KIMMO POHJONEN
http://www.kimmopohjonen.com/


On 5-row chromatic, melodeon, harmonica, and sometimes, as on Maria's first album, gogo marimba (a large mbira), Pohjonen shows up in bands and as a session musician throughout current Finnish roots music.


He relishes all incidental noises the archaic squeeze-box makes, employing everything from bellows to buttons in a feverish search for new sounds. His beautifully lit shows segue one eye-poppingly radical idea after another, making full use of state-of-the-art technology to produce percussive and tonal effects with samples and loops, all delivered through a stunning quadraphonic surround sound system. Once seen and heard, he is never forgotten. 'My goal is to explore the instrument because it's always had such a narrow minded image,' he says of the five row chromatic accordion which he generally favours.


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