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Finnforest was a Finnish progressive rock band, formed in 1972, from Kuopio, Finland.[1][2] The band was established by twins, Pekka (guitar, bass) and Jussi Tegelman (drums), together with Jukka Rissanen (keyboards, synthesiser) and Aaro Mustonen (vocals). They started as a jazz fusion band and drew their influences from Mahavishnu Orchestra.[3] The released a single, "Tyhjyyteen, Syvyyteen" in 1973, soon afterwards Mustonen left and the band started playing instrumental music.
Their debut eponymous album, released in 1975 on Love Records, was considered to be their most prog rock-oriented album.[4] Rissanen left the band, to study classical music in Hungary, before they started recording their sophomore album. At that point the band had two additional keyboardists, Jukka Linkola and Peretti Pokki, an additional bassist, Jarmo Hiekkala, and a string quartet. Lähtö Matkalle was released in 1976 on Love Records and is considered by some to be their best release.[3] They released a single, "Ketto" / "Tekee Meisseliä", from the album.
Very pleased to share with you my first publicly available interpretation of the quiet details idea as fields we found.
As well as running quiet details and my work as a mastering engineer, I’ve released music on beautiful labels such as Home Normal, Seil Records, Handstitched*, Ambientologist, Frequency Domain and others. Also numerous self-releases, including the new resolve / relate series of long-form deep-listening pieces, and the contrasting rhythm structures series focused on percussive music inspired by my time on dance-floors over the years.
in your hands was made in the last few months of 2024, a year which completely changed my perception of music. As you may know from my previous writings, last February I was diagnosed with lymphoma, then went through intense treatment, which worked as well as we could have hoped, and now I’m in remission.
Music was a panacea in these times, long listening sessions were truly healing. I learnt a lot and knew it was important that my own music came out of it, this album is the result.
Fundamental frequency relationships and interactions are a core part of this album - with the first couple of tracks using just intonation in precise ratios, then the latter moving into free tuning, chosen in an innate and instinctive way. Their development over time is the heart of this music.
Made on modular synthesisers for deeply expressive tonal and textural explorations - the ability to access elemental modulation parameters and feedback paths allows for extensive interaction between the elements to create organic and complex harmonic relationships.
Performed live directly from the machines, recorded to tape. I love this process, it’s intuitive and entirely hands-on, human and highly focused.
The other essential part of the album is the use of field recordings - usually recorded myself but as I was ill, I started asking my close family to take some to use in the music. This idea grew to close friends, and continued to expand, ultimately including many family and friends - artists, musicians and non- musicians, from all over the world.
The only direction was record something that intuitively spoke to them - the most important thing is these wonderful people were part of the music.
The results were incredible and every single one is included across the album - processed, reimagined and a completely necessary part of the work.
This album is dedicated to all of them and everyone else that helped me though - friends, family, medical staff and beyond - all incredible and I’m deeply grateful for their support. Wouldn’t be here today without them.
All proceeds from the album will go to the Cancer Centre - Milton Keynes University Hospital to support their work.
We need to hold onto the NHS, support it however we can, and keep in the hands of the people.
The artwork was made as always influenced by the music and idea behind the album - originating from a photo from I took in our garden which was then captured with analogue photography and processed here at quiet details studios.
As usual, the album is presented on the physical edition, a custom six-panel digipack with a separate fine art print too.
The CD also has a special long-form continuous mix of the album, representing the music in its purest form.
Credits:
Music by fields we found
Mastered by Alex at quiet details studios
Design by quiet details
© quiet details 2025 all rights reserved
FreeForm Radio thanks Alex for this advance copy; release is scheduled for April 2
Album - https://quietdetails.bandcamp.com/album/in-your-hands
quietdetails.com
LANDS OF AZATHOTH THE GREAT OLD ONES
Outside the ordered universe is that amorphous blight of nethermost confusion which blasphemes and bubbles at the center of all infinity—the boundless daemon-sultan Azathoth, whose name no lips dare speak aloud, and who gnaws hungrily in inconceivable, unlighted chambers beyond time amidst the muffled, maddening beat of vile drums and the thin monotonous whine of accursed flutes...
H. P. Lovecraft
The Great Old Ones present “Lands of Azathoth — an exploration into the unfathomable and chaotic core of Lovecraft’s mythos. This third installment, following the albums Yog-Sothoth (2022) and The Mythos of Cthulhu (2023), summons the enigmatic dread of Azathoth, the Blind Idiot God who lies at the heart of the cosmos. The music of The Great Old Ones is so profoundly lo-fi and shrouded in dense fog that each melodic line feels submerged, as if suspended in a gelatinous substance—trapped within an alien shell, unable to fully emerge or resonate in the ears of the listener, eternally encased in otherworldly isolation. It offers a unique vision steeped in Lovecraft's portrayal of the universe as a realm of endless chaos.
Track List
1 - Altar Of Unreality
2 – Music for god's slumber
3 - Otherworldly Illusions
4 - Azathoth Daemon Sultan
5 - Unlighted chambers beyond time
6 - At the centre of ultimate Entropy
Published by Eighth Tower Records and Zazen Sounds. Mastered by Raffaele Pezzella (a.k.a. Sonologyst). Layout by Matteo Mariano. Cat. Num. ETR059. © 2025. All rights reserved.
FreeForm Radio thanks Raffaele Pezzella for a complimentary copy of this release.
eighthtowerrecords.bandcamp.com
UNEXPLAINED SOUNDS (network of aural disorientation). Corso Secondigliano 157, Napoli, 80144 Napoli, Italy.
info@unexplainedsoundsgroup.com
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