The Vilma Timonen Quartet, or VtQ as this fusion band is otherwise known, has pulled off a remarkable combination; unique sound that you have never heard before! Some jazz and folk music, blended together with the ancient sound of the kantele.

The band’s repertoire is a synthesis of compositions by Vilma Timonen and a collection of traditional melodies adapted by the Quartet. The result is an epoch-making musical arrangement that accentuates the kantele’s rich and multifaceted sound.

Imagine on the one hand a small cottage in the finnish countryside filled with the limpid sound of kantele, and on the other hand the dim confines of a jazz club. VtQ leaps into the ancient world of music to paint an arch between those two worlds.

FORWARD
1. Loiste 4:48

2. Kokko 5:16

3. Getting your hopes up 3:32

4. Kuiskaus 4:58

5. Repostellen I: Peipposen polkka 2:07

6. Repostellen II: Orvokin ostan äidilleni 1:52

7. Marraskuura 4:17

8. Ripatska 4:35

9. Make a wish 6:15

The members of the VTQ are:

Vilma Timonen, kantele
Ape Anttila, bass
Mikko Hassinen, percussions
Topi Korhonen, guitar

Produced by Ape Anttila
Executive producer Vilma Timonen
Recorded at Kallio-Kuninkala http://ka.fi/ka/studios March & May 2009
Mixed by Kimmo Antikainen at Kallio-Kuninkala http://ka.fi/ka/studios
Masterd by Taito Hoffrén at Ääniä http://ka.fi/ka/studios
Photography by AJ Savolainen
Cover by Paula Susitaival

Additional percussion (2,3,5 and 6) recorded and played at DownBeat http://ka.fi/ka/studios by Ape Anttila

c & p KANTELEEN ÄÄNIÄ 2009
Sibelius Academy Folk Music Department recordings 91
ISRC FI7KA0900065—73
EAN: 64 3002409 0185