UUSI AIKA - Luurankolauluja LP Progressive Deluxe edition contains an extra

Deluxe edition contains an extra disc with eleven live and demo tracks

At a time when seemingly no record leaves the pressing plant without haven proven its ›pop sensibility‹

it didn’t sell well

but his sole appearance on acoustic here is a good reminder of why he is frequently evoked in conversations alongside peers like Daniel Bachman and Nathan Salsburg: Winter’s playing is as melodic and winsome as the former and as speckless and crisp as the latter

808 kick drums and dissonant horns add clarity and punch to the chaos on “Last Things

UUSI AIKA - Luurankolauluja LP Progressive Deluxe edition contains an extraLuurankolauluja, the second album by Uusi Aika, opens with Luurankouni, a shakuhachi kata rooted in ancient tradition and named after a poem by the 15th century Japanese Zen poet Ikky. This meditative prelude sets the listener adrift, unprepared for the unfolding journey that follows. After multi instrumentalist and saxophonist Otto Eskelinens (Joose Keskitalo, Mystic Revelation of Teppo Repo, Tahmela Six) opening, the spotlight turns to drummer