It's talharpa time

January 2, 2022 11:34 AM

"Puuluup is a duo – Ramo Teder (Pastacas as a solo artist) and Marko Veisson. A pinch of surrealism, modern folklore and talharpa revival! The old and the new stick together like water and sleet in Puuluup’s oeuvre." Some of their music: Süüta mu lumi ("Light My Snow"), Paala järve vaala baar, ("Whale Lake Bar"), Heinakõrs, Riisalus, Käpapuu ("Paw Tree"), Liigutage vastu ("Move Against"), and Martafana.

Puuluup on Bandcamp and on YouTube.

Live at Eurosonic 2021 (runs 15 min)

A Conversation with Puuluup, Estonian Zombie Folk band. March 5, 2021 (in English, runs 1 hr 17 min)

PUULUUP concert at FUFF 2017. Tsiistre, Estonia. 28 june 2017 (runs 57 min)

Puuluup at Viru Folk 2018 (runs 1 hr 12 min)

posted by mandolin conspiracy (5 comments total)

I watched a couple and liked them very much. Traditional songs and instruments combined with new tech, the sound fun and they look like they are having fun making the videos. I didn't have enough patience for the interview though... can someone explain why the University of Pennsylvania calls them a "zombie" folk band?
posted by evilmomlady at 4:28 AM on January 3, 2022

can someone explain why the University of Pennsylvania calls them a "zombie" folk band?

it looks like they call themselves that
posted by Clowder of bats at 5:56 AM on January 3, 2022 [1 favorite]

Yeah, they're sorta riffing on reviving the talharpa as a sort of zombie instrument. A friend saw them a few weeks ago when they came through town (which is how I got turned on to them), and they said something to that effect at that show as well.
posted by mandolin conspiracy at 9:06 AM on January 3, 2022

This is awesome; very trippy. Thank for sharing!
posted by doggod at 1:37 PM on January 3, 2022

Very cool. I've been listening to Finnish folk music; it's good to have an excuse to listen to their neighbors too (they have a rather similar baseline sound, which is not that surprising).
posted by jackbishop at 7:56 AM on January 4, 2022