Browse by Artist: UTON

Artist:	UTON
Title:	Mystery Revolution
Label:	DIGITALIS
Format:	CD
Price:	$11.00
Catalog #:	DIGI 026CD

"Tampere, Finland has become quite the musical hotbed over the past few years. Staples like Avarus and Kemialliset Ystävät make their beds in the gnome-infested waters throughout the city. Uton is perhaps the country's best kept secret. Mystery Revolution is a sonic excursion through the Finnish forests unlike any other. Massive drones are balanced by the hypnotic dance of flutes, bells, and keyboards. Underneath everything runs a mind-altering stream of fuzzed-out brainwaves. Every corner you turn, there's another smiling nymph, begging you to follow the golden path into the mystic woods. Uton's minimalist rumblings are there to infect and enchant, and Hirvonen never fails to impress. The mask is off with Mystery Revolution, and Uton will remain shrouded in obscurity no more. This pine-scented excursion may be mysterious on the surface, but overall is a thing of beauty, lying in wait for the perfect time to infect you. Mystery Revolution is proof that Uton's dreamy soundscapes are one of Finland's finest exports."

Artist:	UTON
Title:	We're Only In It For The Spirit
Label:	DIGITALIS
Format:	CD
Price:	$11.00
Catalog #:	DIGI 052CD

"For the past five plus years, Uton has been one of the most consistent projects to come out of the snowy confines of his native Finland. His output has been constant, but the quality is always great. His drones have always been underscored with a sense of melody and a keen utilization of the space where the music was created. These songs are not icy or glacial, though, like one might think. Uton has an uncanny ability to inject an inviting sense of warmth and spirit. We're Only In It For The Spirit is ghost music; barely there and out-of-sight in the blink of an eye. The man responsible for these masked-spirit journeys is Tampere native, Jani Hirvonen. He's collaborated with the likes of Jan Anderzén (Kemialliset Ystävät, etc), Bridget Hayden (Vibracathedral Orchestra), & Anla Courtis (Reynols), among others. When it comes to enchanted, sprawling drones, Hirvonent is a true Rennaissance man. He is joined by Vapaa's J.P. Koho on all tracks, who complements Hirvonen's delicacy with subtle hints of chaos. We're Only In It For The Spirit continues to trek through new worlds of sound, polishing off the once-rough edges of Uton's sound into something that acts as a beacon in the void. Dark, brooding drones for guitar and electronics flicker and fade like a distant, stellar horizon. Hirvonen is a master craftsman, and Koho is his perfect foil. The two play off each other's every move and produce an end result that rivals anything Uton has released previously. We're Only In It For The Spirit is a magical piece of work."

Artist:	UTON
Title:	Whispers from the Woods
Label:	LAST VISIBLE DOG RECORDS
Format:	3CD
Price:	$20.00
Catalog #:	LVD 068/70CD

"This set brings together several limited edition releases that you may or may not have been lucky enough to track down, along with a few tracks that have never seen the light of day before. The foundation of the release are the three albums Tämän Sanan Jälkeen (Haamumaa 2002), Mikä kasvaa maan sisällä (Hammasratas 2003) and Ay Um Au Lam." (Jewelled Antler 2003). 'Uton is that robot dream. Here electronic drones and pulses merge with accordion, noises, distant signals, ghost calls and rumbling low percussion. Here there are no people, no animals, just nature, land and eons of time. Glaciers form, move over centuries and carve the landscape. Music as deep and intense is the consequence of the mental journey by these musicians, it is an end point, where it is concentrated into pure sound that becomes one with the air.'" -- Lord of Misrule, Unbroken Circle.

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