Pelkkä Poutanen is an experimental musician mixing different folk traditions and classical, electronics and roots music, art pop, noise and vocal music.
Her solo debut album ’Pyhä veri vuotaa’ (Eclipse Music, 2022) has been nominated for Teosto-award, which is one of the biggest art prizes in Scandinavia. It was also nominated for Etno Emma -award. This album contains folk music with a very modern twist and influences from around the world. The thread tying everything together is the concept of the sacred, including showing how the sacred sometimes turns into something quite absurd. Songlines wrote ”…it’s enticing, haunting, mesmerizing, spiritual and hypnotic” and put one song to it’s own release ”The 10 Best New Albums From Around the World” in April 2022.
Poutanen has been described as an earthquake, a big bang, hypnotic, insightful and original. Her background in music is broad and her music speaks out.
She is known for an acrobatic voice that includes techniques from Scandinavian and Finno-Ugrian folk singing to techniques of throat singing. She is mixing various international folk traditions, electronics, classical and roots music, art pop, noise and vocal music to create exciting new soundscapes.
SPOTIFY | JUMALAN MORSIAN -VIDEO
https://www.petrapoutanen.com/
MAIJA KAUHANEN – An expressive voice, deep-rooted kantele and inventive percussion.
Weaving together polyrhythms and organic beats, Maija Kauhanen creates unique soundscapes and compelling grooves.
Maija Kauhanen is a Finnish kantele virtuoso, singer, and multi-instrumentalist as well as a talented composer and lyricist. She is known to be a charismatic performer with an entrancing stage presence. As a solo artist, she plays self-penned music as a one-woman orchestra simultaneously playing the kantele, percussion, and singing on top. The music Maija Kauhanen plays as a solo act is all composed by her, but the foundation of her music is deeply rooted in Finnish folk music. Weaving her kantele playing together with her versatile singing voice, poly-rhythms, and the organic beats of percussion, she creates unique cinematic soundscapes and compelling grooves.
Youtube: Linnunrata (Live)
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Youtube: Käärme (Snake) Official Music Video 2022
https://www.maijakauhanen.com
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