.Px3Kauppila– Hirttu00e4ytynyt Neito (EKZ Records, 2024). In Hirttu00e4ytynyt Neito (The Hanged House Maid), Pauliina Kauppila, running under the tag Px3Kauppila, crafts a haunting and also immersive set of time tracks just in time for Halloween. Her music pulls profoundly coming from the well of Finnish social past.
Consequently, this album is a music quest via time, feelings, and spot an invite to explore the roots of a historical heritage along with a contemporary ear. Kauppila’s concentrate on acoustic percussion is actually a tribute to the rhythmical heartbeat of history. In Finnish mythology, incantation poems, when utilized to cure the unwell, protect against curses, as well as communicate the divine, are actually the spiritual ascendants of these structures.
Kauppila’s haunting vocals and also assorted collision take spotlight, rousing routines executed in the shades of heavy forests, the crackle of fire, and the whispering of tribal vocals. Her work attracts an interesting similarity in between the natural and also the surreal, combining effects as contemporary as the atmospherical stress of David Lynch’s cinematic planet as well as the spirit of David Bowie. Yet within each one of this, there is actually a grounding in Finnish heritage, a serious respect for the individual strategies that molded her homeland.
You may nearly really feel Finland’s wild, listen to the rustle of old plants, and also sense the weight of stories passed down via generations. Vocally, Kauppila enthralls with a blend of resounding chants as well as communicated word, supplying her pipes as if conjuring an incantation. Notably, Kauppila’s dual identification as both a percussionist and a psychotherapist is actually crucial to the album’s conceptual depth.
This album is actually an improvement of dropped practices, a suggestion of the electrical power of noise to go beyond time and also room. Through her mastery of international percussion as well as her rich understanding of the human psyche, Kauppila has produced a job that is actually as intellectually inducing as it is psychologically rousing. Artists: Pauliina Kauppila on berimbau, udu, sun drum, caju00f3n, congas, pandeiro, triangulars, caxixis, hands, kalimbas, drum set, dildo, cymbals, sounds, crashers, vocal bowls, mouth harps, keppi (2-string slide bass), acoustic variation of keppi, whistles, bird noises, nose groove, audio impacts, vocals, neck singing Minna Koskenlahti on structure drum Marjut Komulainen, spoken expression Janne Storm on piano and setara Jenni Venu00e4lu00e4inen on Finnish 10-string kantele, Finnish performance kantele, spoken expression Sanna Tanninen on tenor sax, baritone sax, groove, as well as audio impacts Paula Pru00e4ktig on piano and also prepared piano) Dile Kolanen on power bass.
Acquire Hirttu00e4ytynyt Neito. Writer: Madison Quinn.