Trey GUNN's KTU

8 Armed Monkey

(2005)

1. Sumu 8'43
(Kimmo Pohjonen)
2. Optikus 8'37
(Kimmo Pohjonen)
3. Sineen 7'23
(Kimmo Pohjonen / Samuli Kosminen)
4. Absinthe 8'21
(Trey Gunn / Pat Mastelotto)
5. Keho 10'01
(Samuli Kosminen / Pat Mastelotto / Kimmo Pohjonen)

Total Time: 43:05

  • Trey Gunn - Warr Guitar
  • Kimmo Pohjonen - Accordion, Voice
  • Samuli Kosminen (Kluster) - Accordion Samples, Voice Samples
  • Pat Mastellotto - Rythmic Devices

    Produced by Pat Mastelotto with Kimmo Pohjonen and Phillip Page
    Mixed, Engineered, Edited and Assembled by Pat Mastelotto at the     ZONE STUDIO & Pat's Garage, Austin Texas
    Assistant Engineer: Pat Manskie at the     ZONE
    Arragements by KTU
    Executive Producer: Phillip Page
    Design: Ilmari Hakaia & Phillip Page

    Recorded April,2004 live at EGGMAN, Tokyo by Shigeru Sugiyama and NOSTURI, Helsinki by Petteri Laukkanen

    Publishing:

    1, 2: Kimmo Pohjonen (TEOSTO)
    3: Kimmo Pohjonen and Samuli Kosminen (TEOSTO)
    4: BMG MUSIC PUBLISHING / Pat Mastelotto (BMI)
    5: Pohjonen / Kosminen (TEOSTO) / BMG MUSIC PUBLISHING (BMI) / Pat MASTELOTTO (BMI)

    Arigatou:

    Tom Ohsava, Osmo Shirako, Tapio Korjus, Utti Hetsher, Heikki Iso-Ahola, Jouni Markkanen, Lutz Engelhardt

    Kitos:

    Garrison & Fujimaru at DRUM WORKSHOP, Rich, Bobby and Danny at PAISTE Cymbals,
    Vic & Marco at VIC FIRTH MALLETS
    Steve at Evans Drumheads
    Jukka Suomalainen, Janne Koski, Lotta Sorri

    Management:

    Trey Gunn
    Pat Mastelotto
    Kimmo Pohjonen

    ©2005 HOEDOWN / ROCKADLLLO

    "Anyone who's witnessed Kimmo Pohjonen - often lazily referred top as Finland's Hendrix of the accordion - will attest to his power to shock. His performances are equal parts art installation, virtuoso showcase and shamanistic ritual: Brooding, muttering hypnotic maelstroms that conjur up Jungian memory and dread in spades. So how does this translate into the two-dimensional world of the CD? Previous recorded work, while undeniably fearsome, has tended to leave you with a feeling that only with the aid of a DVD player would you get the full picture. However KTU's 8 Armed Monkey has no such shortcomings... Working with sampler Samuli Kosminen and King Crimson rhythm buddies, Pat Mastelotto and Trey Gunn, it appears that a more democratic approach has broadened Kimmo's palette accordi(o)ngly. This album contains noises that no simple squeezebox was ever meant to make! Recorded in Japan, Monkey...bubbles with menace (especially on Pohjonen's solo composition ''Optikus'') while retaining a digital clarity that allows Gunn's soaring Warr guitar lines to add a new level of yearning sadness. Pohjonen's very personal brand of voodoo really benefits from such a setting. Maybe the world is finally ready for Finnish prog-folk! - Chris Jones, BBC "8 Armed Monkey is intense, engaging and ultimately satisfying, blending the best elements of experimental and progressive rock into a tangible, listenable entity. It's like nothing you've heard before."
    - Andrew Magilow

    About the ensemble: Kimmo Pohjonen and Samuli Kosminen (Kluster) and Pat Mastelotto and Trey Gunn (from King Crimson and duo TU) join forces for the double duo formation KTU (pronounced K2).

    Percussionist Pat Mastelotto and guitarist Trey Gunn have enjoyed successful careers with the band King Crimson, one of the worlds most dynamic, skillful and innovative bands. Their new duo known as TU explores and highlights the well-known Gunn and Mastelotto edge, energy, humour, imagination, phenomenal playing skills and dynamism in an improvisational setting. The first TU album was released in early 2004 followed by April appearances in Moscow.

    Seeds for KTU took root at SXSW in Austin Texas in March 1999 when Kimmo Pohjonen shared a billing with Mastelotto/Gunn/Fripp's Project Three at the Electric Lounge. Plans for the quartet took shape over the next five years. KTU's aim is to combine the creative energies, edge imagination and other elements of the four players to make something new, different and musically explosive. Material is mainly comprised of compositions by Pohjonen and Kosminen, plus pieces by Gunn and Mastelotto and arrangements and improvisations by all four. Surround sound design and additional effects by Heikki Iso-Ahola.