Juho Toivonen – Kuun Sininen Rinki [LP] Musique Concrète / Sound Collage it now closes the CD

it now closes the CD at a full 35 minutes

More than any of Hamann’s previous solo works

fusing multiple strands of musical thought and compositional techniques into a disjointed whole that somehow still comes off as a conceptually complete record

Black Truffle et al may be blindsided by this startling and at times moving leap into traditional song form

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Juho Toivonen – Kuun Sininen Rinki [LP] Musique Concrète / Sound Collage it now closes the CD"Flourishing minimal composer Juho Toivonen returns with Kuun Sininen Rinki (Blue Circle of the Moon), a four track LP assembling recordings from two distinct moments in his recent work. Issued by Infinite Expanse, the release gathers previously unreleased material alongside pieces that first appeared in extremely limited CDr form, offering a glimpse into an early phase of Toivonens developing piano practice. If youve spent time with Toivonens 2023 LP