Aki Yli-Salomaki - Jäi mieleen (2023) Hi-Res

Here I am. Immersed in moods, colors, wide open landscapes, states of mind. Solitude of our time, loneliness in the middle of urban crowds. These are some of the things, related to my existence, that I want to make audible in my music. No matter how hard I try to venture elsewhere, be something else, exist differently, there is always something that draws me back to myself, to my own personal experiencing and feeling self. This is something that I always carry within me, a tenacious scenery of thoughts, ideas and emotions. I try to make it sound. The outcome of the creative process often materializes as silent, floating and beatless music. Perhaps this spaciousness of musical texture and sound, as well as the strong contrasts between darkness and light in my music connote an aesthetic affiliation with Nordic countries or Northernness in general – both qualities that I personally embrace through my music.

Aki Yli-Salomäki is a Finnish composer and producer. His music has been described as "deep northern" slow-listening music manifested by grand sonority and soaring melodic arcs.​

Kreeta-Julia Heikkilä, 1. violin
Siljamari Heikinheimo, 2. violin
Jakob Dingstad, viola
Jaani Helander, cello (Tracks 1-8)
Aki Yli-Salomäki, synthesizers (Tracks 4, 8, 9)

Tracks 1-3 are taken from the string quartet piece Sellaisenaan (As It Is).