Elifantree will release a new double album Hachi on February 26, 2021. The album is released by Eclipse Music. The ambitious project involves top drummers from around the world.
Elifantree's new double album Hachi will be released on February 26. The album was an ambitious and large project supported by the Kone Foundation, in which sound artist Anni Elif, saxophonist Pauli Lyytinen and sound technician Joonas Saikkonen toured the world with a portable studio and recorded music in unconventional environments with eight international percussion artists.
The goal of the project was to create something really special with very unique people. The unparalleled musical journey yielded much but at the same time challenged its creators. The scope of the project is also indicated by the huge amount of material recorded. Only a small part of it all ended up on the new double album. The selection of takes and the coordination of everything was one of the most laborious parts of the whole process - it took hundreds of hours of work alone.
Two singles have been released from the album. The first single Finland: Black Sheep, released in the spring of 2020, was recorded with Elifantree's standard drummer Olavi Louhivuori in Finland. Last October, Sweden: Gold Dust was released in collaboration with Swedish drummer Andreas Werlin, known for his phenomenal groove. Other percussion artists heard on the album are Terje Isungset (NO), Lisbeth Diers (DK), Marc Pell (UK), Julian Sartorius (CH), Yuko Oshima (FR) and Ryosuke Kiyasu (JP).
Elifantree's new album will be released by Eclipse Music. The band has previously released five critically acclaimed albums with the same record label: Love & Trees (2010), Time Out (2012), Movers and Shakers (2015), Anemone (2018) and Blood Moon (2019). The latest album Blood Moon is a joint album with the contemporary classical Tölöläb Quartet.
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