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Raoul Bjorkenheim: Guitarist Between Two Continents

by Anthony Shaw
March 5, 2005

Raoul Bjorkenheim is a guitarist born and brought up in the States by his Finnish mother. After completing studies at Berklee he has spent most of his professional life between the two countries, working with the likes of Finnish percussionist/composer Edward Vesala or progressive producer/bassist Bill Laswell. He achieved recognition on both sides of the Atlantic ...

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Raoul Bj: Shadowglow

Read "Shadowglow" reviewed by Rico Cleffi

by Rico Cleffi
January 24, 2005

There are moments on Shadowglow where Raoul Björkenheim and Lukas Ligeti achieve such an intuitive balance that it's hard to tell who's playing what. Björkenheim is a percussive guitarist, Ligeti a melodic drummer who plays the kit (and a variety of other percussion instruments) with remarkable fluidity. Björkenheim is capable of making his guitar ...

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Ritual

By Raoul Bjorkenheim

Label: Cuneiform Records
Released: 2004
Track listing: 1. Foot Talk 2. La Lluana 3. Matinaal 4. Epilog 5. Go 6. Dog Honk 7. Ritual 8. What? 9. New Day 10. Ray 11. Bygones 12. Relentless

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Shadowglow

By Raoul Bjorkenheim

Label: TUM Records
Released: 2004
Track listing: 1. Into Fall 2. Ghostedwall 3. Niagara Mowhawk 4. Rain Turns Red Gold 5. Cogwheels of Speed 6. Shed and Torn 7. In the Flesh 8. Duoyell 9. Olivezone 10. Viciousphere 11. Fountain Jewel 12. Changgo Valse

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Raoul Bj: Ritual

by AAJ Staff
April 13, 2004

Finnish-American guitarist Raoul Björkenheim is more or less the definition of iconoclast, which is especially notable given the fact that he attended one of the biggest jazz factories in the United States, Boston's Berklee School of Music. Berklee has employed and produced its share of guitarists (including most prominently alumnus John Scofield and professor Pat Metheny), ...

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Apocalypso

By Raoul Bjorkenheim

Label: Cuneiform Records
Released: 2001
Track listing: Oracles; Sages; Rain; Surf Dance; Lament; Circles; Apocalypso; Spirits; Last Oracle.

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Raoul Bjorkenheim: Apocalypso

Read "Apocalypso" reviewed by Glenn Astarita

by Glenn Astarita
December 1, 2001

Born in Los Angeles, CA and a longtime resident of Helsinki, Finland, cutting-edge guitarist Raoul Bjorkenheim has carved out a successful and somewhat entrepreneurial musical persona in the Euro progressive rock scene. He first came to prominence with the late drummer Edward Vesala's Sound & Fury band, while subsequently creating the avant-garde and widely acclaimed quasi-free ...

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Raoul Bj: Apocalypso

by AAJ Staff
October 1, 2001

Guitarist Raoul Björkenheim wields his instrument like a knife on the ironically double-entendred Apocalypso. Sometimes he stabs, other times he engraves; or he might twist and jab, or simply scratch. Maybe it's just a Finnish thing, but brightness and Björkenhim just don't go together. The story behind this composition is relatively brief: in 1994, the Helsinki ...