Album artwork for Kiri Ra! by Kiri Ra!

The debut album from Kiri Ra! is an intuitive journey through landscapes of spectral otherness with colors of post classical minimalism, ambient folk and spiritual jazz.
Starting as cross Baltic improvisation group in 2014, Kiri Ra! found form in the winter of 2016 when Finnish experimental artist Lau Nau, Finnish jazz saxophonist Linda Fredriksson, and Swedish pianist Matti Bye were commissioned by The Swedish Film Institute to create music for experimental amateur documentary films from its archive. Their debut album is made up entirely of improvised live studio recordings that stemmed from this film-scoring effort. With meticulous attention to detail and a sense of wonder, the players are collective witnesses to what can unfold between three musicians in a room. As illustrated on the tracks Happlo’os and ))Glänta//, softly played piano ostinatos, field recordings and bowed percussion set a visceral foundation for the saxophone to carve melodic tones of tingling melancholia. This warmth and sense of intimacy prevails throughout the album, as illustrated on the serene track Linnesöndagen Gynnas Icke, whilst Kites Över Gärdet is an almost supernatural unfolding of timelessness

Kiri Ra!

Kiri Ra!

Oona Records
Album artwork for Kiri Ra! by Kiri Ra!
LP

£22.99

Black
Released 12/03/2021Catalogue Number

OONA006

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Kiri Ra!

Kiri Ra!

Oona Records
Album artwork for Kiri Ra! by Kiri Ra!
LP

£22.99

Black
Released 12/03/2021Catalogue Number

OONA006

Learn more

The debut album from Kiri Ra! is an intuitive journey through landscapes of spectral otherness with colors of post classical minimalism, ambient folk and spiritual jazz.
Starting as cross Baltic improvisation group in 2014, Kiri Ra! found form in the winter of 2016 when Finnish experimental artist Lau Nau, Finnish jazz saxophonist Linda Fredriksson, and Swedish pianist Matti Bye were commissioned by The Swedish Film Institute to create music for experimental amateur documentary films from its archive. Their debut album is made up entirely of improvised live studio recordings that stemmed from this film-scoring effort. With meticulous attention to detail and a sense of wonder, the players are collective witnesses to what can unfold between three musicians in a room. As illustrated on the tracks Happlo’os and ))Glänta//, softly played piano ostinatos, field recordings and bowed percussion set a visceral foundation for the saxophone to carve melodic tones of tingling melancholia. This warmth and sense of intimacy prevails throughout the album, as illustrated on the serene track Linnesöndagen Gynnas Icke, whilst Kites Över Gärdet is an almost supernatural unfolding of timelessness