Juho Toivonen - Taivaskanava

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1. Kanava 1

2. Kanava 2

3. Kanava 3

4. Kanava 4

5. Kanava 5

6. Kanava 6

7. Kanava 7

"Taivaskanava by juho toivonen. originally released as a cassette on grapefruit records, now getting repressed on cd. quiet, drifting pieces for late hours, small sounds and open space, carrying the same fragile mood as the original tape. original artwork by arsi keva. features spoken words by joshua burkett and plunderphonics rip-off from this kind of punishment. good luck spotting it.

“Solo work by this Finnish musician, who also runs the Akti label. Toivonen’s music is simultaneously rural and electronic, at times employing a minimalist approach that parallels the work of Atman and other members of the Polish OBUH collective. Juho’s abstract vocals have the same heroic grasp as Robbie Basho’s, but the way he moves between acoustic and fully powered fields has unique heft—especially when his piano drives into forests of towering, irradiated antennae (all of them picking up alien transmissions). Been playing this one a lot.”

- Byron Coley, The Wire Magazine

"Too damn good for only being a tape."

- M. Andersson, Discreet Music"