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Keijo

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Based in Jyväskilä, Finland; Keijo Virtanen is somewhat of a legend in the whole finnish psych scene (on the same level as Pekka Airaksinen - in fact the two have collaborated before). He's been working on music for ages but his work has only been starting to get attention during the last few years. This artist's music is unlike any other, it is often based in ambient and drone and incorporates weird traditional folk instruments from around the world just as much as electronic instruments... and then you've got the voice. Keijo is renowned for his throat singing skills which truly sound alien-like and fits his drones very well, giving them an even weirder feel. And when he's not throat singing and actually forming words, his strong, nasal voice makes any of his songs bizarre beyond description. You do hear where the man comes from, his roots and influences are quite obvious (traditional world music, american appalachian folk, jazz and drone), but what he does with them makes his work extremely unique. Most of it is quite beautiful and sometimes just plain fucked up. He is sometimes joined by members of free-jazz outfit Vapaa (going under the name The Free Players) on some recordings.

His music was a great revelation to me. I started listening to him when buying pretty much anything I could find from the finnish psych scene, I ordered three CD-Rs at one and I've been collecting his work ever since.

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Album Cover Keijo
Label: Lal Lal Lal
Release: 2003
Format: CD-R
Cat. no: LALLALLAL#11

Song list:

  1. Wide Clouds (7:30)
  2. Supper On The Beach (4:49)
  3. One Night Again (6:38)
  4. Clouds Of The Summer (8:43)
  5. When The Sun Is Rising (5:04)
  6. Low Highways To The Stars (8:19)


Album Cover Open That Door
Label: Foxglove/Digitalis Industries
Release: 2004
Format: CD-R
Cat. no: FOXGLOVE009

Song list:

  1. Over There (4:54)
  2. Open That Door (12:31)
  3. Unfolding Air (5:26)
  4. Glimglim (8:58)
  5. Most Of The Time (3:05)
  6. Just About (9:38)
  7. That Kind Of Steps (5:53)
  8. Gathering Around (5:39)
  9. Whirl (5:15)


Album Cover Unfolding Emptiness/Decomposing Dawn And Dew
Label: Pseudo Arcana
Release: 2004
Format: 2CD-R
Cat. no: PA050B

Song list:

CD 1:
  1. From Here On (5:06)
  2. Over And Over (3:42)
  3. Slow Run (5:14)
  4. You Will Forget (7:58)
  5. Off The Orbit (5:47)
  6. As Always (5:07)
  7. Once Again This Time (6:08)
  8. The Second Sunset (6:23)
CD 2:
  1. Almost Untold (8:41)
  2. Depending On (9:18)
  3. Over And Over (5:11)
  4. Mostly Done With (9:32)
  5. Soon Onto The Other Side (4:48)
  6. Already Here Around (6:16)


Album Cover Soon With The Sun
Label: 267 Lattajjaa
Release: 2004
Format: CD-R
Cat. no: LTJ-21

Song list:

  1. All The Way To The Mountain (6:47)
  2. Sand And Sunshine (9:46)
  3. Soon With The Sun (4:58)
  4. All The Way Down At Once (4:48)
  5. On Ahti's Boat (4:24)
  6. To Whom You Sing (6:03)
  7. Dancing On The Stardust (5:53)


Album Cover Jungle Joy
Label: Outa
Release: 2004
Format: CD-R
Cat. no: OUTA 003

Song list:

  1. Shortly Over (5:00)
  2. Around The Fields (5:56)
  3. What You Still Forget (5:59)
  4. Such A Peaceful Piece Of Cake (6:11)
  5. Slightly Disguised (4:44)
  6. Gleam And Glow (With Sami Nybacka & Matti Pihl) (9:42)
  7. Second Hand (With Jarmo Saarti Combo) (6:49)
  8. Jungle Joy (With Matti Pihl) (7:11)


Album Cover Between Us
Label: Foxglove/Digitalis Industries
Release: 2004
Format: CD-R
Cat. no: FOXGLOVE044

