DESCRIPTION:
Group KAUHUKAKARA was formed in 2006, when a league of young musicians met each other at the Gothenburg University of music and drama. All participants had earlier experience in music performing, and they together both created the compositions and formed the band's solid sound with the available instrumentation, musical experience and imagination. The line-up consisted in year 2008 from Joonas Kuusisto (acoustic bass, percussion), Pauli Lyytinen (winds, percussion etc.), Anni Elif Egecioglu (vocals, cello, percussion) and Tuomas Sharon Turunen (piano, synths, accordion, udu, wurlitzer etc.). A band without drums nor usual heavy electric amplified instruments grew as a light chamber orchestra, directing towards territories of naivistic, tender and experimental tonal poetry, implementing the large knowledge of musical richness as basis of their own sound. The musical content of the compositions are treated with academic precision both in arrangements and playing, and the end result is unique, avant-gardistic, but yet quite accessible due its beautiful melodic forms and humor. In addition of classical, traditional folk and jazz music flavors, this music of this group has a correlation with progressive rock musical ideologies, and maybe the presence of players from many Scandinavian countries and their devotion to arts in most sincere level give an hint of classy world music appearance to their songs. Their first long player was released on Eclipse Music label, and they are giving concerts also regularly.
~Eetu Pellonpää 2010~


Line-up / Musicians:
- Joonas Kuusisto / acoustic bass, backing vocals
- Pauli Lyytinen / tenor-, soprano and bass saxophone,backing vocals
- Anni Elif Egecioglu / vocals, cello
- Tuomas A. Turunen / piano, backing vocals

Additional instruments by Kauhukakara / harmonium, prepared piano, balafon, kemence, mey, glockenspiel, percussive, analog synthesizers.