Kirkastus

by Piirpauke

Kirkastus cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 1981
  • Label: Ponsi
  • Country: Finland
  • Length: 36:47
  • Community rating: 3.57/5 from 3 ratings

Artists on this release: Ilpo Saastamoinen, Tom Nekljudow, Pekka Nylund, Sakari Kukko

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Continuing their pioneering fusion of world music and complex European rock structures, the Finnish collective delivers an ambitious, highly melodic album. 'Kirkastus' emphasizes soaring instrumental interplay, seamlessly weaving regional folk traditions with the expansive, symphonic elements of progressive rock.

Genres

Descriptors: folk, experimental, acoustic, guitars, flute

Tracklist

  1. Song of the Ostiak (6:37)
  2. Prelude and Salsa (3:31)
  3. Lamb's Polska (4:58)
  4. Kirkastus (2:09)
  5. Answer, Friend (3:57)
  6. Factory (4:58)
  7. Cry (6:07)
  8. Doina & Circus (4:27)

Credits

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