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sayr: salt | thirst

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Jussi Reijonen

Label: unmusic
Released: 2025
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salt: sola - sarvi - sae - keinu; thirst - koto - kuori - kaarna - sae - kiedo - aina - ennen.

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sayr: salt | thirst was recorded in one fully improvised take at Reijonen’s home studio on steel-string acoustic guitar one afternoon in March 2025 and is split into two contrasting arcs, “salt” and “thirst” as on two sides of a vinyl LP.

The performance weaves textural references of various string instruments from around the world – the guitar, the Finnish kantele, the Arabic oud, the Moroccan sintir, and the West African kora – into a compelling whole refracting echoes of Hamza El Din, Farid al-Atrash, Lightnin’ Hopkins, Ali Farka Touré, Toumani Diabaté, Mahmoud Guinia, Paco de Lucía, Umm Kulthum, Fairuz and Camarón de la Isla, with the musical form unfolding a personal narrative that vacillates between lament, unease, brightening and transformation.