Nuori Veri – Luun Ja Auran Syntesi – Aussaat – Cassette – 2020.
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Nuori Veri is a Finnish experimental artist, this is his third cassette release after Vakaumus and Vakaumus 2, both were released in 2019.
This
album is one of those experiences that can’t really be categorised. It
functions as a timeless piece of art, there are field recordings, piano
tinkering, vocal samples and spoken dialogue woven together to make a tapestry
of sound.
The
piano features heavily on the album, although still an instrument of present day
used by many musicians, alone or with samples and crackles it has a timeless eerie
quality as if we are thrown back to early Twentieth Century. The works are like
collages of time, shifting the listener through journeys of time and place. As sounds
become minimal with crackles and ominous piano the atmospheres become tense as
if anticipating disaster. This increases as the work gets quieter and strips
down – a soundtrack anxiety. The passages of piano and shouted vocal are
intense and pained. Is it the build up to war?
Overall,
I think this album works well, everything ties together perfectly. The sounds
are rich and evocative, I was placed into a shifting montage of scenarios. This
tape is one of the strangest releases that I have received and broke the flow
of my usual listening. In the past I have had to write up some shit
Experimental releases, it was extremely hard, I wanted to send them back.
This in contrast is an excellent work of art and a pleasure to hear, thanks for the
journey. I recommend this cassette as good, challenging listening that I am
keeping.
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