Eero Koivistoinen Valtakunta Vinyl LP Yellow Colour Due Out 14/08/26

Eero Koivistoinen - Valtakunta

Yellow Colour

Please note this is a pre-order item due for release 14th August 2026

Tracklist:

1. Kentauri
2. Vorwärts
3. Lennosta kii!
4. Kolme Runoa: Koulittu Katse / Ei Yksikään Elävä Olento / Tottakai Me Huolehdimme
5. Pientä Peliä Urbaanissa Limousinessa
6. Kello kuusi
7. Television ohjelma on loppunut
8. Kerran ei ollut valtakuntaa
9. Hiljainen hetki
10. Tuutulaulu

"Eero Koivistoinen's debut album reissued in July Eero Koivistoinen is a wide-ranging composer and a talented musician '“ one of the all-time greats of the Finnish jazz. In 1965 Koivistoinen founded a trio that played avant-garde and fusion jazz together with Pekka Sarmanto and Edward Vesala. In 1967'“68 he was a member of Blues Section '“ a group that is regarded as the first progressive rock band in Finland. Valtakunta ('Kingdom') was originally released in 1968 and is Eero Koivistoinen's first jazz LP. The songs of the album are based on the lyrics written by Finnish poets Pentti Saarikoski, Tuomas Anhava, Hannu Makela and Jarkko Laine. The vocalists are Eero Raittinen, Seija Simola, Vesa-Matti Loiri and Koivistoinen himself. He also plays the tenor saxophone, piano and vibraphone, and is joined by a vast selection of legendary Finnish musicians, including Seppo ""Baron"" Paakkunainen, Pekka Sarmanto, Ronnie Österberg, Hasse Walli, Juhani Aaltonen, Antero Jakoila, Kaj Backlund, Esa Pethman, and Reino Laine among many others. All compositions are by Koivistoinen. The album reflects well the forthcoming compositional repertoire of Koivistoinen with its wide style spectrum. Valtakunta was reissued on vinyl in 2016 via Svart and the pressing quickly found a new home on the turntables of record collectors worldwide. After ten years, it's time to bring back this quintessential piece of Finnish psychedelia, avant-garde, free jazz, and progressive rock on wax and CD again."