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Arc Light Editions follows up two successful vinyl only releases with Jone Takamäki Trio’s Universal Mind, a forgotten Finnish spiritual improv record from 1982, fully authorised by Jone himself .
The tracks on Universal Mind are based on traditional Indian arrange ments, with Japanese influence , leaning towards Alice Coltrane’s spiritual ity and pace . As well as traditional improv instrumentation (saxophone, bass, drums) the record also includes syn thesizers, gongs, finger pianos, a vibraphone and washbasins.
Jone says , recalling making the record : “ We played a lot together, daily, at our rehearsal space before recording. We went through the melodies and talked about how to handle them with a kind of different angle, improvi sed a lot with different sounds. We talked about tempos, especially we were diving deep into special moods, how each of those melodies talked to us. They are mostly old love songs from India, more folk songs than classical music.
After the recording they left immediately on a European tour . “ I t old the people at the record company not to do anything to the record before we come back... but it was released while we were away. We saw the record on the windows of different record shops when we drove into town from the tour!”
The record has never been on CD, and the 1982 vinyl release has rarely been heard outside Finland . The only place the release has re-emerged in recent memory is on Son Of Arctic Hysteria , a CD compilation of Finnish avant-garde and experimental music.