Biography

Harri Kuusijärvi Koutus releases its first concert album Live in Helsinki. The album was recorded in March 2020 at Voodoo Music Club and features compositions from both the band's first two albums and also new pieces from the upcoming Mirage.

Teosto Award 2020 nominated accordionist-composer Harri Kuusijärvi's Koutus is a project whose take on modern music has been described as avant fusion accordion jazz. In 2020 the band will release two albums, the first being Live in Helsinki, a concert album and the band's third studio album Mirage. Live in Helsinki was recorded in March 2020 at Voodoo Music Club and features compositions from both the band's first two albums Koutus (2014) and Music For A Family Picnic (2017) as well as new pieces from the upcoming Mirage.

Ensemble:
Harri Kuusijärvi - accordion
Mikael Myrskog - keyboard
Veikki Virkajärvi - guitar
Jesse Ojajärvi - drums

“Harri Kuusijärvi is ushering the accordion into novel sonic spaces."
New York City Jazz Record

Tracklist

1. Safari
2. Shelter
3. Dark Matter
4. Azulin iltapäivä
5. Visit Lapland
6. I Was Driving 160 MPH from Turku in the Midnight When I Felt the Time Was Slowing Down