This looks like being the most interesting festival of the summer in Europe. It’s on the weekend of August 17th in Helsinki. It’s a pity that I can’t make it. Artists on the bill include The Five Corners Quintet, Bebel Gilberto and the Australian band, Architecture in Helsinki.
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This looks like being the most interesting festival of the summer in Europe. It’s a pity that I can’t make it.
It’s been a hell of a long time since I have really loved a CD until this last week. I picked up a CD by a Finnish new jazz group called Quintessence called 5am and from the first listen, the dreamy sounds and lyrics have had me hooked since. I experienced a similar reaction to the first and only album by Nuspirit Helsinki which I played most of late 2002 – early 2003. What is in the water in Helsinki that produces such beautiful and original sounds?
image: detail of installation by Bronwyn Lace