"Scandinavia has sired another stunning modern guitarist in Silvola" guitarmoderne.com
Juhani Silvola:
Wolf Hour Roundelay
(Shhpuma 2022)
Solo prepared acoustic guitar and electronics, recorded live, no overdubs.
The hypnotic rhythms, idiosyncratic melodies and deep textures of this otherworldly music - that could have escaped from the writings of Jorge Luis Borges - echo with traces of John Cage's prepared piano, Balinese gamelan, Harry Partch, West-African musics and Sciarrino.
20th place in Best albums of 2019 at 5against4.com
Juhani Silvola:
Post-Biological Wildlife
(Eighth Nerve 2019)
Electroacoustic/Acousmatic contemporary music. Percolating rhythms, harsh noise, 3D soundscapes, virtual reality, mediated nature, faked field-recordings, Frankenstein-orchestras built from one violin, narrative structures, modernism.
“an absolutely gorgeous album... Sublime work!” (Vital Weekly)
Sarah-Jane Summers & Juhani Silvola:
Widdershins
(Eighth Nerve 2016)
“Dazzling album” 5/5* (Tim Chipping/fRoots)
Fiddle & Acoustic guitar, live, no overdubs.
Scottish & Scandinavian traditional music and our own compositions. More experimental and rocking than our first album.
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Sarah-Jane Summers & Juhani Silvola:
The Smoky Smirr o Rain
(Eighth Nerve 2021)
“They have created and perfected a musical language all their own, embracing their backgrounds from folk, electroacoustic music, jazz, pop, early music as performers, contemporary composers and producers. Summers is a fiddle player with fierce determination, vision and the most seductive of sounds, while Silvola’s guitars never fail to weep with beauty and whose piano reveals a hidden magic. They are capable of the most heartbreaking of laments from the jaws of anguish and the deepest musical laughter and joy. The Smoky Smirr o Rain is beyond exquisite.” (Songlines/Fiona Talkington)
“Superbly played, wonderfully produced” (BBC3 Late Junction)
Juhani Silvola: Imaginary Archives Vol. 1: Ritual Music From Nameless Civilizations
(Eighth Nerve 2019)
Solo prepared acoustic guitars, recorded live, no overdubs. Speculative musical archeology/deep dive into a imaginary musical archive containing ritual music from nameless civilisations.
Acoustic drones, microtonal dance-music, percussive noises, repetitive minimalism, unearthed melodies.
Sarah-Jane Summers & Juhani Silvola
(Eighth Nerve 2013)
“magnificent...absolute masters of their instruments" (5/5, Songlines)
Fiddle & Acoustic guitar, live, no overdubs.
Scottish & Scandinavian traditional music and our own compositions. Our most traditional album, but still with highly personal and experimental touch.
14th place in Best albums of 2021 at 5against4.com
Electroacoustic/Acousmatic contemporary music, three commissions by Nordic Music Days 2019, Electric Audio Unit & NyMusikks Komponistgruppe.
"The soundworlds that Juhani Silvola creates are often superbly liminal, providing hints and allusions to the tangible but from a place of uncanny verisimilitude. Silvola establishes a palpable sense of potential power, but always handled with extreme care, making sudden plunges into overload all the more exhilarating and overwhelming" (5against4.com)
Juhani Silvola: The Slow Smokeless
Burning Of Decay
(Eighth Nerve 2021)
“Eight great pieces of music...highly recommended “ (Merchants of Air)
Juhani Silvola:
Strange Flowers
(Periskop 2016)
A darkly cinematic mix of desert blues, doom, krautrock, minimalistic electronica, noisy drone, ambient, contemporary music and various traditional musics. Modern studio production.
Juhani Silvola: Guitars, Synths etc etc
Timo Silvola: Drums & Percussion
Sarah-Jane Summers: Fiddle & Viola