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Track Listings
| 1. Waltz For Eino |
| 2. Skrubu |
| 3. Lokakuu |
| 4. Radio Moskova |
| 5. Kaksi |
| 6. Artsi |
| 7. Raudanselka |
| 8. Snadina |
| 9. Vasulaisten Juhlamarssi |
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Ranking among the top names in contemporary world music in Finland and beyond, accordion player Markku Lepistö and bass man Pekka Lehti are ready to write the second chapter of the duo Lepistö & Lehti. Radio Moskova (Radio Moscow) marks the eagerly awaited follow up to their successful debut CD, Helsinki. The new album takes the two artists sonically through the emotional scale, ranging from playful virtuosity into more introspective meditative passages. The instruments used in the seemingly minimalist setting are not just played according to the textbook, but, instead, used in ways not often encountered. The accordion sounds electronic on occasion, and the double bass gets the stick proper. That being said, here innovations serve the music first and foremost. During recent years, Lepistö & Lehti has performed in several different parts of the world and at many prestigious venues and festivals. These include the Vienna Concert House, the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, the Womad Festival in Australia, New Zealand and Great Britain, plus the World Expo in Shanghai, China. The duo was nominated for the Songlines Music Award earlier this year in the category Best Group. In their native Finland, they have been runners up for the highly regarded Teosto Award.
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From the playful, pop up CD packaging, that squeezes the CD out in an invitation to play, to the variety of styles Markku Lepisto and Pekka Lehti exert from their accordions and bass respectively, this CD is a delight to explore, conjuring a range of images. Skrubu sets us off on a cat and mouse tango; Kaksi is like a sci-fi police car chase with spine-tingling accordion over extraordinary rhythms and radio static.
In contrast, Artsi is a bass lament for a lost friend, invested in emotion, while Vasulaisten Juhlamarssi is a traditional march. My favourite is Lokakuu, written about autumn, but which conjures for me, that vacuous feeling of alienation when walking along a street feeling detached from everyone around you.
These are remarkable musicians, able to produce vivid images from the sole combination of their instruments. Snadina walks us through a childhood forest with percussive effects, the accordion describing arboreal shapes, lightened by the whistling and one could be tucked up in a snowbound dacha listening to an atmospheric Radio Moskova. Superlative.
In contrast, Artsi is a bass lament for a lost friend, invested in emotion, while Vasulaisten Juhlamarssi is a traditional march. My favourite is Lokakuu, written about autumn, but which conjures for me, that vacuous feeling of alienation when walking along a street feeling detached from everyone around you.
These are remarkable musicians, able to produce vivid images from the sole combination of their instruments. Snadina walks us through a childhood forest with percussive effects, the accordion describing arboreal shapes, lightened by the whistling and one could be tucked up in a snowbound dacha listening to an atmospheric Radio Moskova. Superlative.
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