Jonna Karanka (Kuupuu)

Finland

born 1978 in Tampere

Kuupuu is a solo project of Jonna Karanka, who is also involved in such Finnish psych folk groups as Hertta Lussu Ässä, Kukkiva Poliisi , Avarus and The Anaksimandros.

Kuupuu’s magic lies in the dreamily cracked song schemes and haunted toy box melodies.

Jonna Karanka works also as a visual artist concentrating on film, video, photography, drawing and painting.

"...The same simple but magical innocence leaks through to the other side of the record, where further examples of Kuupuu's ear for the unusual are demonstrated. With a voice that murmurs, rather than sings, often in harmony with herself, occasionally accompanied by a kind of gamelan/wind chime orchestra, the mood of Unilintu shifts seamlessly

and dreamily from otherworldly pastoral to Industrial without missing a beat."

Edwin Pouncey, The Wire 278, April 2007

lusssu@gmail.com

related links:

http://www.mixoftheweek.com/kuupuu

http://www.myspace.com/kuupuu

http://www.youtube.com/lurtta

http://www.dekorder.com