Turun Sanomat 15.10.2005  

 

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Herbie Hancock - Electronica: Kroyt / The Bays / RinneRadio Barbican Hall, London
Saturday, May 28, 2005  

.....After that, the Finnish group RinneRadio could have been forgiven for feeling they'd been left high and dry. In the event, only around half the audience stayed to listen - and the band's spare folk-inflected soundscapes proved an excellent way to wind down. This was music of almost Gothic character with, here moonlighting, classicist Pekka Kuusisto's demonic electric violin contrasting with Tapani Rinne's soulful bass clarinet amid a strange wasteland of electronic beats. Like the rest of the evening, it wasn't jazz as we know it, but it bore Herbie Hancock's fearlessly experimental imprimatur.
Reviewed by: Rob Witts