One of the best kept secrets of Finnish noise scene. Barely presence anywhere, only producing self made tapes. Appeared on Terässinfonia compilation series and this new full length CD is huge leap. Bleak and dark industrial-noise, that reeks of spirit you could imagine coming from 80's tape scene, yet not being retro or copying former decades. It is result of pure analogue production artists is doing. These days very rare to receive analogue tape master for album. Recordings that didn't touch computers before digitizing it for CD. To preserve the spirit of material, nothing has been compressed or cleaned up. Digipak.
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Another recent question has been where does all these new Finnish artists emerge from? Country of merely 5 million inhabitants, but countless active artists in field of noise, power electronics and related.
Special Interests magazine recent issue did report of 2022 Finnish noise and multiple people covered almost 50 Finnish releases that came that year. Not all, but as many as anyone could try to digest in a year! Even 2023, a lot of notable albums have come out. On 2022 report, one artist who put out two self released tapes was KYLMÄKOVAMAA. One track was featured on Terässinfonia compilation CD, but now artist makes first larger edition release, full length CD on Freak Animal!
Kylmäkovamaa is one of those guys who don't operate in internet scene. No presence whatsoever, and not even using computers in any process of his sound. Master tape for CD came on C-cassette. Zero mastering was done for the CD, to preserve the original crude sound and avoid turning it yet another heavy and crunchy contemporary noise album. While artists doesn't seek to be retro sound, his simplistic, nearly non-existent technology and recording methods may make one think as if you were listening something from the 80's tape scene power electronics / industrial-noise instead of new release. Charmingly rusty, thin, mid range, simplistic and striking works.
Freak Animal records 2023.