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The Anaksimandros

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Another member of the very large family of the finnish underground. Other members include: Kemialliset Ystävät, Islaja, Avarus and Päivänsäde (among many others); and like many of those groups, Anaksimandros also shares some of it's members. I consider The Anaksimandros' sound to be somewhere between the psychedelic lullabies of Kemialliset Ystävät and the free-for-all of Avarus. But all three groups have something in common, there is a very strong tribal/folk element to their music. It is repetitive, the instruments are often completely out of tune and played without any regards to tempo. Also the use of any instrument possible is a must, whether it be traditional folk instruments or cheap toys.

It is quite difficult to differentiate one of these bands from the other, as mentioned before, most of the members from one band are often in another band and the addition of a new player is often cause enough to give the project a new name. In this case, Kemialliset Ystävät, Avarus and Kuupuu is equal to The Anaksimandros. There are very few releases by this project to date, two cassettes (one of which was later released on vinyl, but that too is now discontinued) and one LP. If anyone has the slightest bit of knowledge of the finnish underground scene, The Anaksimandros are pretty hard to avoid. I found out about them through my own interest in the musical phenomenon which was happening in Finland.

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Album Cover Camels Running Through Life
Label: Lal Lal Lal
Release: 20022
Format: CS
Cat. no: LALLALLAL#7

Song list:

  1. Camels Running Through Life (3:17)
  2. Fields Heavy With Grain (5:18)
  3. The Birds Are Smiling (6:05)
  4. The Day I Ate Old Bread (2:27)
  5. Bubbles In My Brain (4:16)
  6. When The Wizard Is Near (2:03)
  7. Standing On A Pencil (4:45)
  8. The Years I Spent Wandering Between The Molecules (3:16)
  9. Digging For A Beach On The Beach (2:28)
  10. Burning Aquarium (2:49)
  11. Sun As A Child (3:45)
  12. A Brave Frog (In A Submarine) (4:45)
  13. The Anaksimandros Vs. A Mirror (6:19)
  14. Seventh Dimension (4:45)


Album Cover River Of Finland
Label: Eclipse Records
Release: 2003
Format: LP
Cat. no: 14228

Song list:

  1. The Bones (2:30)
  2. The Bones Tell Me Nothing (2:56)
  3. White Oasis (1:40)
  4. Butterfly Mind Hit By Lightning (0:52)
  5. River Of Finland (2:40)
  6. Avalanche (2:24)
  7. Fast Wind (0:45)
  8. The Birth Of Horns (3:20)
  9. Damnation Shakers (0:23)
  10. Wolf Visitors(3:56)
  11. I Am The Drum And The World Is My Stick (2:24)
  12. Hyper-Pipers Snakebite (2:32)
  13. Eskimo's Horizon (0:59)
  14. Lappi Fast Witch (4:20)
  15. Run With Vishnu (3:22)