintora y componente de Hertta Lussu Assa junto a Islaja y Lau Nau). este año vuelve a hacer los mismo con 'Unilintu', segundo volumen que reúne el resto de canciones editadas entre el 2002 y el 2005. como ocurre con Es, Sala-Arhimo o Kemialliset Ystavat, siempre faltan las palabras a la hora de definir su música. un bellísimo folk sensual y pausado en el que Jonna utiliza su voz como un arma llena de recovecos, despejando el camino, eliminando barreras y dejando que los instrumentos planeen con total libertad. parte de su encanto es esa voz que parece irreal, y esa sencillez que desarma por su ingenuidad y despreocupación, llena de miniaturas juguetonas, de nanas asilvestradas e imaginativas, de pianos, pío píos, flautas desafinadas y campanillas de baratillo, de grabaciones de campo, de alegrías y contraluces, de superficies mullidas, de notas y melodías trenzadas una y otra vez con una disciplina indisciplinada, y un talento tan evidente que pone los pelos de punta. como dice Stephan Bauer, cada vez es más obvia la necesidad de que estas grabaciones no caigan en el olvido, y lo único que se echa de menos ahora es material nuevo de Kuupuu.

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"...pieces like “Myrskylaulu” which was taken from the most recent cdr “Kulta Sulta” are pretty spooky. You hear some thunder in the background and Karanka´s double-tracked voice over a picked guitar melody, and the mood seems not as positive as on some of her other tracks. The same goes for the instantly following piano piece “Onnenkuelaa”. It´s a good thing that there are also tracks like the nature sound filled “Linnut”, the deeply meditative “Lintupolku” or the acapella track “Taivaankotiin” that are more soothing for the soul.

Overall, it´s impossible to say that either “Yökehrä” or “Unilintu” is the better of the two releases. Both LPs taken together can definitely considered classic releases from the Finnish underground that seems to have slown down a bit regarding the speed with which releases had been put out in 2005 and the first half of 2006. While listening to “Unilintu”, it becomes more and more obvious that those lo-fi cdr's and the cassette with Kuupuu tracks just had to be saved from being forgotten. The only thing that´s missing now is new material by Kuupuu. 9/10" foxy digitalis

linnut (mp3 sample)

myrskylaulu (mp3 sample)

lintupolku (mp3 sample)

piupiu (mp3 sample)