The 17th FRKWYS installment celebrates the last performance and recording session of the late Pekka Airaksinen, a Finnish composer renown for his work in seminal 60’s experimental avant-punk band The Sperm.
The collaboration between Pekka and Ka Baird was commissioned by Le Guess Who? (LGW?) and curated by RVNG for the 2018 edition of LGW? Music & Arts Festival. Ka and Pekka met and wrote the material included on Hungry Shells during the week leading up to their first and last live performance together at LGW?, filmed and recorded in full, for this future release.
Pekka passed away on May 6, 2019, less than a year following this collaboration. Ka drew from their many studio sessions and live recordings to create the music within Hungry Shells. This album is dedicated to his memory.
THE FULL ALBUM WILL BE RELEASED 22ND OCTOBER!!
