The third single from my forthcoming album Playscapes is out!
Released by myself on my label Efni Records, “London” takes the listener on a sonic adventure around the big city.
When I was writing and recording music last year in the middle of the heatwave, I had no idea where it will take me. I created the first skeleton of this tune and found the recording of the Tube I made at 4 am in the morning on the Victoria line during one of my visits to the UK, put them together, had a play and finally I can present you the final version of London! Hours of playing, adjusting the ideas with the immensely creative and equally professional Sander Mölder and polishing the sounds with the sound wizard Siim Mäesalu/Sonicmedia, it is now released on digital platforms.
I’ve always felt like I’m a musician, not only an accordion player. That just puts me in a tiny box. I’m trying to find ways to bring all my musical interests together on the Playscapes album which will be released in November 2022.
INTERNATIONAL PRESS RELEASE
“London” is the new single from internationally renowned Estonian-Swedish musical experimenter and composer, Tuulikki Bartosik. Taken from her forthcoming third album Playscapes, it is issued through digital platforms on 25th of August 2022. Playscapes is released digitally and on vinyl in November 2022.
Tuulikki Bartosik's album Playscapes, to be released this November, has a more international perspective than her previous work, reflected in new single "London" which takes the listener on a sonic adventure around the big city.
"Each sound, both the London field recordings and my technical team's acoustic and software-manipulated sound recordings are carefully thought out to form an holistic sound," says Bartosik about the creation of the song.
"I rode the London underground at 4 AM in the morning," composer Bartosik opens the background of her story, "and these early morning voices inspired me to write a piece of music based on the sounds recorded in the subway.
Tuulikki Bartosik is a versatile musician who has released six full length albums and two EPs . Tuulikki has also written music for choir and orchestra. Co-produced by Sander Mölder, Playscapes is her third solo album, which will be released on digital music streaming platforms and on vinyl in November. The first release concert will take place in Estonia on January 14th, 2023 at Fotografiska. The two previously released singles from the album were positively received by international music critics and were chosen as one of the best songs of the week on Estonian Public Broadcasting's cultural portal.
Tuulikki has toured extensively in Europe and Asia, played with well-known musicians from Great Britain, Scandinavia and Japan, including saxophonist Jonas Knutsson from Sweden, pianist Timo Alakotila from Finland, Hannah James from England, Dylan Fowler from Wales, accordionist Kanako Kato, and saw player Hajime Sakita from Japan. She has also collaborated with renowned conductor, Kristjan Järvi, the Estonian National Symphony Orchestra and The Konzerthausorchester Berlin.
Tuulikki ’s sound language is musically diverse, getting inspiration from the quiet forests of Võrumaa in South Estonia, to the busy streets of Tokyo. Her music gathers all the strands of Bartosik’s musical past: the teenage heavy metal fan, the classical player and the traditional music, distilling them into something utterly original. There is the minimalism of masters such as Philips Glass and Terry Riley, and a kinship with Iceland’s Ólafur Arnalds, all composers who make a lot out of a little. However, Bartosik’s work is her own, straddling different worlds and looking outwards.
Bartosik is represented by Musikcentrum Öst and her work is supported by the Swedish Arts Grant Committee. She was chosen to take part in the Keychange talent development programme 2022.