More roar and rumble
Nomen est omen – the new album has acquired more roar and rumble compared with the previous one, although the instrumentation has stayed the same – Kulno Malva on the
Eesti Ekspress – “The album speaks to old and bearded Finntroll fans and young blossoming folklorists alike”
“I believe that the growlingly manly, yet exquisitely composed folk rock of the eponymic debut album, staying true to its source material, speaks to old and bearded Finntroll fans and
Record of the Week – “Riffarrica’s roaring riff folk”
It’s not hard to imagine Kulno Malva crashing his instrument through the wall after some particularly turbulent accordion sessions, like the toughest old-school men used to do when things got
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Review in “Musicreviews.de” 05.2018
“Estonian duo Kulno Malva and Kristjan Priks – in short Duo Malva & Priks – are real accordion and bagpipe punks who absolutely floor it with their instruments (accordion, bagpipe,
Review in “inMusic” 12.2017
So evolve fascinating sound ornaments, moods and northern rhythmscapes that resonate in the ears. Simplicity, minimalism and fondness of primal melodies make this album a real gem somewhere between polka,
Review in “Rootstime” 11.2017
“Accordion, vocals and percussion create a sound that you’d never associate with just two musicians – with a little help from some electronic gadgets, the accordion starts to screech like
Wordplay with English word massive and Estonian mässiv (entangling)
“The title of the new album by Kulno Malva and Kristjan Priks is apparently a bilingual wordplay with English word massive and Estonian mässiv (entangling), which have a similar sound
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Review in “Global Music Magazine”
If Malva and Priks had a plan to play Estonian folk music in unplugged-rock version, then their debut album „Mässiv“ is a 100% success. The fusion of folk melodies and
In terms of freshness of sound, novelty and timeliness, there aren’t any worthy opponents
“Duo’s well composed, thick and electronically seasoned tunes are the best thing in Estonian contemporary folk music scene so far, and it seems that in terms of freshness of sound,
Men are not the weaker sex after all
“Kulno Malva and Kristjan Priks showed us that men are not the weaker sex after all. Just two men with couple of drums, an accordion and a bagpipe, they made