{"product_id":"beke","title":"Béke","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"tralbumData tralbum-about\"\u003e“Peace is not the word to play” rapped Large Professor on Main Source’s 1991 debut album. His plea to stop abusing the word “peace” simply for rhetoric flair sounds just as valid in today’s genocidal world as it did in the streets of New York over 30 years ago. For Oiro Pena to name this album Béke, meaning peace in Hungarian – or white people in French Caribbean creole – it seems like they finally have something to say.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWith this group\/concept\/project called Oiro Pena, circling as a creative vortex around multi-instrumentalist Antti Vauhkonen and his mystical guru Pentti Oironen, each recording has felt like a fresh start – often via recording or improvisation methods. Before, words haven’t come easy and it’s delightful to hear the new heights where their vocal presentation has grown to.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe six compositions are firmly rooted in spiritual jazz molds and folklore traditionals – Finnish language becoming a natural companion in this union. From chanting laments for freedom to covering “Motherless child” Oiro Pena travels seamlessly between Pharoah Sanders’ beautifully wild lyricism and melancholic Nordic folk jazz. Everybody in the group seems to know what they should be doing at each moment, the various swells and turns in the music are\u003cspan class=\"bcTruncateMore\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003enavigated with appropriate force and feeling.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePeace isn’t only the antithesis or absence of war and turmoil, but also blossoming of new possibilities and hope. Undiluted creative expression like this album can create form for these new horizons that we humans need now more than ever. While with this music Oiro Pena are playing the word peace, they play it with conviction. Hope somebody somewhere would lay down their weapons after hearing it.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003ca\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003ch3 class=\"credits-label\"\u003ecredits\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"tralbumData tralbum-credits\"\u003ereleased September 26, 2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDouble Bass – Philip Holm\u003cbr\u003eDrums, Flute, Vocals – Antti Vauhkonen\u003cbr\u003ePiano, Rhodes – Staffan ''Wolf'' Södergård\u003cbr\u003eSaxophone – Sami Pekkola\u003cbr\u003eViola, Vocals – Merimaija Aalto\u003cbr\u003eVocals – Merikukka Kiviharju\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRecorded live in Studio Pelto 10.-12.1.2025.\u003cbr\u003eRecording engineer – Johan Fredrik Lavik\u003cbr\u003eCatering – Thomas Södergård\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMastering – Jarno Alho \/ Alho Audio Mastering\u003cbr\u003eLacquer Cut – Jukka Sarapää \/ Timmion Cutting\u003cbr\u003eLinernotes – Markus Karlqvist\u003cbr\u003ePhotography – Johanna Hjorth\u003cbr\u003eCover design – Arsi Keva\u003cbr\u003eScreenprinting – Painopiste (Tampere, Finland)\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Tampere Friends","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54761608184087,"sku":"ULTRA-067","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0996\/6983\/6055\/files\/Beke.jpg?v=1787504190","url":"https:\/\/sisyphusrecordworks.com\/products\/beke","provider":"Sisyphus Record Works","version":"1.0","type":"link"}