Mopo & Ville Leinonen: Laivalla (vinyl-LP)

The collaboration album Laivalla by the jazz trio Mopo and singer-songwriter Ville Leinonen is a captivating blend of punk-jazz, psychedelic folk, and a puppet-theatre-like atmosphere, where the music feels as if it is swaying on the open sea, just as the title suggests. The album was born organically from sessions where Mopo’s energetic, improvisation-based playing met Leinonen’s naive and, at times, deeply touching interpretation. The tracks vary from Linda Fredriksson’s raw saxophone solos to delicate ballads, and as a whole, the work is profoundly human, dealing with the fragility of life, love, and the state of our planet. It is a piece that refuses to fit into any ready-made mold, instead creating its own slightly quirky but warm world where experimentalism and catchy melodies go hand in hand.

FORMAT: LP