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NEWS 11/2008

 

3 new UTON albums, all editions of 60 copies (release date 12.11.2008)

so-called Cosmic Fire-trilogy: (5 euros each, all three = 13 euros.... + postage)

mp3 samples here: http://www.myspace.com/omhasvahakshamalavarayam

 

 

uton HOLY BURN cdr OM-22 dusty free-noise guitar/violin/electronics

uton SOLAR SPELLS cdr OM-21 psych-zone-noise & sounds

uton TALES FROM THE ANCIENT FIRE cdr OM-20 live from copenhagen & berlin

 

free mp3 albums (roll down the page & see more info):

 

OM-23: SPACE BETWEEN US 2006 / free folk noise ritual / Uton & Miijja

OM-24: APNA - Third Album 2006 / primitive improv, spooky rattle

OM-25: HANDMADE BY THE BAND 2006 / psych forest folk / Uton & Kulkija & Miijja

 

still fresh:

 

RISHIKESH RISING cdr  field recordings from Rishikesh, India, recorded by J.Koho (known from Vapaa, Kulkija, Freeplayers, Uton, etc.) edition of 60 copies. check also his recordings from Amritsar, released by himself, LINK HERE. write to him birdsinmytrees@gmail.com. FEW COPIES LEFT

 

VAPAA live in faces CDR Recorded in Faces Ethno-Folk Festivals, August 2008. Vapaa played 5 gigs in the streets (in a street-music contest!), and this recording is from the last gig. Here's two saxophones, some toys, percussions, bells & some wild screamy vocals. almost 30 minutes of freak-folk ritual music. FEW COPIES LEFT /// HERE VAPAA live in faces PHOTOS

 

Check also videos: www.youtube.com/aubauzhitou

Here Uton homepage: www.myspace.com/utonheaven

more free Uton songs: www.mikseri.net/uton

ask for the list of distributed items (including Uton & related projects + few others)

aubauzhitou@yahoo.com

uton live in semifinal, helsinki 1/08 (feat. Kristina Sedlerova & J.Koho) photo by Mari.

 

Catalogue / Discography:

OM-01: Uton - Violin Massage triple CDR

Edition of 50 copies. Acoustic violin trance recordings from India 2007. SOLD OUT

OM-02: Field Recordings from India & Nepal double CDR

First edition 50 copies. Sound documents from India & Nepal, including Pushkar, Bikaner, Jaisalmer, Udaipur, Rishikesh, Varanasi, Bundi, Kathmandu and Pokhara. From street sounds to wedding ceremonies to street music to temple prayings and birds & sounds.  SOLD OUT

OM-03: The Lotus Group CDR

European hippies jamming their minds to the walls in hotel room, in the holy city of Pushkar early 2007, using violin, frame drum, maracas, mouth organ, flute and sounds from the throat and lungs. Noisy rattle racket free imrov. Edition of 40 copies. SOLD OUT

OM-04: HanageYouchien - Children of Ganga CDR

Uton meets the young couple from Osaka, Japan in Laxman Jhula, Rishikesh, next to the holy river Ganga, playing together in the roof of the hotel, in the room and in the rocks next to the river (and one confused young saddhu watching this rattle). Childish psychedelic folk improv using violin, ravanhattha (trad Rajasthani instrument), frame drum, maracas, mouth-organ, flutes and voices. Edition of 40 copies. SOLD OUT

OM-05: The Ghost Dance Project CDR

Uton jamming with the german hippie couple and australian guitarist in the ruins of an old fort in a beautiful island of Diu in Gujarat, India. Improvised night-time magic with the drones of Arabic Ocean on the background. Guitar, tablas, frame-drum, violin, whispers and out-there singing... Edition of 40 copies. SOLD OUT

OM-06: Uton - Electronic Mediation vol.2 CDR

super limited edition electronic mediation. two long pieces of minimal electric sound made with mixer and couple of effect pedals. Edition of 15 copies. SOLD OUT

OM-07: Uton - Shiva Blues CDR

free-drone-trance-noise guitar feedback improv. using couple of distrortions and echo chamber effect pedal, and an old radio/tape-recorder as an amplifier. no overdubs here, three tracks, pure sound. kind of dance music. Edition of 50 copies. SOLD OUT

OM-08: Uton - Radio Olio Metaphysica! double-CDR

first disc recorded in july/august 2007, collecting sounds and tunes together with experimental new methods. from small no-fi dada sounds to space-ambient atmospheres to acoustic pseudojazz to psychedelic moonshine to screaming guitar feedback to violin scratches & new/now age hum. second disc, The Book of Beginnigs, is mostly recorded early 2006, and shows the another deep-drone-dream-realm of Uton. few tracks with J.Koho (from Kulkija, Free Players, Tulasi etc.), and also some help from Vanessa Rossetto (Mighty Acts of God, Pulga etc.), Brad Rose (the North Sea etc.), Maxime Primault (Enfer Boreal) and Magnus Olsen (Elektronavn). comes in beautiful silkscreened clothe-sleeves and small booklet. Edition of 100 copies. SOLD OUT

