Memnon by Memnon
Electric Kantele ambient -album originally released on CD on CNCD -label 2007 for Memnon Japan tour.
Memnon is an experimental music duo of kantele player Eva Alkula and sound designer Ville Hyvönen.
Memnon examines interfaces and collisions between traditional instrument and modern design, classical training and modern electronics, academic and experimental music, compositions and sound design.
The Finnish kantele playing and sound tradition is taken to a new modern level by approaching it from totally different perspectives: memnon combines the unique Finnish sound of kantele with scandinavian electronic minimalism, and widens the classical kantele tradition to experimental sound landscapes.
Eva Alkula has graduated from the Sibelius Academy, where she majored contemporary and classical kantele music.
In 1999 –2000 she studied Japanese koto at the Hokkaido University of Education in Sapporo. In Memnon Eva plays newly designed 39-string electric kantele built by Koistinen Kantele.
Ville Hyvönen is sound designer and producer working on a wide field of theatre and music-scene,ranging from rock to contemporary electronic music and modern stage-drama.
He uses a laptop computer to sample and real-time manipulate Eva’s playing.
Tracklist
| 1. | Pim | 9:21 |
| 2. | Keli | 6:04 |
| 3. | Sekuni | 5:01 |
| 4. | Siena | 6:38 |
| 5. | Tila | 5:13 |
| 6. | Keli (Softys remix) | 4:48 |
| 7. | Sekuni (Scanner remix) | 7:44 |
| 8. | Keli (Vladislav Delay remix) | 7:28 |
| 9. | Pim (Vladislav Delay remix) | 6:30 |
Credits
Eva Alkula (Kantele), Ville MJ Hyvönen (Electronics, production), Jasse Kesti/Possible apple (mix and production on Sekuni), Tuula Vehanen (cover photo), Robin Rimbaud - Scanner (Sekuni remix), Vladislav Delay (remix), Niko Nyman/Softys (Remix)
