Surrounded By Sun
Various Artists
| Available Formats | No. of Tracks | Price | Buy | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Download Album (mp3) | 15 tracks | £5.99 | ||
| Download Album (flac) | 15 tracks | £6.99 | ||
| Download individual tracks | N/A | from £0.75 |
Various Artists - Surrounded By Sun
Compiled by Sami Sänpäkkilä and Jan Anderzén
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From far north in Finland, the Fonal label, home to Es, Kiila, and a bunch of other fine bands, has just released a compilation focusing not only on their countryfolk but also likeminded artists from around the world. Psychedelic, experimental, indie, folkish music contributed by Greg Weeks, P.G. Six, Kemialliset Ystavat, Kiila, Tinsel, Fursaxa, Ville Leinonen, Scorces, Kuusumun Profeetta (Moon Fog Prophet), Floating Flower, Ring, Janne Laurila, Pekko Kappi, Alien Heart, and Sleeping Bags. Some names we know (several AQ-faves among them!) and some we don't, mostly obscure (to us) Finnish folks. All are exclusive to this comp, except for the Floating Flower track, which is a remix of an older song of theirs.
Floating Flower is an Acid Mothers Temple side project, featuring Kawabata Makoto on acoustic guitar, Yuki on vocals and violin, and Kaneko Tetsuya on tabla and electric guitar. A very lovely six minute track indeed. The P.G. Six track is another of his fragile, folk/psych compositions featuring just his voice, acoustic guitar, and piano. Greg Weeks, Janne Laurila, Ring, Ville Leinonen, and, well, quite a few of the artists on here take a much similar approach: sparse, homerecorded songs that are both quiet and melancholy (of course, some are better singers than others...). Fursaxa (who just played here in San Francisco with fellow psychedelic Philadelphians Bardo Pond) combines droning organ and sustained, sad female vocals. Scorces (members of Charalambides and Ash Castles On The Ghost Coast) does something similar, using bells instead of drones to back their extended, wordless vocal duet. Kinda creepy. The disc concludes with Kemialliset Ystavat's beautiful hippy-chant-folk-jam "Milla", which could have been an International Harvester outtake. This comp is very Ptolemaic Terrascope, to say the least! We like.
Tracklisting
Download Album (FR-20)
- Sleeping Bags - Siggur
- Alien Heat - If You Feel
- Pekko Käppi - Äksyn Tytön Tanssi
- Janne Laurila - A Thousand Goodbyes
- Ring - Glowing Things Glow
- Floating Flower - Desert (remix version)
- P.G. Six - A Lake Of Beer And the Three Truths
- Kuusumun Profeetta - Kaunis Iltapäivä Laskeutuu
- Fursaxa - Kniphofia
- Tinsel - To Build the Voices
- Kiila - Jealous Birds
- Greg Weeks - Howling For Blood
- Ville Leinonen - Unisuudelma
- Scorces - Sun Leaf
- Kemialliset Ystävät - Milla
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