Juho Toivonen - Kasveille ja Eläimille

**MUCH NEEDED RE-PRESS KLAXON** Juho Toivonen's debut LP now back in print via his own Akti imprint, having first been ushered into the world by Futura Resistenza & Ultraääni in 2023. As debuts go, it's a remarkably poised collection, built around elegant piano pieces and long-form sustained synthesiser drones with an emotional heft that sits somewhere between alvo noto and Ryuichi Sakamoto's Summvs, classic Mille Plateaux decayed ambience and, in parts, the less dense aspects of For Those of You Who Have Never by Huerco S. It's a deeply meditative experience, rolling piano flourishes and subtly overlaid field recordings spiralling into a spiritual fog, while the title itself, translating as 'for plants and animals', plays perfectly to the wholesome 'beauty in nature' feel. A wonderful opening communique from an artist who's continually shown it to be no fluke.