HEIKKI LAITINEN / MARTTI POKELA / HANNU SAHA - Soitimella-New Music for Five-string kantele CD blackened « her sophomore album responds

« her sophomore album responds to the outside world by capturing both the expansive serenity of the mountains and the frenetic pulse of life on the road

contacted stefan schmidt (guitarist

'Speed Limit' pays homage to (and is suitable for fans of) Miles Davis' 'Bitches Brew' as well as Nucleus' 'Elastic Rock'

but wanted a more spontaneous approach

some duets with piano

HEIKKI LAITINEN / MARTTI POKELA / HANNU SAHA - Soitimella-New Music for Five-string kantele CD blackened « her sophomore album respondsWith origins buried deep in the Finnish Karelian folk imagination, it is said to have been first built by Vinminen, the mythical shaman hero of the Kalevala, from the jawbone of a giant pike. In a catalogue perhaps better known for its out there heavy metal, seismic noise rock and overall outsider sonic extremities, Soitimella arrives like a hush in a whirlwind, a solemn breath of air echoing through the iron aged pine. Released by Jussi Lehtisalos