We’ve updated our Terms of Use to reflect our new entity name and address. You can review the changes here.
We’ve updated our Terms of Use. You can review the changes here.

w/ Airaksinen

by Aïr

supported by
Stuart D
Stuart D thumbnail
toblerone73
toblerone73 thumbnail
/

  • Streaming + Download

    Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
    Purchasable with gift card

      €2 EUR  or more

     

1.
Closer to Buddha 06:25
buy track
2.
Torii 05:29
buy track
3.
Tantric Dream 13:47
buy track

about

At some point after our first studio session and some encouraging gigs there was an idea of mixing some tibetan instruments to our sound. The question was how, who could have such instruments? We contacted the then leader of the buddhist student organization of the University of Helsinki, and he suggested that Pekka Airaksinen, who was a respected member of the Finnish buddhist community, could help us. We were like, wow, you mean the same legendary Pekka Airaksinen, who also was part of the Finnish underground experimental music scene in the late sixties? He gave us Pekka's phone number, and we called him. Pekka was interested and said yes.

So in the summer of 2000, we booked the same studio as before for one weekend, and Pekka drove few hundred kilometres down to Kouvola to play some free music with us youngsters. We recorded three pieces, everything on one take, and that was it. A magical moment for us, and Pekka seemed to enjoy it too. There were some themes or ideas for each song, but once we started to play, it was totally free.

credits

released February 8, 2017

Recorded live in one day in summer of 2000 and mixed later at Funny Farm Studios, Kouvola, by J.J. Nippala. Digital transfer from minidisc by Juri Puhakka in 2016.

Juho Pätäri - guitar
Saku Kiviharju - guitar
Kari Karlsson - bass
Juho Viljanen - drums

with

Pekka Airaksinen - Tibetan horn (dungchen), finger cymbals and gongs, singing bowls, khol drum

license

all rights reserved

tags

about

Aïr Kouvola, Finland

Aïr started as a guitar & drums freeform experimental & noise duo in 1996, publishing a 7" (aareton-label) in the process. Gradually it evolved into a quartet, taking influence from Japanese psychedelic underground free rock and krautrock among other styles, made some gigs and recorded sounds around the millenium. At some point other things took over, and the band graduallly came to a halt. ... more

shows

contact / help

Contact Aïr

Streaming and
Download help

Report this album or account

If you like Aïr, you may also like:

Bandcamp Daily  your guide to the world of Bandcamp

On Bandcamp Radio

Featuring Riley Pinkerton (aka The Rat Queen) from the theatrical NYC rockers, Castle Rat.
listen now