With this album, I wanted to reach out my imagination, spirit and hand towards my ancestors and in specific; the area wherein I've grown… known as Häme, or more recently as Uusimaa. I felt it necessary to try and breathe life into the memory of those long gone and the lives they've lived. Their songs, their deeds pulsate within the soil, that even concrete cannot hide. My urban dwelling, asphalt, the digital electro-currents… are but a continuum of the sacred tree. It's roots deep in my heart. The sap flowing through my fingers, dancing on the keyboard. I … read more
With this album, I wanted to reach out my imagination, spirit and hand towards my ancestors and in specific; the area wherein I've grown… … read more
With this album, I wanted to reach out my imagination, spirit and hand towards my ancestors and in specific; the area wherein I've grown… known as Häme, or more recently as Uu… read more
Lovi is a Dungeon Synth / Dark Ambient project of Otso Mäensivu (ex-Haven in Shadows, ex-Shape of Despair), from Helsinki, Finland. The idea was to make background music for both a casual stroll in the forest and while playing your favourite fantasy/historical roleplaying game… or even for meditation. Lovi is a word for the space in between supernatural and the natural, the world between the ancient and the present. The dark realm into which the mage sends you with his utterances. You can be lost there, and you can be found. It is the bridge and the chasm, the familiar trail y… read more