Recorded mostly in July 2025. Some parts and final touches in early August. Most of the album's material was worked on late at night on the balcony, with a smaller portion recorded indoors.
Field recordings, electric guitar, bass, mandolin, balalaika, radio, sampling, piano + editing, mixing, and mastering: U T O N
Cover art and layout: Krüptinen Käki
Two over 20 minute long sides filled with many type of acoustic and electric improvisations, noises and experiments. Recorded in Spring 2024.
Listen & read more info:
Another new release: UTON - Elonkehto, was released about 1 month before the LP, on cassette and digital. Edition of 20 copies. Recorded already in 2008, but mixed & edited in 2025 for this release. Very much drone based on this one. Dreamy psychedelic sounds.
** UPDATE 7.7.2025: New single - BALALAIKA IMPROVISATIONS
Listen and download for free. See info and instructions here:
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...and another new release: the third album of YAYOBA !!!
Yayoba is an experimental psychedelic trio by Jani Hirvonen (Uton), Johannes Schebler (Baldruin), and Paul Wilson (f.ampism), and about 90-95% synth based. Our second album "Sensory Sensei" was released on a French label RuralFaune, and available on cassette and download.
5/5/25
UTON - Live in Tampere
Clips from the live performance at "Elektronimusiikkikonsertti" in
Tampere
conservatory, Finland - 2nd May 2025. UTON on this set was: Jani
Hirvonen (right),
Ville Suopajärvi (left).
This video was compiled from four different cameras,
The latest live was actually a digital live in Musa Ullakolla Festival, 2020 - but the latest physical live was in Paris, 2012. So it's been a while!
Video presentation on background, approximately 30 minutes of psychedelic free noise.
4/2/25
UTON - Ihmeellinen Maa
New album. Improvised acoustic "folk ambient". Instruments used in these improvisations: acoustic guitars, african
lute, violin, balalaika, mandolin, flute, bamboo jaw harp, tibetan bowl. Recorded in January 13th 2025. Mixed and mastered in February-March 2025.
Digital copy available at ko-fi.com/uton_/shop
CDR copies available. Edition of 12 copies. 4€ + shipping. Please contact via Bandcamp contact form if you are interested to get a copy.
3/1/25
UTON - TOTAL VIOLIN
4.5 hours of freeform violin improvisation.
Recorded in 2007, but released now first time in its full lenght.
