Finland

A 42-minute instrumental journey across Finland — 10 cities in one continuous arc, from the Sibelius-lineage strings of Helsinki to the riverside folk of old wooden Porvoo. No vocals; pure instrumental storytelling.

Each track is composed from the music of its place: the Sibelius-symphonic strings and ECM hush of capital Helsinki; the Christmas-village kantele and Sámi-adjacent shimmer of Lapland's Rovaniemi; the deeper-rooted Sámi pentatonic and lake mist of Inari; the Apocalyptica-cello industrial metal and Finnish tango of Tampere, the Manchester of Finland; the runo-meter kantele and bowed jouhikko of Kalevala-heartland Kuhmo; and the dance-hall tango melancholy of Tangomarkkinat-host Seinäjoki.