Kheta Hotem

** Edition of 60 ** Ikuisuus presents Shaman Jazz by Kheta Hotem. Recorded by Hannu at The Sand Hill Studios, Komutia in 2009. Music by Kheta Hotem. Lyrics by Keijo. Cover painting by Jarmo Saarti. Sleeve layout by Kryptinen Käki. "Dancing In Your Head, how does it Sound?" Kheta Hotem is: Anssi Kukkonen, Tero Nieminen, Hannu Pelkonen, Jarmo Saarti, Keijo Virtanen.

Gigging with a varying and often an extensive group, Kheta Hotem has visited the studio with a somewhat stripped basic essence. This release is a collection of sense-filling presentations starting with a ritual-like bowl ceremony, which leads into results closely related with free jazz and ethnomusic. In their gig brochure the group claims they continue the more than 1000 years old musical tradition of Komutia, where the musician acts as a mediator between the world of sounds and everyday existe…