Jorma Tapio / Terje Isungset - Aihki (CD)

Some particularly impressive shamanistic improv from the Norwegian / Finnish duo of Terje Isungset and Jorma Tapio. The boundless multi-instrumentalism of the two performers is something to behold, with Isungset's percussion extending far beyond the realms of conventional drumming (apparently he fashions his own instruments from natural elements like arctic birch, granite, slate and ice), and similarly, Tapio's woodwind playing seems to transcend the conventional language of the that family of instruments, especially on the appropriately titled Nocturnal Wind From The Lake, which mimics the natural sounds suggested by the title.