Jazz Finland Live

Helsinki based Elifantree delivers an experimental musical trip on the border between improvised and pop music. They make songs with a razor sharp blend of social criticism, surrealism and unique sounds dipping into ambient and electroacoustic textures that creates a sound much larger and wider than the sum of their parts. Elifantree has performed widely in Europe and beyond and has gained a strong reputation as an energetic, unrestrained and constantly surprising live act that has been compared to works of artists like David Lynch, Charlie Chaplin and Pablo Picasso. They have released three critically acclaimed albums, Love & Trees in 2010, Time Out in 2012 and Movers and Shakers in 2015 on the Tampere based label Eclipse Music. Elifantree has developed an increasingly danceable edge to their sound but the band’s original jazz background is still easy to hear upon closer inspection. The trio will release their fourth album Anemone in March 2018.

Anni Elif Egecioglu - vocals, synth
Pauli Lyytinen - saxophone, EWI, live effects, drum machine
Olavi Louhivuori - drums, percussions
Joonas Saikkonen - sound