Song list:

  1. Springling Stars (5:10)
  2. Soon Again (8:40)
  3. Distant Dimensions (16:19)
  4. Between Us (5:17)
  5. Still One Evening (4:52)
  6. An Early Leave (5:56)


Album Cover Keijo And The Free Players
Label: Pseudo Arcana
Release: 2004
Format: CD-R
Cat. no: PA067

Song list:

  1. When All That Really Happens (9:19)
  2. Listen Somewhere To Me (6:24)
  3. Moonless Nights (11:30)
  4. On Blue Rays (6:43)
  5. Prepare For The Rest (5:51)
  6. On Blue Rays (6:43)
    7. Live In A Finnish Bar (5:21)


Album Cover By The Mountains & Sea
Label: Digitalis Industries
Release: 2005
Format: CD-R
Cat. no: DIGI062

Song list:

  1. How Long (2:56)
  2. Do Re Mi (3:21)
  3. Pretty Boy Floyd (4:42)
  4. Gypsy Dave (3:42)
  5. Hallelujah, I'm A Bum (3:46)
  6. Hard Travelling (5:25)
  7. Jesus Christ (2:13)
  8. Buffalo Trail (4:57)
  9. Little Black Train (3:53)
  10. Which Side Are You On? (3:42)


Album Cover In This Direction
Label: Sloow Tapes
Release: 2005
Format: CS
Cat. no: APRIL

Song list:

  1. Wake Up Awake Again (8:44)
  2. At Unguarded Gates (1:26)
  3. On The Waves (8:02)
  4. Contact With All Ears (7:57)
  5. Crossing Zones (18:10)
  6. In This Direction (3:40)
  7. No Support To Any War (13:30)
  8. Under The Wonderful Walking Tree (3:40)


Album Cover At Ease
Label: Tulipesä
Release: 2005
Format: MP3
Cat. no: TULI-06

Song list:

  1. At The Unguarded Gates (11:24)
  2. With The Spirits (7:13)
  3. Contacting You (5:32)
  4. At Ease (3:33)
  5. Already Here (3:30)
  6. Slow Run For The Peace [Re-Run] (4:43)
  7. Dance To The Dawn (With Kheta Hotem) (2:53)


Album Cover Katuvalo Sannuu Kohdallari
Label: Foxglove/Digitalis Industries
Release: 2005
Format: CD-R
Cat. no: FOXGLOVE078

Song list:

  1. Uneen (7:50)
  2. Haudassa (6:45)
  3. Usva (8:39)
  4. Substanssi (5:31)
  5. Kierre (4:17)
  6. Joen Varrella (11:40)


Album Cover Keijo & Friends
Label: The Seedy R
Release: 2005
Format: CD-R
Cat. no: None

Song list:

  1. Untitled (53:55)
  2. Untitled (9:24)


Album Cover Palla, Blown Form Here
Label: Digitalis Industries
Release: 2005
Format: CD-R
Cat. no: DIGI016

Song list:

  1. Palla, With The Cattle (3:34)
  2. On A Bright Morning (4:34)
  3. Reaching From Far (5:29)
  4. Before The Spring (5:03)
  5. Along The Bridge (5:44)
  6. From Dust (6:26)
  7. On The Sea Of The Eye Of The Sky (5:30)
  8. In The Fields (4:56)
  9. Blown From Here (5:14)


Album Cover Passing On
Label: Foxglove/Digitalis Industries
Release: 2005
Format: CD-R
Cat. no: FOXGLOVE096

Song list:

  1. Doing That In The Country (6:22)
  2. Further Off (7:18)
  3. Shades Of Me (3:40)
  4. Along The Way (8:59)
  5. Passing On (13:34)


Album Cover After At Once
Label: Digitalis Industries
Release: 2006
Format: CD-R
Cat. no: DIG024

Song list:

  1. A Short Cry (10:05)
  2. Touches (14:41)
  3. Between Blue & Yellow (6:03)
  4. After At Once (10:12)
  5. Awake There (13:36)
  6. Sword Abandoned (5:08)


