Halki pilvien, by Tomutonttu

Halki pilvien

by Tomutonttu

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Halki pilvien - transl. Through the clouds - brings exactly what one expects from the clouds. It is a collection of soft and gentle movements, as playful as a ‘Jan Anderzén type of music’ is always. A collection of patterns that solidify for just a brief moment in time, before sublimating in the back of the mind. This album is in constant motion.

Push play. A warped piano and cartoonish SFX’s might foretell a hyperreal approach to music. Yet while the champion of hyperrealism, Noah Creshevsky, describes his music as being written in a language we already understand (realism) yet in an exaggerated manner (hyper) - I have to add that things on this album do not sound exaggerated at all. Moreover, i have the feeling that somehow on this work, Jan is trying to underwhelm us. In the best possible way. Because clouds float trough and dissolve. Thus instead of hyperrealism, is Jan maybe speaking to us in a certain Serenerealism? Or Mildrealism?

What Jan’s music does have in common with Creshevsky’s is the no rush part. Listening to Halki pilvien makes time non-directional. The music seems to be designed to be played over and over again. This music has no direct impact like one can experience at a punk show, or at a classical music concert. This music is not that one gigantic raincloud covering the world dark. Quite the opposite, it is a pattern of clouds and clearings, floating over the lands. Trough this music a shadow play appears. This music is durable.

And it is when the sounds are at its faintest, that Jan touches the core:
in the smallest detail, we find the fullest musical information.

– Lieven Martens

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released November 25, 2024

Some of these recordings are based on a Tomutonttu performance at Asbestos Art Space in the autumn of 2023. Thank you for borrowing sounds Null Sekunden (A3, A4), Natalia Beylis (B6), Ju Suk Reet Meate (B6) and Rock ‘N’ Roll Jackie (B6). Mastering by Jussi Lehtisalo. Thank you Kone Foundation for the support. Halki pilvien is available on vinyl by Ektro / Full Contact Records and on cassette by Edições CN.

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"It is the drunken bird's dream, the mouldy instrument, the evil music box, the song of half past 4 am joy, people bathing in fairy's pee and releasing the enchanting sound and the tantalizing sound." -Ralf Normaali