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Lau Nau: Kuutarha (locust 66)
Release Date: February 15, 2005
Locust Music is proud to present our newest addition to the family. Please take a moment to listen to the MP3 snippets below and send me an email or call if you’re interested in a review copy.
–Dustin Drase
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last year saw an explosion & all too welcome interest in a vital, tightly knit scene of artists from Finland. Out of the communal circle of prodigious Finnish musicians comes this lovely 10 song debut solo outing of abstract folk, stray kiss lullaby & plucked blues by Laura Naukkarinen (vocalist in Kiila, Päivänsäde, The Anaksimandros)
Sung in her native tongue, Kuutarha intimates a secret language outside traditional word speak into something utterly beautiful & unrestrained. Melody is suggested through the contours of voice, guitar & violin and arrangement has less to do with the placement of things than with Lau’s comfort in letting sounds fall where they may.
Featuring
Laura Naukkarinen – acoustic bass, bass recorder, five-stringed kantele, acoustic guitar, tenor recorder, violin, bamboo flute, colorful juice glasses, mortar, mandolin, witch laugh megaphone, baby’s rattle, bike bells, banjo, cowbells, electric guitar, organ, willow whistle, tablas, percussion, cymbals, comb, beer cans
Pekko Käppi – jouhikko
Tomas Regan -acoustic bass and banjo
Antti Tolvi – flutes, kantele, chimes and mandolin
Tracks
1. Jos minulla olisi
2. Kuula (MP3)
3. Pläkkikanteletar
4. Tulkaa!
5. Puuportti rautaportilta (MP3)
6. Johdattaja-Joleen (MP3)
7. Hunnun
8. Kuljen halki kuutarhan
9. Kivi murenee jolla kävelee
10. Sammiolinnut
