{"id":9705,"date":"2006-01-14T08:34:07","date_gmt":"2006-01-13T21:34:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fatplanet.com.au\/blog\/2006\/01\/14\/islaja-hertta-lussu-assa-finland\/"},"modified":"2021-01-31T05:13:33","modified_gmt":"2021-01-31T05:13:33","slug":"islaja-hertta-lussu-assa-finland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.stuartbuchanan.com\/archives\/2006\/01\/14\/islaja-hertta-lussu-assa-finland\/","title":{"rendered":"ISLAJA \/ HERTTA LUSSU ASSA [FINLAND]"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"islaja\"
\nas a regular subscriber to the boomkat<\/a> newsletter (being one of the finest distributors of electronic \/ postrock \/ grime etc), i’m always intrigued to discover their ‘album of the week’ – due to the fact that invariably it’s from someone i’ve never heard of. this week is no exception. from fonal<\/a>, the label that gave you yesterday’s paavohharju<\/strong>, comes islaja<\/strong> and her second album ‘palaa aurinkoon’. as far as the so-called ‘new folk’ movement goes, there’s a great deal that i can leave behind, however islaja<\/strong> marries common sensibilities with abstract production techniques and an avant-garde approach to instrumentation. at times, this raw, blunt, lo-fi experimental approach can you leave you baffled, however when it all comes together (particularly on the tracks ‘laviat saapuu’ and ‘vaeltajan laulu’) it’s a genuine joy. there’s three mp3s for your consumption at everythingisfire<\/a>.
\nislaja<\/strong> (aka merja kokkonen) is extremely prolific – she’s a member of the psych-folk ten-piece collective, avarus<\/strong> (who run their own label, lal lal lal<\/a>) and kemialliset yst√\u00dfv√\u00dft<\/strong>. she’s also part of the trio hertta lussu assa<\/strong>, along with kuupuu<\/strong> & lau nau<\/strong>. download an mp3 below, and grab some more live recordings at mixoftheweek.com<\/a>
\nHERTTA LUSSU ASSA<\/strong> meri on maailman veri<\/a>
\ni realise i’m merely scraping the surface of what is fast being recognised as a ‘movement’ coming out of the finnish underground – branded by the wire as ‘new weird finland’. volcanic tongue<\/a> is a good starting point to delve further into these icy waters.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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