Aki Rissanen - Amorandom (2016) [Hi-Res]
Artist: Aki Rissanen
Title: Amorandom
Year Of Release: 2016
Label: Edition Records
Genre: Jazz
Quality: 24-bit/44.1kHz FLAC
Total Time: 50:10 min
Total Size: 272 MB
WebSite: Album Preview
Over the last few years Aki has quietly been building a name in the international jazz world both as a leader and as a sideman. With Amorandom, he delivers his most authoritative work to date. There’s a fluidity in his playing and a boldness in his composing that deserves widespread praise and real recognition for one of the finest young European pianists. Described by Downbeat as a ‘rising star around Europe, Amorandom is the work that will introduce Aki Rissanen’s startling new talent to a global audience. Title: Amorandom
Year Of Release: 2016
Label: Edition Records
Genre: Jazz
Quality: 24-bit/44.1kHz FLAC
Total Time: 50:10 min
Total Size: 272 MB
WebSite: Album Preview
This music takes on a visual identity and is influenced by static minimal music, Western classical impressionism and Nordic lyricism. As Aki explains: ‘The music on this album is based on an animation movie, to which I composed a soundtrack a few years ago, directed by Tuula Leinonen and animated by the “grand old man” of the Finnish scene, Antti Peränne... Although the original music has gone through many stages of transformation, you can still hear a cinematic flavor in it’.
Rissanen maybe best known for his work with the Verneri Pohjola Quartet on Edition Records and ACT Music as well as with Dave Liebman on Ozella Music in Germany, yet he has made this album entirely his own. The quiet humility; the comradeship between long standing partners and friends; the classicism; a lyrical melancholy and distinctive rhythmical drive and finesse in his playing develop into a coherent statement. Amorandom is set to make Aki Rissanen the new European pianist everyone is talking about in 2016.
„Aki is a tremendously musical, passionate and soulful person and has a high energy level. He is one of the best young pianists I have heard in years“. (Dave Liebman)
„A melodic imagination and instinct to bend the familiar into unfamiliar shapes“. (Guardian)
Aki Rissanen, piano
Antti, Lötfönen, bass
Teppo Mäkinen, drums
01. Aki Rissanen - Pulsar
02. Aki Rissanen - For Rainbows
03. Aki Rissanen - Paysages Pas Sages
04. Aki Rissanen - Aleatoric
05. Aki Rissanen - Signettes
06. Aki Rissanen - For Jimmy Giuffre
07. Aki Rissanen - Eye-Opener
08. Aki Rissanen - Bird Vision
09. Aki Rissanen - Amorandom