Jazz Articles about Kallio Slaaki

Kallio Slaaki: Polymania for percussion

by Anthony Shaw
November 21, 2013

As its name suggests,this album is aimed at an audience familiar with gamelan and tuned percussion, as opposed to the year's other drum trio release by Zach Hill, Janet Weiss and Matt Cameron, a 40 minute rolling improvisation. Here each piece is highly scripted by leader Mika Kallio, and mainly follows lines he lays down on his numerous tuned gongs. Not that unimpeded and even raucous jamming play no part, but it is small compared to the ...