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ES - Sateenkaarisuudelma
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Year :: 2005
Label :: (K-RAA-K)3
Cat No :: KED02
Genre :: Avantgarde
Tracks :: 08
Size :: 108,1 MB
Source :: Vinyl
Bitrate :: VBRKBps
Rel. Date :: 26/12/2005
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This is the new vinyl only (!) album from Fonal boss
Sami SΣnpΣkkilΣ, aka Es, and what an album it is.
Already being championed by David Keenan in the Wire
and multiple webzines, there is little I can say
about this that hasnÆt already been laid on in these
glowing reports, but this is an album I am truly
passionate about. The first thing you notice is just
how damned gorgeous it looks, this is easily the
sleeve of the year; and the gorgeous watercolour
shown on the front of the sleeve in heavy textured
card is complemented by similar paintings on each
panel of the luxurious double vinyl package. The most
important thing about æSateenkaarisuudelmaÆ, of
course, is the music; which ranges from the breathy
vocals/violins and guitar of side AÆs title track and
the uplifting saxophone drenched charm of æHarmonia,
RakkauttaÆ to the dense piano led æPianokaariÆ (which
featured on the recent æInvisible PyramidÆ
compilation, psych followers!). What I find so
irresistible about Es is his ability to make what
might at first seem like difficult music (Finnish
psychedelia anyone?) sound so effortlessly engaging.
There is a childlike loveliness and a breathless
warmth to these recordings, a homely quality far
removed from the pretentiousness often associated
with Wire referenced emissions. I implore you, give
this album a home; love it and cherish it, nourish it
with your attention and you will reap the rewards for
years to come. Even all you children of the digital
age, this is reason enough to ask Father Christmas to
bring you a Technics 1210 this year (this is a vinyl
only album, and is specifically recorded for the
vinyl medium). A stone cold, quiet classic.
-boomkat
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[A1] Sateenkaarisuudelma I (Hymn) [01:17]
[A2] Sateenkaarisuudelma II [08:38]
[A3] Sateenkaarisuudelma III [07:11]
[B1] Harmonia, Rakkautta [21:42]
[C1] Maailmankaari I [07:51]
[C2] Maailmankaari II [09:06]
[D1] Universaali Totuus [08:35]
[D2] Planokaari [08:28]
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