{"id":1601,"date":"2012-01-04T09:23:50","date_gmt":"2012-01-04T17:23:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/metalassault.com\/news\/?p=1601"},"modified":"2012-05-04T22:32:07","modified_gmt":"2012-05-05T05:32:07","slug":"syven-debut-from-shamanistic-ambient-duo-set-for-release-via-vendlus-records","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/metalassault.com\/news\/2012\/01\/04\/syven-debut-from-shamanistic-ambient-duo-set-for-release-via-vendlus-records\/","title":{"rendered":"SYVEN: Debut From Shamanistic Ambient Duo Set For Release Via Vendlus Records"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/earsplitpr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"syvenlogo\" src=\"http:\/\/www.earsplitcompound.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/syvenlogo-e1325626972261.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"504\" height=\"315\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Vendlus Records has confirmed the worldwide release of the debut album from\u00a0<strong>SYVEN<\/strong>\u00a0\u2014 an incredible ambient musical entity born of a collaboration between Aslak Tolonen (Nest) and Andy Koski-Semmens (Ereipia) \u2014 on February 7th, 2012.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>After joining forces in 2007, these two Finland-based musicians undertook a massive journey to create their first opus, fusing their insight into heavy folk-based themes, driven by shamanistic chanting and choirs, primordial rhythms in their atmospheric compositions.<strong>SYVEN<\/strong>\u2019s tracks bring to life the comprehensive themes of nature and the struggles of reality and the brutality of survival, as well as the wonderment and the solemn fulfillment that lies therein.<\/p>\n<p>These elements have coalesced into\u00a0<em>Aikaintaite,\u00a0<\/em>showcasing\u00a0<strong>SYVEN<\/strong>\u2019s brilliant songwriting skills via five massive movements encompassing over an hour, the driving force of the album being the traditional Finnish string instrument, the kantele. Handmade instruments form the cornerstones of\u00a0<strong>SYVEN<\/strong>\u2019s sound, A.T. having built the 15-string acoustic kanteles, 12-string electric kanteles, Lapland drums and synthetic soundscapes himself. The production, recording, mixing, digital manipulation and hand-drawn artwork of\u00a0<em>Aikaintaite<\/em>, was all handled by the duo themselves, wholly expressing the album in the full proper experience.<\/p>\n<p>Check out two tracks from the forthcoming album \u2014 including the 7-minute album opener \u201cSyvyys\u201d and the nearly 20-minute long \u201cJ\u00e4ljet\u201d \u2014 at the band\u2019s\u00a0<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/koti.mbnet.fi\/atolonen\/syven\/syven.php\">official website<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/earsplitpr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Arigato Pak Square\" src=\"http:\/\/www.earsplitcompound.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/coverAikaintaite-e1325627016197.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"333\" height=\"333\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<strong><em><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Aikaintaite<\/em>\u00a0Track Listing:<\/strong><br \/>\n1. Syvyys<br \/>\n2. J\u00e4ljet<br \/>\n3. Ne Jotka Selvi\u00e4v\u00e4t Talvestamme<br \/>\n4. J\u00e4\u00e4nk\u00e4tkem\u00e4<br \/>\n5. Tuulenvire<\/p>\n<p><strong>SYVEN<\/strong>:<br \/>\nA.T. \u2013 Instrumentation<br \/>\nA.K-S. \u2013 Vocalization<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/syven.atolonen.cjb.net\/\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/syven.atolonen.cjb.net<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.last.fm\/music\/Syven\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.last.fm\/music\/Syven<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pages\/Syven\/179171838780488\">https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pages\/Syven\/179171838780488<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/vendlus.com\/\">http:\/\/vendlus.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Vendlus Records has confirmed the worldwide release of the debut album from\u00a0SYVEN\u00a0\u2014 an incredible ambient musical entity born of a collaboration between Aslak Tolonen (Nest) and Andy Koski-Semmens (Ereipia) \u2014 on February 7th, 2012.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/metalassault.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1601"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/metalassault.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/metalassault.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/metalassault.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/metalassault.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1601"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"http:\/\/metalassault.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1601\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3233,"href":"http:\/\/metalassault.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1601\/revisions\/3233"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/metalassault.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1601"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/metalassault.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1601"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/metalassault.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1601"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}