V/A - Bound With Skin

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Sello: Skulls Of Heaven
Estilo: Psych-Folk, Psych-Rock, Experimental, Drone

Tracklisting:

1-1	Tomutonttu	Samman Aikaan Toisaalla (9:58)
1-2	Skaters, The	.:-:-:. (10:56)
1-3	Ashtray Navigations	The Winking Halogen Devil/Lazy Screens/Bunnys With Bullets In Their Mouthes (13:26)
1-4	Zodiac Mountain	Hinge Hex (8:33)
1-5	Wooden Wand & Vanishing Voice, The	Djin Rummy: The Poetry Of Lunacy (7:35)
2-1	Pengo	Moats (9:22)
2-2	Maths Balance Volumes	Elegy For Breeze Von Goodyear/The Gravediggers Dance (8:20)
2-3	Brothers Of The Occult Sisterhood	<<.!.>> (12:08)
2-4	White Dog (2)	Answers Never Questioned (9:20)
2-5	Armpit	Grunge King (9:25)
3-1	Fursaxa & Zaïmph	Sword Forest (11:54)
3-2	Axolotl	Anola (For ERA) (8:01)
3-3	Astral Social Club	Uroo Uroo Uroo (11:00)
3-4	Excepter	Cruel Sensation (5:41)
3-5	PW Best	Sundogs (13:33)
4-1	Uton	Universumista Soremenpaihin (8:07)
4-2	Watersports	Elemog (5:07)
4-3	Anla Courtis	A-642170/43 (8:09)
4-4	Pan To Scratch	The Southern Gate (10:04)
4-5	Taikuri Tali	Kello Rittui (7:09)
5-1	Wolfskull	Builder (9:33)
5-2	United Bible Studies	The Black Lighthouse (11:33)
5-3	Kyrgyz	Ghosts Of The Winter Run (12:14)
5-4	Navy Black	Kids Are The New Pets (5:20)
5-5	Clixcx	Ygrycsil (11:16)

(skull001) V/A - Bound with Skin ( 5 X CD compilation) {an experiment in social obfuscation and dynamic metaphysical acoustics} After three whole years of shifting plans and unusual exchanges, Skulls of Heaven is proud to finally present: Bound with Skin 5 X CD compilation. In the Summer of 2004 we started asking our favorite artists to send us some of their most challenging and unusual work, with the only guideline being that their piece had to be 6 - 13 minutes long. After all this time, we receivd many submissions, and here we have compiled the 25 best, most unsual and stimulating sounds. What results is 5 very unique and disturbing CDs, each in black slip (each with art by Shayde Sartin). Bound with cardstock obi strip and leather cord. With a balance of these humors and your good fortunes to feast here, witness our accumulation of great sonic dilemma... such as:: The spliced tribal frenzies of the Tomutonttu, raw and intimate portraits of the Skaters astral beginings, triptych portrayals of the Ashtray Navigations, a split journey backwards down the Zodiac Mountain, and fucked wwvv more than a non-horse could carry. and // Synth fried elegies from the sick as Pengo, a post apocalypse waltz with the Maths Balance Volumes, until the fried and breaking cast of Brothers of the Occult Sisterhood bare down, to hear the first howling death of the White Dog, and the unhinged knighthood of the Armpit responds. while // reUniting the elemetal forces here called Zaimph and Fursaxa, Axolotl scribed sensations for era, a further triolgy from albion's Astral Social Club, the seer describes the tight rope lunacy of Exceptor, and the sounding of the great solar call by ghq and pelt veteran warrior master PW Best until // Uton opens a forth still universe, where Watersports lay bathing in soothing stasis, Anla Courtis plays a solar shaman's lullaby, courting the southern realm by the spirits of Pan to Scratch, and the earthbound mantras of Taikuri Tali where // now ends the great sonic architecture of the Wolfskull, with haunted lighthouse rituals and United Bible Studies, Kyrgyz buzzing meditations posted scripture to the silence, as silence captures Navy Black, and Clixcx revolts at their own analog prophecy. __._,_.___ Limited to 500

Kuupuu - Unilintu

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Sello: Dekorder
Estilo: Free-Folk, Avant-Folk, Psych-Folk, Drone
Para fans de: Islaja, Terracid, Thuja, Fursaxa, Kemialliset Ystävät

About half a year ago, in the exact same publication, I was raving about the first compilation LP of Kuupuu tracks that were reissued by the Dekorder label from Germany. “Unilintu” follows that compilation and revives some more (maybe even all) of the previously “lost” tracks by Jonna Karanka that she released on CD-Rs and one cassette. The 12 tracks on “Unilintu” are culled from the same releases as the ones on its predecessor “Yökehrä”. Judging from the info provided by the label, the tunes on “Unilintu” represent the more solemn side of Karanka´s output. While there is some truth to that, the overall innocence of her music evens out any uneasiness that could arise while listening to Kuupuu.

That said, pieces like “Myrskylaulu” which was taken from the most recent CD-R “Kulta Sulta” are pretty spooky. You hear some thunder in the background and Karanka´s double-tracked voice over a picked guitar melody, and the mood seems not as positive as on some of her other tracks. The same goes for the instantly following piano piece “Onnenkuelaa”. It´s a good thing that there are also tracks like the nature sound filled “Linnut”, the deeply meditative “Lintupolku” or the acapella track “Taivaankotiin” that are more soothing for the soul.

Overall, it´s impossible to say that either “Yökehrä” or “Unilintu” is the better of the two releases. Both LPs taken together can definitely considered classic releases from the Finnish underground that seems to have slown down a bit regarding the speed with which releases had been put out in 2005 and the first half of 2006. While listening to “Unilintu”, it becomes more and more obvious that those lo-fi CD-Rs and the cassette with Kuupuu tracks just had to be saved from being forgotten. The only thing that´s missing now is new material by Kuupuu. 9/10 -- Stephan Bauer (20 February, 2007)