The sound of Alamaailman Vasarat
Alamaailman Vasarat makes you feel like you have somehow accidentally ended up in Emil Kusturica’s movie “Underground” - appropriately the group defines their sound as fictious folk music (or alternatively as kebab-kosher-jazz-film-traffic-punk-music - there must be at least as many definitions as there are listeners.)
In order to understand what the band is about, you have to see it live. The tent was slowly filled of partying people, however the general mood didn’t quite reach as magical levels as it could have, despite of the band giving their everything: cellists Tuukka Helminen and Marko Manninen balanced between fragile and thunder, and Jarno Sarkula played most peculiar wind instruments while trombonist Haukkala maniacly danced to and fro.
Themes of the songs varied from foul taste of cauliflower to mortgage, and musical themes shifted accordingly, from swinging happiness to dark rumble. Before the last song, the group celebrated the 100th anniversary of their summer drummer Juha Menna by playing a sircuslike congratulatory song. The enthusiastic crowd received the encore they wanted, which was the jewel in the crown. Thank you, Vasarat!
Teksti: Sanna Pikku-Pyhältö
Kuvat: Minna Veliheimo