Kumea / Lauri Wuolio

pan ii

Halo Handpan

kumea sound

"... a tranquil and immersive listening experience which transcends boundaries." - Folk Radio UK

Real Music for Unreal Times by Kumea Sound is the second album by the Finnish sound artist Lauri Wuolio. Kumea Sound’s self-titled debut album (2013) was also structured around the instrument named handpan, or cupola.

On the new album all post-production processes are stripped away and a sense of deep passion and commitment to his instrument is transmitted from Wuolio’s playing. "I wanted the album to reveal something instead of trying to hide mistakes", Wuolio says. "Apart from mixing, nothing was changed or added after the recordings."

Even the haunting reverb was created and captured live in the studio with a complex setup of speaker arrays and experimental 360 degree microphones. The reverb itself was sampled in the historical Russian monastery of Solovetsky.

The recording of an instrument that has an exceptionally rich sound has turned out to be quite a challenge. Real Music for Unreal Times may so far be the most ambitious attempt to capture the full sound spectrum of the young instrument in all its history.

Real Music for Unreal times is a meditative counteraction to the experience of soullessness. Simultaneously timeless and contemporary, this acoustic percussion work reminds us of how rich and complex music may derive from a simple starting point.

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The album is available at Bandcamp (CD, LP, DL) and iTunes:

https://kumea.bandcamp.com/album/real-music-for-unreal-times
https://itunes.apple.com/fi/album/real-music-for-unreal-times/id971658417?uo=4

Kumea Sound - Real Music for Unreal Times

Handpans!

AsaChan Chandhra

Khayalan Trio - Espaço Continuo

Hand Pan - Kabeção Rodrigues
Bass: Pedrito

Samadhi - participation with Kabeção Rodrigues- handpan

Free Integral Hang PANArt by Hang Session
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Hang Session 1

A track from Kumea Street Record 6 "Ruins".

Kumea Street Records are handcrafted unofficial CD-R releases that are produced in extremely small batches. They are often improvised and acoustic by nature. Street Records are available only in live situations — digital download versions or a back catalogue do not exist. The albums are packed in a simple yet beautiful, manually folded origami cover.

Empty Lion (from "Ruins" SR0006)

Dont mind the odd time changes and sad attempt at harmonic isolation. enjoy :)

ChanDhra improv

interlace patterns

played and compose by Kabeção Rodrigues

Walking In The Clouds

"... a tranquil and immersive listening experience which transcends boundaries." - Folk Radio UK

Real Music for Unreal Times by Kumea Sound is the second album by the Finnish sound artist Lauri Wuolio. Kumea Sound’s self-titled debut album (2013) was also structured around the instrument named handpan, or cupola.

On the new album all post-production processes are stripped away and a sense of deep passion and commitment to his instrument is transmitted from Wuolio’s playing. "I wanted the album to reveal something instead of trying to hide mistakes", Wuolio says. "Apart from mixing, nothing was changed or added after the recordings."

Even the haunting reverb was created and captured live in the studio with a complex setup of speaker arrays and experimental 360 degree microphones. The reverb itself was sampled in the historical Russian monastery of Solovetsky.

The recording of an instrument that has an exceptionally rich sound has turned out to be quite a challenge. Real Music for Unreal Times may so far be the most ambitious attempt to capture the full sound spectrum of the young instrument in all its history.

Real Music for Unreal times is a meditative counteraction to the experience of soullessness. Simultaneously timeless and contemporary, this acoustic percussion work reminds us of how rich and complex music may derive from a simple starting point.

--

The album is available at Bandcamp (CD, LP, DL) and iTunes:

https://kumea.bandcamp.com/album/real-music-for-unreal-times
https://itunes.apple.com/fi/album/real-music-for-unreal-times/id971658417?uo=4

Stranded Variation

Everything Is An Exception

A track from the forthcoming "Oceans of Sadness, Mountains of Hope" (9/2017).

Kumea Sound - All Is Too Much

video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7mw2PyCe7X4
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Nadishana - hang SpB (Kurd + C)
David Kuckhermann - cajon, udu, percussion, foot rattle
Armin Metz - 6-string fretless bass

According to the mythology of Kuzhebar people SHU KHUR - 
is the Guide which one could get in the process of the painful initiation. This guide directs the person towards strong, pure and purposeful life. 
In different sources SHU KHUR is also the spirit of groundwater and it's usually depicted as a water bird or a woman with the bird attributes.

filmed by Julia Surba,
produced by Nadishana at Sound Microsurgery Department, Berlin, may 2012

Shu-Khur (hang drum) - Nadishana-Kuckhermann-Metz

The opening track from the exclusive full-length album Kaiku/Kutsu (Street Record 7/2012), only available on the streets where I sit down to play.

Kutsu (Street Record 7/2012)

Grateful for my friends and the spirit of discovery :) I am looking forward to shaping this into a full composition soon! 

John David Eriksen on cello and Ivor Sparks on flute

GG Halo improv with dear friends on Cello and flute

an improvisation in the studio with two borrowed Handpan's
Very grateful to my friend Daniel Reis for having made ​​this moment happen.

Halo "Equinox" / Panart 1gen / Disco Armónico

uma improvisação em estúdio com dois instrumentos emprestados.
Muito grato ao meu amigo Daniel Reis por ter realizado este momento acontecer

Kabeção - Oldnew

Track from Kumea Street Record 4 (Darjeeling/Tie/Kara), recorded on April 9th 2013.

09 Tie III

Kabeção - Khayalan (solo)

Kabeção - Bali Dream

This is the title track off my first studio album "Dark Water" recorded in march of 2012, with a handful of dear friends and freshly released today :) The album is epic, symphonic, world-fusion classically new age restorative soundscape goodness. It features a wide range of instrumentation from guitar, piano, violin, cello, to glass bottles, Hang, Gongs, and singing bowls. Check it out here, if you like it please spread the word and share the love :) 

http://peterlevitov.bandcamp.com/album/dark-water

Dark Water

another improvisation with good times!

Kabeção - Handpan / Bansuri
Pedro de Faro - Guitar / Bass / Vozes

Kabeção - HangFunk

Drum and bell music from Finland, by Lauri Wuolio.