an idea germinated while reading The Magic Mountain by Thomas Mann

it reconnects with the security of the local to explore the troubles of the global: a guiding impulse writ large across this album’s eleven songs

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onomatopoetic name from the sound of hand drums used in this type of music

KUUSIJÄRVI / RÖNKKÖ - Aika Ja Tila LP techno an idea germinated while readingKuusijrvi Rnkk launches the concept of accordion jazz into orbit with their album Aika ja tila (Time and Space). Built entirely on improvisation, this six track collection stretches both musical genre boundaries and the very fabric of spacetime. Harri Kuusijrvis electronic accordion sounds at times like the chirping of a cyborg bird flock, and at others like Brian Enos electric toothbrush just as the batteries are dying. The other half of the duo,