Unilintu, by Kuupuu (LP on Dekorder)

A Norman Records recommendation (8th February 2007)

Description:	LP on Dekorder Records, Finnish folk fun, ACE!! BACK IN!	UK ORDERS OVER £50 SHIP FREE!
Format:	LP
Label:	Dekorder
Price:	£9.79
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Rating: ecstatic This record left our Phil feeling ecstatic.

One of my favourite releases of the week (it was vying for album of the week!!) is the KUUPUU new album on Dekorder. Unilintu is the 2nd vinyl only release on Dekorder which compiles some of the early CDR releases. The last LP sold out in no time (though we have re stocks in now) and this is more of the same superb experimental folk. A lot of the Finnish folk bores me to tears but the Kuupuu stuff has some real charm about it. The is haunting yet strangely calming forest folk of the highest order. This proves to me that Kuupuu are here to stay cos this is truly marvelous. Nature sounds, tinkling and other queer sounds which fill out the gentle sound just nicely. Top stuff!!

What the label says:

"Unilintu" is the second of two vinyl-only LP's on the Dekorder label compiling the best material from Kuupuu's first four CD-R and cassette releases, this time presenting a slightly darker and even more coherent sonic vision compared to last year's gorgeous "Yökehrä" LP which we sold out immediately

Jonna Karanka aka Kuupuu is one of the main movers of the (deservedly) much hyped Finnish Psychedelic Free Folk scene. Originally hailing from Tampere she is known as a core member of Avarus, Anaksimandros, Kukkkiva Poliisi and Maniacs Dream. Additionally, she has recently started Hertta Lussu Ässä with Lau Nau and Islaja and has collaborated with Tomutonttu (aka Jan Anderzen of Kemialliset Ystävät) and Paavi (as Lussu ja Paavi).

This LP is a beautifull collection of haunting (sometimes spooky) home baked freeform folk songs, strange lo-fi loops, vocal drones and psychedelic cut-ups, made using weirdly tuned plucked and strummed strings, bells, clattery percussion, unidentifiable wind instruments, backwards tape loops and a ton of other noisemakers all played and recorded by herself; accompanied by her distinctive voice (often looped and layered) with vocals sung and whispered in her native Finnish language making the whole atmosphere even more haunting and mysterious. Jonna Karanka creates an intimate space where the listener feels like sitting next to her in a small chamber or outside in the woods where Kuupuu sings a lullaby just for him.

References: Fursaxa, Vashti Bunyan, Kemialliset Ystävät, Colleen, Animal Collective, Lau Nau, Jewelled Antler, Wooden Wand...

"Of all the many travellers in the Finnish psychedelia scene, Kuupuu is surely one of the most enigmatic.(.....) Among the Finnish leftfield, Yökehrä is second only to Es's Sateenkaarisuudelma in its meditative intensity." (The Wire, September 2006)

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