OM-18: Rishikesh Rising CDR 6 euros

field recordings from Rishikesh, India, recorded by J.Koho (known from Vapaa, Kulkija, Freeplayers, Uton, etc.) edition of 60 copies. check also his recordings from Amritsar, released by himself, LINK HERE. write to him birdsinmytrees@gmail.com. Edition of 60 copies. few copies left

OM-19: Vapaa - Live in Faces CDR 5 euros

Recorded in Faces Ethno-Folk Festivals, August 2008. Vapaa played 5 gigs in the streets (in a street-music contest!), and this recording is from the last gig. Here's two saxophones, some toys, percussions, bells & some wild screamy vocals. almost 30 minutes of freak-folk ritual music. Edition of 40 copies. few copies left

 

 

 

aan meets eyes like saucers cd out from Last Visible Dog

ABOUT

All releases are limited editions, small prints. If someone of you wants to help and release these again, please send e-mail & your best offer. Then will see what will happen. Thanks.

HOW TO ORDER?

These will be available in some good record shops. Here's the list of them: Ikuisuus (Finland), Boa Melody Bar (UK), Volcanic Tongue (UK), Eclipse Records (USA), Fusetron (USA), Art-Into-Life (Japan). if your favourite record shop is not selling these, force them to do it (but no violence please).

CONTACT:

aubauzhitou@yahoo.com

 this pic from Jaisalmer

MP3 Releases - FREE download

money or comments welcome; contact: aubauzhitou@yahoo.com

OM-09: A WAY - EP

this one is originally released on limited edition (100 copies) split CDR with brittish Jazzfinger by swedish label Mallard Lake, year 2004. this mp3 release includes all the 4 tracks from that split PLUS two bonus tracks from the same recording sessions. it's recorded in Tampere, Finland 2004.

OM-10: UTON - Taivaan Joka Kolossa

first ever Uton release/album, now available again. originally released on CDR by Clay Records, late 2001, edition of 42 copies. then reissued by Musically Incorrect Records (which is the same label after the name just changed) again on CDR.

OM-11: YKSI - Taivaallinen Kiertokulku

another side project of Uton, now in power electronics noise vibrations. recorded in The Crown of Mother Earth, July 2006, Vesilahti Finland. Intense effected drone-noise hybrid.

OM-12: TAJU-UKKO - Lausuntoja

spoken word meets the ambient electronic noise. this is finnish not english. recorded in The Crown of Mother Earth, July 2006 in the middle of Azurite Meditation.

OM-13: APNA - EP

originally released on CDR by Uton's Haamumaa label, edition of 70 copies, 2003. recordings by Uton with his small cousins from the North-Karelia. meeting in the South Finland and improvising some rattle & fun & scary ambience.

OM-14: APNA & IPNA

part two for Apna story. now jamming again in the christmas time. orginally released on CDR by Foxglove, 2004 (edition of 75 copies).

OM-15: DIO DAGA - Magic Steps

Jani Hirvonen aka Uton aka Dio Daga improvising here with electric guitar without extra effects... just old radio/tape-recorder as an amplifier. not really like "playing guitar", more like diving inside to it. originally released on CDR by Uton's Haamumaa early 2003, edition of 50 copies.

OM-16: DIO DAGA - The Lost Powers of Freedom

second album of Dio's guitar experiments. this one is played with two distortion pedals straight inside to the line (using big speakers to get feedback). dark trance improvisation. originally released on CDR by Haamumaa, year 2004, edition of 50 copies.

OM-17: TAJU-UKKO - Matkalla

one about 12 minute track here, spoken word FINNISH not english, improvised with guitar drone. recorded in september 2007 in the Mouth of Life and Death, Finland.

OM-23: SPACE BETWEEN US

this is a project by Uton and spiritual-navigator Miijja, recorded spring-summer 2006 in Tampere (rose garden studio) & Vesilahti (the crown of mother earth), Finland. experimental grooves & psychedelic free improv jamming, some tribal drums and chanting in the wind.

OM-24: APNA - Third Album

yes! apna is back! these recordings are recorded at summer 2006 in Monninkylä, Finland. Uton plays with his young cousin Anniina (who have been the root force in this group), and spiritual collaborator Miijja. stories from the hidden self. primitive folk.

OM-25: HANDMADE BY THE BAND

another collaboration between Uton & Miijja, now with Kulkija! Recorded just before Uton's first tour & flight to U.K., early summer 2006. improvised forest-folk ambience made using only acoustic instruments. recorded in the Crown of Mother Earth, in beautiful country-side of Vesilahti, Finland.

 

vapaa live in vanhan kuppila 1/08

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