Album Cover For A While
Label: Last Visible Dog Records
Release: 2006
Format: CD
Cat. no: LVD 102

Song list:

  1. Endless Shine (5:25)
  2. Anywhere Here (5:20)
  3. Once More Last Time (9:08)
  4. Remember Now (4:30)
  5. Wet But Light (8:57)
  6. Some Still At Work (6:25)
  7. Leaving Early (4:24)
  8. With A Gleaming Glow (7:01)
  9. If Not Before (6:46)
  10. Eternal For A While (8:58)


Album Cover Flying Over
Label: Digitalis Industries
Release: 2006
Format: CD
Cat. no: DIGI036

Song list:

  1. Flying Over The Plains (7:01)
  2. On The Edge (3:28)
  3. Esta Claro Si (6:39)
  4. Keep Close (8:23)
  5. Vapauden Kaiho/Long For Freedom (w/ Jussi Karsikas) (4:45)
  6. With Refreshing Touch (6:43)
  7. She's A Rolling Stone Sang Mr. Wilkins (5:07)
  8. Late Night Here & Far Away (w/ Sami Virtanen) (10:59)
  9. What You Always Think Of (4:39)


Album Cover Endless Clouds
Label: MYMWLY
Release: 2007
Format: CD-R
Cat. no: MYMWLY0060

Song list:

  1. This Time You (9:38)
  2. Right Now (6:36)
  3. Onto The Earth (6:43)
  4. Not Only One (8:18)
  5. With Endless Clouds With Purple Messages (8:29)


Album Cover Touching Together
Label: MYMWLY
Release: 2007
Format: CD-R
Cat. no: MYMWLY0068

Song list:

  1. Where Do You Go (3:53)
  2. Salute With The Stars (4:11)
  3. What Was Left (8:35)
  4. I'll Show You (7:25)
  5. Touching Together (11:19)


Album Cover About Around
Label: Reverb Worship
Release: 2007
Format: CD-R
Cat. no: RW 001

Song list:

  1. Late Evening (4:07)
  2. Almost Always (10:53)
  3. At Sunset (4:48)
  4. A Story (4:52)
  5. Allow Then (3:48)
  6. About Around (8:50)
  7. Leaving Early (10:27)
  8. After Run Away (6:34)
  9. Monday Morning (5:38)
  10. Salut (3:50)


Album Cover Whose Dream We Live In?
Label: Fire Museum Records
Release: 2008
Format: CD
Cat. no: FM 11

Song list:

  1. When We'll Meet (6:10)
  2. Landing Here (5:37)
  3. Living In The Forest (7:47)
  4. Dog's Dream (6:09)
  5. Cup Of Juice (5:00)
  6. Under The Stars (3:51
  7. Only So (4:03)
  8. Jump (10:25)
  9. Never Been There (3:37)
  10. Whose Dream We Live In? (5:24)
  11. For What To Wait (3:42)


Album Cover With All Belongings Into The Air
Label: Centre Of Wood
Release: 2008
Format: CD-R
Cat. no: C.O.W.005

Song list:

  1. Through Ice And Snow (17:55)
  2. With All Belongings Into The Air (11:48)
  3. That Was Told Once (12:53)
  4. Warm Rain (7:49)


Album Cover What All Whom Slowly Where Saying Simply Why Still Bright?
Label: Bumtapes
Release: 2008
Format: CD-R
Cat. no: None

Song list:

  1. What You Have Oh Mind (8:35)
  2. Whom Do You Do (7:58)
  3. What Was To Follow (4:41)
  4. Where Do You Go (3:55)
  5. Why To Shanghai (6:14)
  6. Slowly Seen Soon (6:36)
  7. All The Time (5:11)
  8. Simply This (4:02)
  9. Saying The Same (6:43)
  10. Sorrower (4:40)
  11. Still Feel So (4:29)
  12. Back Bright (3:09)