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Kalle Kalima and K-18: Buñuel de Jour

Read "Buñuel de Jour" reviewed by Hrayr Attarian

by Hrayr Attarian
February 18, 2015

With the intriguingly seductive Buñuel De Jour guitarist Kalle Kalima and his quartet, the K-18, continue their paean to the rebel auteurs of cinema. Their third installment in this series, again on the Finnish TUM label, is obviously dedicated to the iconoclastic surrealist filmmaker, Luis Buñuel. His works themselves, not the scores, serve as inspiration to the dozen originals that comprise the album. Each improvisation heavy piece truly reflects the spirit of its namesake. “Belle de Jour" for ...

Album Review

Kalle Kalima and K-18: Buñuel de Jour

Read "Buñuel de Jour" reviewed by Anthony Shaw

by Anthony Shaw
December 7, 2014

This third album featuring K-18's original line-up doesn't stray very far from the content of the previous two. But in combination with vaguely remembered images from Buñuel's films the music readily transports the listener to far corners of the aural universe with its exotic and compelling mixtures of timbre and intensity. The players are all masters of the exceptional and the unexpected and along with the sumptuous packaging, featuring on the cover and inside TUM's standard selected piece of Finnish ...