NO PAIN IN POP
UKKONEN
'THE ANCIENT TONALITIES OF'
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Ukkonen is a Finnish “artic-house” producer. Debut album 'The Isolated Rhythms Of..' was released on Uncharted Audio in 2012, and was met with considerable underground acclaim. Despite a self-declared “zero interest in dance music”, The Wire magazine called his work “a solution to the problem of dance music”.
Second LP ‘The Ancient Tonalities Of…’ is a marked progression for an already prophetic talent. The record is built on two central themes: adulation and respect for influence and tradition, and a pressing desire to contribute something “new” to music. The record is in no way difficult; in its simplest form it’s a striking, purely structured collection of ambient techno and leftfield electronica. Yet after repeated listens the intensity and breadth of the creative vision is gripping; it’s an oceanic, enveloping work worthy of infinite relistens and contemplation.
