08/24 - With A Taste Of A Poison Paradise

A third and final Mustarinda list. As behoofs a playlist for the tail end of a long wonderful residency, it is composed of odd leftovers and melancholic farewells.

Polobi & the Gwo Ka Masters - Mendémélé   

Consider this the transition from last list's repetitive international folk and forest madness soundtrack. Last night I waded through woods submersed by a beaver dam til 2am. Mendémélé...

Marko Haavisto & Poutahaukat - Paha vaanii

We've been having Kaurismäki nights. No place it makes more sense to watch these brilliant, moving movies. Man, I love this country.

 

 

Jeff Russo ft. Lisa Hannigan - Toxic   

This cover is from the soundtrack to the latest (and best) season of Fargo, that I finished just before I arrived at Mustarinda. But Toxic has also been a bit of a recurring melody in the house.

 

 

North Sea Gas - Carrickfergus    

Final days of packing and finishing projects are always tinged with an undercurrent of emotional hurt. The correct time to listen to melodramatic Irish/Scottish ballads. 

For I'm drunk today and I'm seldom sober
A handsome rover from town to town
Ah but I'm sick now my days are numbered
Come all ye young men and lay me down

Richard Dawson - The Tip of an Arrow

One of the stranger and more idiosyncratic songs to be released in the 2020s. But I've listend to it so many times now that it makes perfect sense. That epic ending is how we ride out from here!

07/24 - Let Go The Note And So Move Everything

I've been building. I've been eaten by mosquitos. I've been despairing and cursing myself. I've been quite impressed. Since Saturday's opening I am finally relaxed again. Relaxed and really quite, quite happy...

Mustarinda goes well with international folk:

ØXN - Cruel Mother   

I'm on a little obsession with Radie Peat's voice, whether in Lankum or in this astounding side project. The way she sings sounds so understated, almost defeated, but simultaneously intensely emotional. It creates a devastating tension, and the way the musical backdrop in this epic interpretation slowly builds to a noise breakdown can only add to this ghostly grisly drama.

Tarta Relena - Tou Votanikoú

It's coming up to Clandestino festival time, and what better way to prepare than harking back to previous festivals. Crappy iPhone videos of Tarta Relena's concert two summers ago still give me the shivers. One of the very most beautiful gigs of recent years!

 

 

Sutari - Lila gaski   

Another great act from that same year, this trio from Poland.

 

 

Lisa O'Neill - Old Note    

A newer discovery. This album was on The Quietus' list of best albums 2023, and it is indeed a brilliant album. A feeling of being connected to the immense beforetime.

Feathered friend, dig up and resurrect me
I long to live among the song of birdies
A lawless league of lonesome, lonesome beauty
Skies and skies and skies above duty

Eric Chenaux - There They Were

The repetitive voices of humans and non-humans that draw you into the wonder of it all.

Meanwhile I'm gonna love whatever I can...