KIILA

Kiila is a bunch of people who love songs and sounds.
Tuota tuota is the third full-length album by Kiila. Its songs were born of peaceful, focused work and intense rehearsals, interspersed with sleep and mealtimes. The album features an eight-strong core line-up but, as always, we have had the privilege of playing music with many of our friends. Tuota tuota develops around its seven songs that touch on the nature of knowledge and work, the fluctuations of inspiration and threat.
About Tuota Tuota:
Long-time since we heard from one of the secret jewels of the Fonal family, Niko Matti-Atti’s (sic.) Kiila. Kiila manage to channel so much of what was great about classic 1st generation acid folk and communal psych without ever sounding particularly reverent, balancing delicate, spidery arrangements with moments of supreme heaviness and Velvets-style drone. The vocals here are great, massed voices hovering over a weave of strings. Indeed, the violin playing kinda colours most of the album, with a bold, raggedy style that brings to mind The Dirty Three. When they kick in – and the studio sound really adds to the ‘weight’ of the group – they have a proto-monolithic style that’s almost comparable to the Silence-era greats but it’s the moments of low-level space whispering form and weird webs of electro-acoustic confusion, super intimate in their construction and understated in their appeal - that will keep you coming back. Kiila were kind of the secret stars of Subcurrent’s Finnish night back in the day and it’s great to hear from them again. - David Keenan / Volcanic Tongue
[...]The performances are confident, unselfconscious and perhaps somewhat gauche as a result, but the gusto with which Kiila attack their songs is ultimately irresistible. The songs thamselves indicate a compositional intelligence often lacking in ensembles of their ilk, moving from ballad to drone with immaculate timing and thoughtful orchestration.[...] - Joseph Stannard / The Wire
[...]Finnish folk finally freed itself from the forest.[...] - JT / Other Music (?)
[...]It's well tasteful yo![...] - Norman Records
The live line-up from left to right: Pekko Käppi (vocals, violin, jouhikko), Juho Kaitajärvi (electric guitar), Jari Suominen (keyboards, electronics), Niko-Matti Ahti (vocals, acoustic guitar), Jukka Räisänen (bass) and Jaakko Tolvi (percussion). Baltic herring with mashed potatoes on the front.
Kiila was founded by Niko-Matti Ahti and Sami Sänpäkkilä in 1993 in Ulvila, Finland. The band first worked as a duo and played their first show in Pori, a city near by, in 1995. Since that Kiila has shifted through many phases, played a lot of music, seen many events and people. The composition of the group has always varied quite effortlessly according to the needs of the band and the people in it.
DISCOGRAPHY:
Tuota tuota lp/cd/digital 2009 Fonal Records
Silmät sulkaset cd 2004 Fonal records / [K-RAA-K]3
Heartcore cd 2001 Fonal Records
Kaunis saapuu 7”-split-ep 1999 Fonal Records / Winter Cow
Free Will Is Hard to Kill 7”-ep 1998 Fonal Records
Original 7”-EP 1997 Fonal Records