PERTTULA - Pajavasara (2021)

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Toni Perttula is a true musical blacksmith. His open-minded experimentation with diverse musical styles and genres has forged a path towards creating his own unique musical approach and identity. PERTTULA ´s lyrical accordion playing is accompanied by the primal, rhythmic beating of hammers and anvils found in a blacksmith's workshop, inviting the listener into a new world where sounds are melted and manipulated by a musical blacksmith into a whole new form. PERTTULA’s upcoming solo album Pajavasara / Forging hammer is auniquely handcrafted Finnish creation, containing strong folk music influences, dark soundscapes and primal rhythms. Like the process of a blacksmith, Perttula creates something timeless and extraordinary from his carefully selected source elements. Toni Perttula is the winner of 2nd edition of V-Accordion Festival in Italy 2008.

PAJAVASARA / FORGE HAMMER ALBUM:
Metal working is a way to change the innate nature of a raw material, manipulate its shape and make it behave in the desired way. Behind this album is a strong will for self-fulfillment, a will to melt music together and change its form. The theme of the album and the name "Forging hammer" are descriptive when I think of making the album itself. Many of the songs were not born naturally, and the "Forging Hammer" could be described as my spiritual tool as I shaped them. The birth of the album has been long and challenging. After all the journey I made with this record has been magnificient, and I could see in my mind the stunning scenery of music, although I recorded it in my living room. During that time, the songs slowly revealed themselves as human-minded creatures whose nature must have been understood before I could get along with them. I wish the listener at least as imaginative a journey on the record as it has been for me.



Tracks:
1.01 - PERTTULA - Talvenselkä (5:31)
1.02 - PERTTULA - Hiipuva (4:11)
1.03 - PERTTULA - Hehku (3:43)
1.04 - PERTTULA - Takouma (4:08)
1.05 - PERTTULA - Rauta / Iron (4:33)
1.06 - PERTTULA - Magnetar (5:55)
1.07 - PERTTULA - Vaskinen (4:16)
1.08 - PERTTULA - Pohjoistuuli (5:06)