KASEKE

The band released just one studio album later, and was disbanded again. But what they left is perfect examples of Estonian jazz fusion on it's best.

P.S. Some years later this EP both together with their only studio album were released as one CD.

''Sonum'' consists of four short tracks woth a total running time of 15 minutes,yet it is a decent sample of what KASEKE's music was all about.The main characteristic of their sound is the excellent balance of all instruments and the changing tempos.There are plenty of melodic guitars of nice inspiration by Ain Varts ,an ingredient of most of East-European jazz bands,surrounded by the beautiful keys and the electric piano parts of Naissoo.Some parts of this work remind me a lot of LEB I SOL,FERMATA and even BRAND X.There is also plenty of stops and take-offs throughout compositions,as well as plenty of room for soloing to most of the members:from the tasteful keyboards and the elaborate guitars to even to the awesome flute parts of Peeter Malkov.The overall sound is extremely well-crafted and polished and ''Sonum'' could easily please any fan of the typical late-70's/early-80's fusion/prog scene with its delicate musicianship.

KASEKE are playing 70's influenced instrumental progressive jazz-fusion with some avant- garde and RIO (Rock In Opposition) influences. There are some brief reminiscences to EMERSON, LAKE & PALMER, FINNFOREST, GENESIS, HAIKARA, KING CRIMSON, and YES, but most of all they have their own original style. They are all magnificent musicians. On five of the thirteen tracks you can hear one of Estonia's leading jazz pianists, Tonu Naissoo, play keyboards.

This is one of the better releases lately, and I hope that Boheme Music will continue their search for these forgotten jewels, because this is a real progressive masterpiece that you can listen to over and over again.