Jaakko Eino Kalevi reveals ‘No End’ video
Following two incredible London shows this past week, Weird World / Domino signing Jaakko Eino Kalevi has shared the Harley Weir directed video for EP cut ‘No End’. Filmed in Scotland, the Lynchian footage perfectly accompanies the track’s dubby grooves and cantering rhythms.
Watch it here: http://youtu.be/
Jaakko Eino Kalevi’s ‘Dreamzone’ EP is due out this Monday on Weird World / Domino but will be available to buy early exclusively at Domino’s stand at the Independent Label Market in London tomorrow. More details on that here.
Artist: Jaakko Eino Kalevi
Title: ‘Dreamzone’ EP
Label: Weird World / Domino
Release Date: 2 December 2013
Formats: 12” & Digital
Cat Number: WEIRD038
Distribution: PIAS
Links: http://smarturl.it/
Praise for Jaakko Eino Kalevi
‘It’s done the way Jaakko does things: strange and beautiful with a side order of deep-fried question mark’ Vice
‘We’re actually a little lost for words how beautiful this one is’ The Fly ‘Track of The Day’
‘No End (is) a hazily beautiful duet’ ‘Virtually Famous’ Evening Standard
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‘Jaakko Eino Kalevi is the Finnish artist most likely to endure endless comparisons to Ariel Pink this year. Jaakko’s got more funk, though, and isn’t afraid of 80s keyboard action’ Dummy
Already something of a cult figure in Helsinki, where he lives and works part-time as a tram driver, Jaakko Eino Kalevi’s (pronounced “Yah-koh”) debut release for Weird World is an alluring introduction to a charismatic artist whose softly psychedelic pop blends funk and folk in an intriguing and highly satisfying manner. A self-taught multi-instrumentalist who is happiest behind the drums, Jaakko plays, sings and produces all his own material. Having released a steady stream of diverse music on local labels for several years, Jaakko has long been considered one of Finland’s most promising young artists and with his signing to Weird World becomes the first ever Nordic artist to work with Domino or its subsidiaries in the label’s 20-year history.
As a taster for his album due next spring, Dreamzone’s four songs take their cues from influences as broad-ranging as Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry (for his “singularity and drive”, explains Jaakko), the “softness and adultness” of Chris Rea, Finnish composer Jimi Tenor and the hyper-vivid fantasy worlds of the more contemporary Ariel Pink and Connan Mockasin. The result is a hugely enticing window into Jaakko’s world – a colourful, magical place where everything happens in its own time, and nature and technology get along harmoniously. The EP’s lead track, ‘No End’, a duet with Helsinki vocalist Suad Khalifa, is an opiated love song tethered to a dubby groove, its cantering rhythm splashed with sax and an unforgettable keyboard solo. Well named, ‘No End’ is one of those tracks that could happily coast on forever.
Equally special, not to say idiosyncratic, ‘Memories’ is a blissed-out psych-funk cut inspired by, Jaakko recalls, an old episode of Ren & Stimpy. “But the song is basically about my bad memory,” he says. The heady swirl of ‘Uu uu uu’ first came to Jaakko in a dream as a child. “For some reason I remember it: the feeling that it’s so bright that I can’t open my eyes. Perhaps it’s about seeing reality as it really is.” Of this impressive quartet, ‘When You Walk Through Them All’ is the one that always turns heads. In Jaakko’s ‘Dreamzone’, this becomes a far-out soft-rock number primed for drivetime through endless pine forests. “I think good songs work like an inkblot picture where everybody sees something different,” says Jaakko. “I personally like to have my own meanings and don’t really like when the ‘message’ or idea is too in your face.”
Born and raised in the central Finnish lakeland city of Jyväskylä, Jaakko’s musical journey began in the mid-’90s when, aged 11 or 12, he discovered the progressive metal of US rockers Dream Theater, whose riffs he and a pal would play on guitar. Hip-hop came next and Jaakko learned to make beats using Fruity Loops and a sampler. There followed passionate investigations into reggae, disco, techno and whatever else his friends or the internet happened to introduce to him. Now, ‘Dreamzone’ marks a fresh chapter for Jaakko.
“I feel that I’ve become more aware of my touch or sound,” he says. “I think my music has become more emotional.”
Like most focused musicians, Jaakko might sometimes be accused of living in his own world. But when a record as enticing as ‘Dreamzone’ appears, you wonder why he’d ever want to step back into reality.