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A hidden pool amidst the woods where the otters
come to play, an owl's faint call echoing through the woods, sparkling
waterfalls and vast snowcovered landscapes where the reindeer
folk and wolves hold their domain. These are only some of the
things with the atmosphere Nest strives to capture.
As you can see, nature, fantasy
and more precisely fables are the fluid that courses through Nest's
veins. Old folk and animal tales as well as the works of brothers
Grimm and Tolkien, to name a few, have been the roots of great
inspiration. But even though Nest serves as a vessel to express
these things important to us, an equally important reason for
Nest's existence is to bring enjoyment to all who should find
it in athmospheres brought forth by acoustic, ambient and even
somewhat folky music.
The core of Nest's music is the kantele, a traditional
Finnish string instrument that originates from over 2000 years
ago. It belongs to the class of horizontal harps and usually has
five to twelve strings, sometimes even thirty or more. A fifteen
stringed version is used in Nest, since it still has that quite
rough ancient sound which the ones designed for classical music
(with 30 or more strings) lack.
At the moment Nest consists of A. Tolonen and
T. Saxell. A.T. plays the kantele, does some vocals and is responsible
for the visual art. T.S. handles the vocals and bass.
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