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Eleanoora Rosenholm
eleanoora rosenholm - Vainajan muotokuva
Despite the name, brand new Fonal project Eleanoora Rosenholm is in fact a band, and what a band they are. A trio comprising of Noora Tommila, Pasi Salmi and Mika Rättö the members have honed their expertise lending their talents to Boomkat favourites Circle and my own secret Finnish obsession the Magyar Posse (check them out if you can!) so you should probably already know you're going to be in for something a little bit special. And special is the best way to describe the peculiar, sugar coated disco-pop of 'Vainajan muotokuva' as from the first utterances of Noora's sherbet-sweet vocals you're transported into another land, far away from the troubled pre-apocalypse of our own. This is true escapism, music to dance away the hours at a half-empty club in a run-down town, music to pull you into a lilac dream world usually left for the more twee among us. Part of me would like to link this murderous electro-pop to the 70s sleaze of Glass Candy and their gang of no-wave followers but there's something notably more pure, less fashionable about Eleanoora Rosenholm, and in that I get the feeling that this is a record that will stay with me for far longer than it might initially suggest. Hidden beneath blurts of analogue synthesizer and crisp electronic rhythms are the skeletons of long forgotten love-songs, folk music from another time, early 80s ballads - the music that brings nostalgia, romance and passion no matter what time of day it is. Maybe this isn't the usual Fonal record for most of you, for certain it's a million miles away from Kemialliset Ystavat's oaken musings on world music or Islaja's introverted hums but when you think back to the hiccupping electronic joy of Paavoharju, the foot-stomping no-holds barred excess of Risto or the genre-tripping world of TV Resistori, 'Vainajan Muotokuva' makes perfect sense. Give Eleanoora Rosenholm your attention, and trust me after listening to the first track 'Musta Rusuu' you'll be hopelessly in love...ESSENTIAL PURCHASE.
