ALEKSI MYLLYKOSKI is a versatile producer, sound designer and professional DJ. Musically he collects ideas for his productions from a wide variety of musical genres. The generated rhythms and sound textures are mostly deep, melancholic and with a hint of darkness to find. In his productions you find influences from ambient, techno, experimental music and jazz. He is founder of the Signature Dark. Label.
St. Virus is a Covid-themed album born in Covid times. It processes the pandemic phenomenon from the aspect of the individual and sometimes of the pandemic itself on a philosophical level.
The opening track, "Isolation", takes the listener on a journey plagued by the sense of loneliness created by isolation. The ever-present melancholy
slowly deepens into an overflowing anxiety without release. The eponymous "St. Virus" is a piece that considers the relationship between man and nature and the viruses that appear in it. They work in their own expected and, upon consideration, very honest way. Are we humans honest like this? Are human beings on some level similar to a virus? “Inherently Destructive” presents the idea of the unsustainability of the current situation. The events around us are fundamentally destructive for the individual person, for society and for the culture it carries. St. Virus is a personal soundtrack through Covid times.
Record featuring artists are Tapani Rinne, Wimme Saari ja Ville Kuukka.
Tracklist:
1. Composition I - Isolation 12:27
2. Composition II - St. Virus / Fall 9:23
3. Composition III - Control 5:21
4. Composition IV - Suffocate 6:19
5. Composition V - Social Distancing 11:13
6. Composition VI - Inherently Destructive / Contamination 6:13
7. Composition VII - The Value Of Culture 5:34
Instruments:
Aleksi Myllykoski (electronics)(tracks: 1,2,3,4,5,6 & 7)
Tapani Rinne (saxophone) (tracks: 1,2,3,4,5 & 6)
Wimme Saari (joik) (track: 6)
Ville Kuukka (guitar) (track: 3)
Jarno Lappalainen (bass guitar) (track: 1)
Markus Jaatinen (drum sample recording)(track: 3)
Dimitris Tatsis (guitar slicks)(track: 5)
