Kes盲maa

by Pekka Streng

Kes盲maa cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: December 1972
  • Label: Love
  • Country: Finland
  • Length: 30:37
  • Community rating: 3.71/5 from 3 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Recorded while the artist was battling a terminal illness, this deeply moving sophomore release stands as a gentle, profoundly spiritual landmark of Finnish underground folk. Augmented by subtle jazz and acoustic instrumentation, the mystical lyrical themes meditate softly on life, nature, and mortality, cementing the reclusive songwriter's enduring mythological status in Nordic music history.

Genres

Descriptors: death, forest, folk, Finnish language, male-vocals, repetitive, melodic

Tracklist

  1. Mimosaneito (1:15)
  2. Kaukana (2:29)
  3. ...Ja Tuittu Ruusut Sai (1:00)
  4. Perhonen (2:16)
  5. Auringon Lapsi (2:21)
  6. Kanttorinpoika Max (4:00)
  7. Katsele Y枚ss盲 (2:43)
  8. Matkalaulu (4:32)
  9. Roope Hattu (2:21)
  10. Annabella (1:49)
  11. Serenadi (1:05)
  12. Puutarhassa (3:25)
  13. Mutta Min盲 L盲hden (1:21)

Credits

  • Tommy Knif - acoustic guitar, electric guitar
  • Sonja Streng - artwork
  • Markku Lievonen - bass, celesta
  • Ari Valtonen - drums, bongos
  • Pekka P枚yry - flute
  • Olli Ahvenlahti - piano, electric piano, organ, harmonium, celesta
  • Eero Koivistoinen - soprano saxophone, sopranino saxophone
  • Jukka Ruohom盲ki - synthesizer

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