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Here are some translations from reviews of ''Kapeesti High Leveesti Low'' in Finnish. You can see
pictures of articles clicking the link 'Suomeksi'.
- Psychedelic Tsunami Hits With Power -
''...Soulful music is irreplaceable companion when everything else seems to fall.
Teippi Tuomanen & Bombay Boys's
Kapeesti High Leveesti Low is part of this medicinal section.
The music is so deep you can dive into it. And put your masks on, because there's a lot to see.''
''...When back on the surface, the listener experiences new power and willingness to struggle on the
stony road.''
''...Tuomanen and Bombay Boys are old foxes. They have sailed the seas of rock, jazz, blues, tex-mex
and Ugri-longings. From these mixed waters arises a psychedelic tsunami, where novices have no chances.''
''...The sound is so multidimensionally alive you can walk in it.''
''...Buy this record. You will laugh and you will cry (sometimes at the same time) but you won't
regret.''
- Music critic Jussi Niemi in daily newspaper Aamulehti, Tampere, May 2007
- Modern Echoes Beyond 30 Years -
''...Teippi Tuomanen
- who was back in 70's admired as [Lappeenranta] local genious - has continued compositing with his
'six-stringed paintbrush'.''
''...Now, after 30 years, [Jimi] Sumén and Tuomanen have recorded, for the
first time together. Or actually Kapeesti High Leveesti Low is a record
by Tuomanen and Bombay Boys, Sumén working as a producer.''
''...I haven't heard of these men for years, and have to say, I was scared to listen to this record.
But a teardrop was forced into my eye when I first time heard the brawly Mexican rhythm of first piece
'Varjot Hakalin yllä'.''
''...Can't help it, but Teippi's catching melodies and rough, experienced stories sound noble music
in my cynical ears.''
- Culture journalist Teemu Luukka in daily newspaper Helsingin Sanomat, Helsinki, January 2007
- Tuomanen Still Keeps Telling Stories Upstream -
''...The old lunacy excists, assures Teippi Tuomanen. He tried to protect
his new album from media world, and finally even the daylight was too much.''
''...The boy from Lappeenranta has grown to an 'old bluesman', as he describes himself. The clay,
mud and gravel -tasting fountains of blues and the rough upstream still keep on fascinating him.
- It has been the red thread throughout my life. I've never given it up. I wanted to do this thing
like these guys, Wolf and Waters, but with my own language and without copying the blues pattern or
style one-to-one.''
''...At the end of 80's Tuomanen left the shorelines of lake Saimaa to the city of Tampere. The wide
boots of a cult figure revolving in the local rock-life were left behind, as well as many musical
figures.''
''...The time keeps on going and the bluesman keeps on rowing upstream. - I haven't calmed down. The
lunacy still excists. At my age many have stopped. Or they have stuck listening to Pink Floyd. I have
never made any kind of nostalgy. - Everything is done from now on. The vocals and melody are eternal
basics. I'm not a jukebox in the corner. I'm auntie Kylli how draws and tells.''
- Juuso Ala-Kyyny in Etelä-Saimaa newspaper weekend issue, 29th of June 2007
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