Biography

Trio Peltomaa Fraanje Perkola combines the sounds of a human voice, piano, viola da gamba with effects and medieval harp. With versatile backgrounds in early music, jazz, Finnish folk music and contemporary music, the group takes inspiration from medieval music to develop a personal, distinguished sound.

The group dives into the chants of Hildegard von Bingen, Pérotin and 14th-century pilgrimage songs. Echoes from monasteries, cathedrals, and pilgrimage sites combined with delicate improvisations and original compositions, connect the eras and centuries together and invite the listener to a journey towards peace and tranquility. The trio is fascinated by the perception of time; how these beautiful medieval melodies and writings speak to us now. How the now is represented in the medieval manuscripts - the moment they were written down - and how the power of now is shaping our improvisations and compositions hundreds of years later.

"ÆR (Fuga Libera | Outhere Music) is an album by Peltomaa Fraanje Perkola, an unorthodox Dutch/Finnish trio for voice, piano and viola da gamba, which takes medieval hymns and transforms them into quizzical, drone-based experimental miniatures." The Guardian 1/2021

Tracklist

1. Unum
2. O Virtus Sapientiae
3. Beata Viscera
4. Quis Dabit
5. Sum in Aliena
6. Rain
7. Polorum Regina
8. ÆR
9. Via