a r t i s t : Islaja
t i t l e : Blaze Mountain Recordings
d a t e : 2008
l a b e l : Ecstatic Peace
g e n r e : Folk
r l s. d a t e : Jun/2008
t r a c k s : 08
b i t r a t e : VBRkbps
s i z e : 35,4 MB
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ISLAJA is Merja Kokkonen, a visual artist and musician from
Helsinki, Finland. SheÆs been releasing records on Finnish
label Fonal since 2004. The first one, Meritie, introduced her
lovely sense of musical wonder to the world and garnered
excited praise from the more astute ears at The Wire (UK) and
Dusted Magazine (USA). The 2nd release Palaa Aurinkoon was
equally boss and brought ISLAJA to North America with
compatriot Finnish folk experimentalists Lau Nau and Kuupuu
where she mesmerized audiences with a captivating minimalism
of sweet singing and small toy and hand-made instruments
played by herself and companion Jukka Raisanen. In 2007 she
released her third album Ulual yyy which expanded her sound
into further psychedelic paths. Since then ISLAJA has played
numerous large festivals including Eurosonic, Sonar and the
2006 All Tomorrows Parties/Nightmare Before Christmas curated
by Thurston Moore. Animal Collective invited ISLAJA to play a
two week support tour with them in Europe.
Blaze Mountain Recordings is a live document, all music and
words by Merja and played by Merja and Jukka. ItÆs the perfect
portal to enter the living world of ISLAJAÆs music/art spirit
with a unity of traditional Finnish forest mystery and a
radical song universe.
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01-kammen kynsi kieli [03:58]
02-sateen tullessa [04:18]
03-uni pollona olemisesta [03:50]
04-emoa ikava [04:08]
05-palaa aurinkoon [05:12]
06-pete p [03:11]
07-silma amlis [02:12]
08-kristallipallpsilmat [03:44]
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30:33 min