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Jos Ken Pahoin Uneksii Peippo #1 CD £10.99 Pekko is a member of the staggeringly psychedelic free jazz Finnish group Paivansade, whose debut LP on Eclipse lit up skulls the world over. He favours the use of archaic Finnish folk instruments in all-improvised settings and traditional folk songs and here he plays a jouhikko (a horsehair lyre), an instrument that he also uses in Paivansade, in a group setting that also features Girilal Baars on dosphulluur, Marko Jouste on mandolin and oud, Leena Puonti on harmonium and vocals and Eero Turkka on harmonica, jouhikko, igil and vocals. Nine tracks of feral folk invention utilising traditional folk songs and originals, with Pekko crossing bowed strings with soft locomotive rhythms, grainy drones and circling, buzzing patterns that leave the whole thing sounding as melancholic as Eastern European klezmer music and as mud-caked as a madrigal from the Third Ear Band. Pekko's vocals are beautiful and otherwordly, chasing the arc of his bow with mournful wails, high, keening melodies and low, zoned chants. Recommended. |
