Kimmo Pohjonen & Eric Echampard

Kimmo Pohjonen > Accordion Voice Effects
Eric Echampard > Drums
Heikki Iso-Ahola Or Jukka Kavén > Surround Sound Design Kimmo Pohjonen And Eric Echampard Joined Forces In 2000 With The Goal To Make Totally Improvised Music Live On Stage With No Rehearsals. They Have Succeeded In Their Aim To Ride The Edge Of Melody Counterpoint Energy And Tension As Proven By The Enthusiastic Audiences At Each Performance As Well As By The Satisfaction And Exhilaration Of The Two Players. Till The Issue Of "Uumen" Their First Album In April 2005 Their Stage Appearances Kept Quite Rare. Still The Power Duo Had Managed To Perform At Pori Jazz 2003 And Amiens Jazz Festival 2004 . This First Concert In A French Festival Happended To Bring Out Fruitful Results Since The Material Recorded In Amiens Has Been Used For "Uumen". The Launching Of The Record Came Along A Spring Tour Of Eight Concerts In Finland And Two At The Jazzkaar Festival In Estonia. Later In 2005 The Power Duo Has Performed At Nattjazz Festival In Bergen Norway At The Rumor-Festival In Utrecht And The Bimhuis Of Amsterdam. Then In 2006 Came New Appearances In France At The Europa Jazz Festival Le Mans And The Rendez-Vous De L'Erdre Nantes . In 2007 They Performed In Ring Ring Belgrad Serbia Cerkno Jazz Slovenia M-A-D-E-Festival Umeå Sweden Copenhagen Jazz Festival Vooruit Gent Belgium . Tribu Festival Dijon France Presented Them In 2008. read less