Tom Oakes - Wooden Flutes, Mouth Percussion
Julian Sutton - Melodeons
Roope Aarnio - Guitar, Backing vocals
Suvi Oskala - 5-string fiddle, Vocals
Influences
Miles Davis, Four Corners Quintet, Väsen, The Pogues, Joanna Newsome, Yann Tiersen, Lots of Finnish people!!, Jean-Michel Veillon, Warsaw Village Band, Motorhead, Jean Luc Thomas, Stereolab, Super Furry Animals, Edgard Varese, Blowzabella, Swåp, Tango-orkesteri Unto, Timo Alakotila . . .
Creating an intoxicating blend of the colours, sounds and textures reverberating throughout the vibrant music scenes of their home cities (Newcastle - UK and Helsinki – Finland)
The band show a refreshingly open attitude towards music making and arrangement whilst their varied compositional approaches allow for a mesmerising amalgamation of contemporary sound. Combine this with virtuistic musicianship and an electric stage presence and it is no surprise that the Auvo Quartet are being heralded as one of the most enthralling young bands on the folk/world music circuit today.
Tom Oakes - Wooden Flutes, Mouth Percussion
Julian Sutton - Melodeons
Roope Aarnio - Guitar, Backing vocals
Suvi Oskala - 5-string fiddle, Vocals
In the magicalities of a could, Between the probabilities of a would, Beyond the trivialities of a should, In these ungraspable mysticalities There lies a secret a passage… To this extraordinary wood.
But for you, it unfolds easily and true And the only thing you have to do Is press play, and you’ll have a view. Druyd
After you've finished here, you may like to hear this poem sung on myspace...
Poem 162 of 230, WalkaboutsVerse (please see my blog): TEES TO TYNE: FIRST IMPRESSIONS - SUMMER 2001
Where traditions are not so rare; Sea, country and works scent the air; A multitude of monuments, Planted tubs and patterned pavements.
The longish pedestrian malls; The remnants of defensive walls; Historic buildings are a gauge Of the respect for heritage.
Wheat, rape and pines in the fields; Estuaries guarded by shields; Long sandy beaches and wide scenes; Romantic-ruin go-betweens.
Rivers in parts licked by trees, Or fringed by boat clubs, wharfs, gantries, And crossed by practical delights - Varied spans, forming pleasing sights.
Fine churches headed at Durham; Football kits ad infinitum; Kept castles - one for study; Masonry behind masonry.
And, with moulding-works out that way, It’s somewhere for a longer stay..?
Let us present a little comment, That in this very particular moment, Presents happiness for lack of rejection That turned into invisible connection Of ThiSpace and ThaTime friends, Link so sturdy that it never ends, And a little video it sends... Druyd http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sPBQzdMPyzw
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After you've finished here, you may like to hear this poem sung on myspace...
Poem 2 of 230, WalkaboutsVerse (please see my blog): WALKABOUT WITH MY PEN
Once drove an old sedan, up north, From a place in Sydney to Cairns; Then to Kuranda I went forth, By train, to look without set plans.
I browsed through the trendy market, With fresh fruits of tropical kind; Walked to the creek through lush thicket - Nature’s hand giving peace of mind.
I dined in a scenic cafe; Then, outside, as I wrote for yen, Some passing Kooris called-out: “Hey, You go walkabout with your pen.”
Request or question, I don’t know - Assured voices, elderly men. That’s now several years ago, And I’ve seen the world - with my pen.
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Kun rumpu alkaa soida, sun on pakko tanssia! Suomen parasta etnobilemusiikkia, maailmankuulua suomibhangraa livenä Libertessä! Feattaamassa Peali Mitra (laulu, Intia) ja Jessica Heinonen (tanssi). Tropiikin kuumuutta kylmään Kallion kevätiltaan tuo myös pohjolan paras brassibändi Echosystem.
