Keijo hails from Jyväskylä, Finland - a small town in the north that claims to be the center of the universe. In the sprawling Finnish underground, Keijo is the wise sage who everyone admires. In his 52 years, he has travelled the world twice and seen his share of turmoil. He was nearly killed in a motorcycle accident and still bears a metal plate in his skull as a constant reminder. But these experiences have been essential in shaping the sound world he constructs with his fingertips.
After releasing a handful of small-run CD-R releases on labels such as Pseudoarcana, Lal Lal Lal, and Foxglove, Palla, Blown From Here sees Keijo finally getting the larger audience he deserves. He has worked and collaborated with Finnish acts such as Vapaa, Avarus, and Kheta Hotem. This CD, limited to 500 copies, sees Keijo taking a more solemn path, reflecting on the quiet moments nature brings. These nine songs showcase Keijo's array of talents, including his impressive throat-singing abilities. Palla, Blown From Here is the aural transition of summer into autumn. Over the course of this album, Keijo's soft acoustic compositions flow from him like prose from a poet's pen. The beauty this music exudes is a testament to his life and his work. This is Keijo's world and we are just living in it.
Praise for previous Keijo releases:
"Seven tracks from this first-generation Finnish inspiration that plot the spaceways with the kind of higher mind approach to form pioneered by Sun Ra, with deep wells of analogue sound mined for psychedelic tone, while hollow percussive rhythms sound a march across the horizon. This is martial music for heads, a combination of drone and picked strings that stares into the sun as hard as Valerie Webber and Paul LaBrecque’s stunning Trees, Chants and Hollers. A good one." - David Keenan on Soon With the Sun.