He was the one who recommended Mankku Studio to us, as he had recently been there to record with Waste Of Space Orchestra. We asked Niko Lehdontie, a friend of ours who plays in Kairon IRSE! Oranssi Pazuzu etc. We decided to work with a producer this time, to help us making the most of the studio session. Yes, we have a new album almost ready and it’s going to be our best one yet. You just got out of the studio having recorded your upcoming album, where did you record and why? United Seafood is also one of our favourites in the party metal department. You should check out Kairon IRSE! for a mind blowing tornado of progressive and shoegaze chaos. Sampo and Valtteri play in this amazing punk band called Acid Runs. It’s pretty common to see the same people (on and off stage) at punk, jazz, electronic, noise, hard rock, folk gigs. With this kind of density, the music scene is bound to be pretty inbred, and crossbred which I think it’s great. While there are thousands of bands, there are only 5 or so million Finns, 1 of which is in the Helsinki area alone. For example (since you mentioned them), Motorpsycho have a very special (and large!) place in my record collection, while they have surprisingly managed to fly well under the Finnish radar in their 30 years of activity. Listening to your debut album The Zenith Cracks your sound is like the perfect mix of San Diego psych and Nordic darkness along the likes of Motorpsycho – is Finland maybe the perfect melting pot for this!?Ĭould be! However, I think that we stand out quite a lot from what one might call “Finnish sound”… for several reasons. It’s difficult to make a list of our main influences but in a way or another we’re influenced by the usual suspects of the 60’s and 70’s, just as much as 90’s more angular and abrasive bands, free jazz, fusion and garage. If you were to ask Valtteri, for example, he would answer that he only listens to hardcore punk and 80’s heavy metal, whereas I hardly ever listen to either of those. Of course there is mutual ground that we all share, but we are three pretty different dudes, with pretty different music taste. Was there any mutual influences at the beginning that pushed you all into the direction you’ve ended up in? When playing live you often cover Dust’s “Ivory”, guessing that might be some mutual ground – is there other bands that may have influenced your sound? I had a bunch of demos and a rough idea to form this turbo charged power trio, so I started putting out flyers looking for musicians and after a few months of auditioning, the band was born. I moved here from London after my old band split up in mid 2013, in search of new musical adventures. Valtteri moved from Hyvinkää to pursue his master and phd degrees in astrophysics. Sampo is originally from Kuopio, a small city in the centre of Finland, and moved to the capital after finishing music school. We all live in Helsinki, although none of us is originally from here. We got to know each other through music first: the first time we jammed together, we were complete strangers. Kaleidobolt by Jani Savolainenįirst of all – the story of Kaleidobolt! Where and when did you guys meet, and how long have you been playing together? The trio, consisting of Sampo (vocals and guitar), Marco (bass and vocals) and Valtteri (drums) just finished recording their third (and apparently best ever) album, so we spoke to bassist Marco to find out a bit more of what we can expect, as well as digging to get some background on the band. The Helsinki based power trio have been churning out heavy psychedelic jams along the lines of Motorpsycho, Earthless and Sleep, since their formation in 2014. If you haven’t heard of them before, well, you’re in luck, and you’re welcome. Kaleidobolt, a pure force of nature fuelled by Nordic darkness.
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