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RESEARCH I COMPOSITION I IMPROVISATION I PERFORMANCE I POETRY I PRESS
[...] then Lähdesmäki took over as conductor - not without humor. I have named his style "the Jumping Jack", but like Professor Tournesol, there is reason in the madness. Because even though his legs stretched to both sides, he formed a dynamic sound surface of the entire orchestra, where the distance between the silence and the bangs is not far apart - if you as a listener just give in.
-Marcus Behrens // salt peanuts
"Just Awake" is a new direction of neo jazz: dark, roaring, ambiguous and aggressive. It breaks the sonic ground while remaining lyrical and fluid all the time, even in the chaotic movements. Pure avant-garde.
-WIndout
"Thus the timbres were picturesque, heard with a sensitive ear and written with a sensitive hand."
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"The piano songs were impressive, emotional, crystal-clear music [...]"
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"You are a song" in particular succeeded in this: dark-toned flow, down-to-earth, unstrained, exhausting and concentrated. And above all, masterful coloring!"
-Pentti Ronkanen // Suomijazz