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01. KEMIALLISET YSTAVAT - Kajastusmuseo
02. KEMIALLISET YSTAVAT - Kivikasan rauhassa
03. KEMIALLISET YSTAVAT - Kohde haihtuu ilmaan
04. KEMIALLISET YSTAVAT - Niitty veden alla
05. KEMIALLISET YSTAVAT - Surullinen kohta seinässä
06. KEMIALLISET YSTAVAT - Maksaruohoja
07. KEMIALLISET YSTAVAT - Suosikkiorjalleni
08. KEMIALLISET YSTAVAT - Ystävälliset miekat
09. KEMIALLISET YSTAVAT - Älä koske lintuja
10. KEMIALLISET YSTAVAT - Mestari ei väsy
11. KEMIALLISET YSTAVAT - Muuttujat/saattajat
12. KEMIALLISET YSTAVAT - Palava puolukka
13. KEMIALLISET YSTAVAT - Suohuuruja
14. KEMIALLISET YSTAVAT - Lyön häntäni vetoa
ARTIST
TITLE
Ullakkopalo
FORMAT
CD

LABEL
CATALOG #
FR 069CD FR 069CD
GENRE
RELEASE DATE
8/17/2010

This is the first release from Finland's Kemialliset Ystävät since 2007. Kemialliset Ystävät equals Jan Anderzén. He is one of the few Finnish musicians to have achieved renown in the international experimental circuit. In the case of Anderzén -- who also plies a trade as a visual artist -- this is not a matter of juxtaposition between experimental and mainstream, or a calculated career choice. Using music and images, he is busy creating a world that is a law unto itself, a world of exceptional freedom and beauty. Earlier KY albums have been peppered with contributions by individuals such as Islaja, the members of Avarus and Sami Sänpäkkilä. It is not easy to distinguish who plays what on Kemialliset Ystävät recordings. Rather than a side project consisting of solo parts, the band is an ecosystem within Anderzén's reality. One of the essential techniques applied by Anderzén is collage, in sound as well as image. He is no conventional instrumental virtuoso; his music is created with a fluctuating array of instruments and equipment. The focus is less on instrumental prowess and more on the overall sound and impression as well as the tension between the various materials. As a manipulator of these elements, Anderzén is in a league of his own. His sampler-based solo performances as Tomutonttu have left no doubt about that. A close listening of Anderzén's music reveals its near-architectonic precision. He is known for an exceptionally painstaking approach to creating his music. All this hard work is readily evident in the finished product, not as an accentuated complexity but rather as a clear, independent vision. Kemialliset Ystävät is like a natural phenomenon. It is difficult to imagine anyone having consciously constructed it, such is the ease with which it presents itself to us. To be in the presence of Anderzén's work is captivating in the same way, simple yet inexplicable, as it is to stare into fire. It truly takes a master to create such an experience, but listening to this Kemialliset Ystävät album evokes just that: a feeling of lightness.