Wednesday, March 10, 2010

Kuupuu, Yökehrä (side A)

Kuupuu's formula seems very familiar today, and was only somewhat less familiar when she recorded these tracks between 2002 and 2005: a solitary woman making loops of vocals, percussion, and folk instruments, and documenting them with murky, lo-fi recordings. While Yökehrä does not transcend this micro-genre, it definitely ranks among the strongest entries. The LP release from 2006 collects tracks that had already been released on cassette and CD-R, and it features a crazy, beautiful cover photo.

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