JANUARY 2023
Another meteor has passed by
The powerful astrological portent that impelled me to take up the electric guitar has returned to the wider cosmos. Jeff Beck, you have left us, trailing sparks and stars. Thanks for sharing our table!
Listen to my tribute Hats off to Jeff Beck on Soundcloud
"He plucked an electrified string, and a deafening noise exploded in our ears."
Dawn James / RAVE magazine / London / December 1965
APRIL 2022
The story behind the music of Kiri-uu
A feature article by Hugo Hodge posted on Melbourne online radio station SKYLAB
MARCH 2022
Estonian Notes - Ukraine emergency appeal
In response to Russia's invasion of Ukraine, I have just released a compilation of some of my Electronic folk music of Estonia.
All tracks are based on popular Estonian folk songs and dances and represent works produced between 1983 and 2022.
All proceeds from this release will be donated to UNICEF Australia Ukraine Emergency Appeal.
Please donate as much as you can and, of course, enjoy the music.
DECEMBER 2021
Proud to announce Associate Representation by the Australian Music Centre (AMC), the national service organisation dedicated to the promotion and support of art music in Australia. It's a joy to be amongst such a marvellously rich and diverse group of artists!
NOVEMBER 2021
Debut single of 96-year-old techno rapper featured on Estonian radio
Leida Muska
"Hajala ringvaade" (Diaspora round-up) presents the debut single of a 96-year-old Estonian techno rapper living near Sydney, produced by this week's guest Olev Muska, who is known as the father of Estonian electronic folk music or estotronics. How is life in Australia right now? What is the composer and artist currently up to? Listen to "Hajala ringvaade" on Sunday at 8.15.
In every port, there's got be at least one Estonian. In addition, Estonians are invariably in cities and villages, in tall and short houses, in warm and cold climates. What are they engaged in across our wide world, how do they live and what's news? Maarja Merivoo-Parro, who offers an insight into the lives of global Estonians every Sunday at 8.10, is looking for answers to these questions as part of Vikerraadio's morning program. Let us know about the activities of your community at hajala@err.ee.
This project is financed through the Department of Population, Civil Society and Family Policy of the Estonian Ministry of the Interior.
Listen to the track - Стенька Разин - on Soundcloud
JULY 2021
Recent Creak-whoosh / Kiri-uu EP release - reviews
JUNE 2021
>>> Interview in London-based independent international music magazine THE WIRE
"The Wire celebrates and interrogates the most visionary and inspiring, subversive and radical, marginalised and undervalued musicians on the planet, past and present, in the realms of avant rock, electronic music, hiphop, new jazz, improvised music, modern composition, traditional musics and more. Passionate, intelligent and provocative, The Wire wages war on the mundane and the mediocre."
>>> Issue 449 / July 2021
>>> interview by JOSHUA MINSOO KIM / photo by HENRY BUTTERWORTH
For the latest issue of The Wire I wrote a feature on Olev Muska and the latest archival release on @stroomtv from his project Kiri-uu. This was one of my fav convos I've had in some time, really loved hearing about his thoughts on tradition, Estonian expat culture, etc. https://t.co/UVaHU8fTUG pic.twitter.com/C6XJ1BgW4X
— Joshua Minsoo Kim (@misterminsoo) June 8, 2021