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Artist: Markku Lahtelan Sirkus
Album: Vol. 1
Label: Kevyt Nostalgia
Playtime: 59:09 min
Genre: Avantgarde
URL: http://www.myspace.com/markkulahtelansirkus
Rip date: 2007-07-19
Street date: 2006-02-28
Size: 79.82 MB
Type: Normal
Quality: 177 kbps / 4410kHz / Joint Stereo
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Markku Lahtelan Sirkus is the product of a long-time collaboration between
two visionary minds, namely Mikko Nenonen and Tomi Pekkola. Taking their name
from a Finnish postmodernist writer, and his main work from the 1970s, their
aim is to attain equilibrium between experimentation and discipline. They
want to avoid the dead ends of gratuitous improvisation as well as virtuoso
showmanship. They really succeed in this: Their music dances the thin line
between chaos and control, sound and noise, construction and destruction. It
constantly moves to unseen directions, though never losing sight of the
whole. The music is almost impossible to categorize, but some comparisons to
progressive/kraut rock, free jazz and even experimental electronic music in
style of Pan Sonic may be done.
The musicians themselves have used terms like punk-progressive rock,
referring to their Do-It-Yourself attitude. The debut album Vol. 1 contains
seven fairly different pieces, which nevertheless form a coherent whole. The
music moves through different landscapes and moods. It offers a unique and
rewarding experience for a music lover with open ears and mind. This is music
that follows the logic of poetry.
This Finnish duo don't make it easy to describe their music, that's for sure
-- but at least we got the magic word "Finnish" in there right off! The very
first track here, "Kun Tulet Tarpeeksi Lahelle, Muutun Perhoseksi", explores
moody, cinematic, improvised post-rock textures, building to a noisy, intense
climax over the course of 13 minutes. The next, "Nurin Lentaa Lintu", is more
of a droning electronic soundscape, abruptly joined by primitive percussion
and guitar freakery. Some of the other tracks are even more abstract and
ambient, constructed of hiss and crackle, cello and cassette sound collage.
Or at one moment this will be all placid and mellow, maybe acoustic guitar
and bongos to the fore, before switching with the next track to a weird
percolating proggy funky free jazzy thing. A diverse success, and quite
carefully crafted/edited, it seems. Fans of other weirdness from Finland
(like Avarus and Doktor Kettu) and elsewhere for that matter should check
this out.
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01. Kun Tulet Tarpeeksi LΣhelle, Muutun Perhoseksi (13:03)
02. Nurin LentΣΣ Lintu (12:18)
03. Kuuntelin Hiljaisinta ─ΣntΣ ( 4:58)
04. Viinik÷ynn÷ksen TytΣr (11:44)
05. MΣdΣntymisprosessi ( 4:48)
06. Huuto Varhaisilta PΣiviltΣ ( 4:57)
07. Kun Syksy Pesii LoppukseΣn ╓ihin ( 7:21)
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