Fonal Rec.
Paavoharju : Laulu Laakson Kukista (FIN,2008)***'
This latest release of Paavoharju almost sounds like an astral soundtrack with ghosts of images that appear, become visible and disappear, featuring breathy and ethereal vocals, Kalevala-alike spoken word, round-about electric and toy piano, church organ, outdoor birds sounds, with an occasional electropop song quickly drifting back into the background of processed sounds. The piece is nicely “orchestrated” and produced in such directions, but the recording still is, with all the talent engaged, more mono than it can be, and is also disturbed in the recording by tiny ticks and a bit of occasional white noise. For being able to create such fine piece like this with all the necessary ideas present, I hope next time they will use only the best equipment and engineering.
