Joining together Helsinki-based drummer Joonas Leppänen and saxophonist Mikko Innanen, Los Angeles-based guitarist Caleb Veazey and bassist Miller Wrenn, and Buenos Aires-based trumpeter Seba Saenz, Forest Chorus is a multinational band of composer-improvisers with a sonic palette that reflects their disparate origins. Recorded in rural Finland during a European tour in late 2019, the self-titled debut recording charts an unexpected course through and along the spectrums of acoustic/electronic, predetermined/spontaneous, dense/spacious — together reckless and controlled. Compositions from all five members set the quintet off on a range of energetic investigations and explorations that naturally incline toward narrative, however tangible or abstract.

Tracks 1 & 6 by Mikko Innanen
Tracks 2 & 4 by Caleb Veazey (ASCAP)
Tracks 5 & 7 by Joonas Leppänen (Teosto)
Track 3 by Seba Saenz (SGAE)
Track 8 by Miller Wrenn (Miller Wrenn Music, ASCAP)

All compositions © their respective composers. All rights reserved.

Recorded in E-studio, Finland 26-27.8.2019 by Tuukka Tervo
Mixed and Mastered by Dan Rosenboom, BoomHill Studio, Long Beach, CA

Artwork by Eron Rauch
Photograph by Mathias Foster
Layout by Dan Rosenboom

Forest Chorus would like to thank Taike for supporting the making of this album.

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