Ippe Katka Band “S.T.”

Ippe Katka Band

Ippe Katka Band

Leo Records (Finland) 1985

LEO 018 (LP)

sleeve : EX(SRW)

media : EX-/EX(some slightly surface noises. some very small and slightly hairlines that does not affect to sounds.)

The only leader album released in 1985 by Finnish drummer Ippe Katka, who has played in many groups besides the rock band Royals and has been a session drummer for many Finnish rock artists. The album features a band featuring Takku Ylinen, Seppo Tyni, Heikki J. Heinonen, and Markku Lindfors, and is an edgy jazz-rock album with tight rhythms, a bright horn ensemble, and synthesizers throughout. The arrangements are also quite progressive, and the orientation of the album is different from other works by Leo Records, but it still has a distinctly Finnish air to it. It is similar to the ECM works of Fred Frith, Kondo Toshinori, David Torn, and Bill Friesel of the same era. The stylish artwork in the style of American comic books will surely look good on display in your room, but for some reason, the character of Japanese manga called "Gakideka" is in there...