Alamaailman Vasarat ("The Hammers of the Underworld") are an unusual phenomenon not only in their home country Finland, but in the globe in general - a bunch of musicians with a background in different kinds of rock or jazz music make a statement: To rock you need no electric guitars! All...
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Alamaailman Vasarat ("The Hammers of the Underworld") are an unusual phenomenon not only in their home country Finland, but in the globe in general - a bunch of musicians with a background in different kinds of rock or jazz music make a statement: To rock you need no electric guitars! All you need is a pump organ, some brass, solid rhythm section with drums and cello and no prejudicies allowed, except that major keys are mostly banned. With this sort of recipe you will surely come up with something extraordinary.
"Ethnic brass punk", "kosher-kebab jazz"... some attempts to categorize Alamaailman Vasarat's style. Many people have admitted that one must hear music of Alamaailman Vasarat to understand what it really is about. One time you can sense flavours of ethnic music from different corners of the world combined with punky or metallic elements created by heavy cello and brutal drumming. Another moment they may surprisingly dash into a wild distorted polka or to a melancholic waltz a'la salvation army. This may sound confusing, but don't be afraid, it's all carefully thought about - and judging from the enthusiastic feedback given by audience in the live gigs, by those having purchased CD's and those having seen the hilarious video "Kebab tai henki!", it works like hell.
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