Joteskii Groteskii releases Jääkautiset, a C70 tape by Horseface. Jääkautiset is a companion piece to Horseface’s 2017 album Jääkausi and consists of remixes of all the tracks on Jääkausi and five unreleased tracks from the Jääkausi sessions. This includes the infamous cover of MA Numminens song Dägä dägä and a song about the 2010 hot dog eating world championship. Horseface asked some of our favorite artists to each remix one of the tracks of Jääakusi and were amazed by what we got back. There’s everything from mutant club bangers to sound art and eerie collages by Finnish, Portugese and Swedish artists. The cover is designed by Teemu Raudaskoski, Tampere artist and musician, also responsible for the remix of Kentauri.

13 Horseface - Loppu Lähestyy (Odete Remix)

10 Horseface - Prinssit Ja Paavit (Tomutonttu Viitan Kohiinaa Remix

08 Horseface - Kentauri (Teemu Raudaskoski Pääjalkainen Remix)

07 Horseface - Omistaa (Pullaherran Hiiva Remix)

06 Horseface - No Niin, Jääkausi (ImI Remix)

05 Horseface - Kala

04 Horseface - Pörinä

03 Horseface - Luovutan

02 Horseface - Dägä Dägä:dägäteng

01 Horseface - Äänekäs Mailmanmestari

From the grim dark north comes an explosion of color and sound! Horseface from Umeå, Sweden, are back with a 7” on Finnish label Joteskii Groteskii. 

Silakat explores attraction seen through the life cycle of the herring. Wobbly synths, filtered drum machines and drippy sounds keep the band going as they fall through the song. Sort of like if Orange Juice met Juice Leskinen on a ferry across the Gulf of Bothnia.

Flip side for Siivouspäivä. Here Horseface place Crass style march drums aside some kind of wonky dancehall beat, topped off with frustrated vocals in Finnish about the state of the Swedish tax system. 

The colorful and naive sleeve was designed by Tampere based artist Arsi Keva and the single comes in 300 copies.

Horseface play repetitive melodic music based on unstable polyrhythms and Swedish-Finnish lyrics. Along with their post-punk predecessors they have a curious ear for new and old sounds of global pop. They started playing together in 2013 and have since released two cassettes, one LP and toured both Sweden and Finland.

purchase here: horsefaceandfriends.bandcamp.com

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