Second album from Mahti - a Finnish four-piece group presenting a unique mixture of ambient-rock, electronic music and traditional Finnish-Karelian music.
Lengthy semi-improvisational pieces are built on top of complex, hypnotic synths which are layered with opaque guitars and strangely soothing noise elements. In the heart of it all there's kantele, an ancient Finnish string instrument played by Hannu Saha, who has studied Finnish folk music in theory and practice for nearly five decades. The other players are Jussi Lehtisalo and Tomi Leppänen, who also form the rhythmic core of avant-rock group CIRCLE, and psychiatrist Teemu Elo.
"This is really mellow stuff, experimental for sure, a bit ambient, a bit electronic, a bit traditional Finnish... maybe even a bit psychedelic. It's beautiful I know that much... These are proper talented musicians who have crafted their talents for decades, as you'll know from the amount of bands and solo projects they've been involved in." (Riot Season).
These ancient musicians played their 'mahti'... and the sound they produced was called 'musiikki'. Strange dreams guaranteed! Digipak.
MAHTI - 'Musiikki 2' CD
- Record Label: Ektro Records
- Genre: Post-Rock / Ambient / Avantgarde
- Availability: In Stock
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£12.00
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Tags: CIRCLE, MAHTI, Musiikki 2, Jussi Lehtisalo, Ektro Records, Pharaoh Overlord, Ambient, Post-Rock, Avantgarde