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Title: Kalmuk
Condition: New
Artist: Kimmo Pohjonen
Format: CD
Edition: Album
No Of Discs: 1
Run Time: 42.90
Record Label: West Park
Release Date: 11/08/2004
Genre: World Music
Style: Northern European
EAN: 4015698208122
MPN: 87092
Description: PRODUKTBESCHREIBUNGEN
KURZBESCHREIBUNG
Kimmo has composed, created and performed the spectacle Kalmuk, a massive work for 15-piece symphony orchestra, two percussionists (Kosminen and Assefa), quadraphonic sound, live effects and light show. This show debuted in Helsinki in December 2000 and toured England with great success in November 2002. Kimmo Pohjonen is one of the three winners of the first Teosto Prize, given by the Finnish Composers' Copyright Society Teosto in 2003 for his work Kalmuk. A Sibelius Academy jury chose the winners based on originality, courage and innovation. The award of 40.000 euros will be shared with the other winning contemporary artists Kimmo Hakola and Maija Vilkkumaa. MOJO, February 2003: 'Something completely different is Kalmuk from the Finnish accordionist Kimmo Pohjonen and the Tapiola Sinfonietta, recorded live at the Helsinki Savoy. Usually taking listeners into a sinister avant-garde world of wheezing,loops and sounds beyond description, this time Pohjonen has gone all classical on us. And it's fantastic.'

REZENSION
They've called him the "accordion terrorist", the "fearless magician of sound". Reviews of his live gigs comment as much on the astonishing spectacle as they do on the music. But at the heart, at the very foundation of a Kimmo Pohjonen concert with all its electronic wizadry and brilliantly designed lighting, is Kimmo's blazing passion for music itself. It's that unstoppable, whirlwind passion which is behind his latest CD release Kalmuk. The Kalmuk project was premiered in Helsinki two years ago. I was there, at the city's Savoy Theatre, to witness Kimmo, two rock percussionists and fifteen members of one of Finland's top orchestras, the Tapiola Sinfonietta, take us by storm. These musicians' lives were dominated by the Mozart and Sibelius scores sitting on their music stands. Kimmo embarked on a project which would force them to throw away the stands, the chairs, to move and to improvise. After all, someone had once done that to him when he turned his back on a career as a classical accordionist, and opted instead for the Folk Music Department of the Sibelius Academy in Helsinki! It was survival of the fittest. It worked! The smiles on the faces of the orchestral players told of their pride. They were no longer doing what someone else had asked, they were doing what they wanted. The CD is a recording of one of the Helsinki performances in 2000. It needs to be listened to from start to finish, from the gentle, and soon mysterious, curtain raiser track 'Kellua', through the wild and psychedelic 'The Furies'. The final track 'Genesis', with its insistent rhythms and poignant lyricism, will send you hurling through whichever imaginary space your mind has chosen to inhabit. The music is captivating, shocking, disturbing, invigorating. It exists in a musical world somewhere between classical and avant-garde folk. A unique album from an unique, original talent. --bbc 20 11 2002

BIOGRAPHIE DER MITWIRKENDEN
Finnish accordion adventurist Kimmo Pohjonen s singular mission is to expand the capabilities, sound, scope, performance and experience of the accordion to levels never before attempted, seen or heard. Accordion, voice, effects, surround sound and light show combine to make a unique and captivating performance event. A visionary of boundless energy, Pohjonen s roots go back thirty years in all forms of accordion music including folk, dance, classical, rock, experimental, theatre music and more. His studies in the progressive and innovative Sibelius Academy Folk Music Department were a critical factor in Pohjonen s transition to the boldly creative and versatile musician / performer he is today. Currently, Pohjonen is simultaneously involved in numerous projects: -Kimmo Pohjonen / Samuli Kosminen Kluster featuring sampling genius Samuli Kosminen (also known from work with Icelandic band MuM). Kluster appeared at the MIDEM 2006 music convention in Cannes on a main stage showcase performance. Their album is released in Europe via Rockadillo and Westpark, the duo has toured througout Europe in folk, jazz, world, classical, contemporary and rock music festivals. -KTU (pronounced K2 ) is the new band featuring Pohjonen with Texans Pat Mastelotto and Trey Gunn from King Crimson. The KTU album 8 Armed Monkey is released in Europe on Rockadillo and Westpark, in North America on Thirsty Ear and in Japan on Besection. Concerts in Helsinki, Moscow, Tampere, Tallinn, Moers, Jena and Tokyo have been resounding successes with the highlight being FMM Festival in Sines, 2005, for an audience of 7000. 2006 concert successes include Wien Accordion Festival, Ljubljana Slovenia, FIMAV in Victoriaville, Canada, Nattjazz in Norway and SPOT Festival in Denmark, followed by their North American tour in March 2007. -Kluster meets Kronos Quartet in the Uniko project featuring music composed by Pohjonen and Kosminen, commissioned by Kronos. Concerts in Helsinki, Moscow and Molde Jazz Festival were major successes. US premiere of Uniko is set for October 3,5,6, 2007 at Brooklyn Academy of Music. -Pohjonen s latest solo adventure is called Animator featuring live computer designs by multi-media artist / designer Marita Liulia and live video mix by Antti Kuivalainen. Successful concerts took place in Helsinki, Wien, Dusseldorf and in the late 2005 tour of Portugal. -Pohjonen works in an improvisation duo with French drummer, Eric Echampard. Their album Uumen was released by Rockadillo and Westpark and they have performed in Finland, France, Estonia, Norway and Netherlands. -Pohjonen has composed music for a Swedish dance performance premiered in October 2006 by choreographer Lisa Torun..Pohjonen also collaborated in Paris in June 2006 with dancers /choreographers Tero Saarinen and Carolyn Carlson. -Pohjonen has composed music for one British short film and for a Russian full length feature film, Majak. Pohjonen and Kluster cohort Samuli Kosminen have composed and performed music for the full length Finnish feature film Jade Warrior. They have also composed music for a Finnish circus theatre performance, Keskusteluja. -Pohjonen and Kosminen are collaborating with Finland s Proton String Quartet, for a premiere performance in Helsinki and Estonia in 2006 and concerts in Helsinki and Macau in 2007 and Köln in 2008. -Pohjonen s solo show continues to tour regularly. -Pohjonen enjoys a high profile UK with performances at The Proms at Royal Albert Hall London, Jazz Festival at the Barbican, Kalmuk and Kluster at Queen Elizabeth Hall and solo in the Purcell Room. Pohjonen has performed at two Meltdown Festivals in London. Pohjonen / Kosminen Kluster at David Bowie s Meltdown performed one set of Bowie music followed by their own show. At Patti Smith s Meltdown at Royal Festival Hall 2005, Pohjo

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Release Year: 2004
Tracks:
1: Kellua
2: Mantis
3: Escher
4: The Furies
5: Spore
6: Vortex
7: Ehtola
8: Genesis

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