Uniko Kronos Quartet Kimmo Pohjonen

Description

Product Description

UNIKO features the Kronos Quartet together with the Finnish Duo – accordion adventurer Kimmo Pohjonen and sampling guru Samuli Kosminen. They create a new, multi-dimensional sound world. Commissioned by Kronos in 2003 and premiered at the Helsinki Festival in 2004, UNIKO has drawn sellout crowds. The spectacle is as visual as it is aural, and is a must-see on DVD.

Review

The music is sheer physicality ‚Ķ Uniko is like an ocean tide coming in –The New York Times

The soundscapes build to giant avalanches of strings and electronics, aided by the Finns’ tricked out accordions and sampling. Then poof! We’ve just fallen off the cliff, floating downward in silence. –NPR Radio

Kimmo Pohjonen is a performer whose blend of virtuosity and resolute experimentation is routinely likened to that of Jimi Hendrix and Laurie Anderson. –Wire