Biography
The Finnish synthy group Aavikko (Desert) was set up almost 15 years ago and now enjoys a remarkable prestige with audiences in both Finland and abroad. Their fourth album, “Novo Atlantis”, continues Aavikko’s fascinating excursions into the world of futuristic tunes.
With the help of varied and significant aspects of electronic music, the group presents dance tunes played with analog synthesizer equipment and acoustic drums, as well as Latin grammar evoking the legendary deeds of ancient history - both differentiated as regards to genre and regional-specific traits.
As a studio-oriented group, Aavikko can form and create different types of compositions to their full extent only on recordings. With great concentration and patience and by virtue of having a wealth of musical ideas to draw on, Aavikko has created an album that attains a more satisfying sound, widens their expressive means and shapes its own model of music in the world of our time.
Press quotes
“Musiikista jäi hyvä mieli. Oli hyvä lähteä jatkamaan vapunviettoa.”
Uutis Jousi
“They sound like the silliest artists on Rephlex´s roster jamming with Jimi Tenor and a sixties trash-band in a downtown bar full of thigh-jiggling tarts and Bukowski drunks. And if that doesn´t sound good you´re dead from the neck up and down.”
Muzik
“Like a soundtrack for driving across serene, snow-covered Finland with a hot coal in your pants...”
Guardian
“Aavikko recordings can be a puzzling listen, sounding akin to someone plugging pre-programmed MIDI keyboards into a distorted guitar amp and taping the result. But closer inspection reveals a band quite unlike any other - one with charm, humor, and compositions more insidiously infectious than the rhinovirus...”
SF Weekly
“...dem Fernseher der ersten PAL-generation, der nur Ostblock-Trickfilme, alte Sportbeariche und klassische Dauerserien emfängt.”
Intro
“E um trio que, apenas com dois sintetizadores e uma bateria, produz uma musica de danca mais proxima das estruturas house e tecno, mas sempre fiel ao espirito ludico da piroseira de baile.”
Ao Vivo
“We are thinking of Beach Boys meet Ennio Morricone from every Clint Eastwood movie plus the Psycho theme...”
Las Vegas City Life
“Aidot rummut ja aito pahvilaatikkosoundi yhdistettynä pariin perussynaan saa aikaan kummia viboja.”
Rytmi
“On paras musiikki, joka tekee sinä humulävä, tanssiva ihminen ja minulla on hyvin paras paiva jos kuuntelen sen. Kaikki taytyy omistaa musiikki kun tama.”
Hayfever
“...som obskyr elektronisk dataspelmusik med inslag från 60-talets akustika instrumentalmusik.”
Groove
“Deras elektro- och kraftwerkinspirerade musik låter som specialkomponerad för nästan vilket tv-spel som helst.”
Arvikafestivalen
“Performing Simian-like-Jazz and Quasi-Disco-Boogy, critics have been at a loss to find a name for this type of music.”
Leningrado Telegraph
“Heavier than Charles Bukowski and ten times as sleazy. Be warned! This is not ´electronic´ listening music or mindless entertainment, but music to drink and destroy or fuck with violent tenderness.”
Diskono
“Like a bar mitzvah band desperately trying to combine the Peter Gunn theme with the Tron soundtrack”
The Wire
Press photos
Photos: SimGil.
