Much of 2025 was spent working on Movements I.
Recording began in mid-February and was followed by months of editing, mixing, releasing singles, and gradually getting the music into shape for live performance. This short review reflects on that process and looks briefly ahead, as work on Movements II slowly begins to surface.

“What kind of music do you play?”
It’s a common question we often get as musicians. And one that we still struggle to answer. After two decades and eight albums (which often takes the band in a slightly new direction), the idea of squeezing Afenginn into a neat genre box feels increasingly difficult. From the earlier “Bastard Etno” high octane chaos to male choir/brass band situations with an invented languages, calm and cyclical and lyrical chamber works and now long-form movement-music with electronic elements, the music keeps wandering a little bit off track.

This first part of my little genre-rant looks at where we came from, and how it went as it went.

I sometimes wonder when the act of listening to music changed for me. These days I, probably like most people, often listen while doing other things: driving, cooking, cleaning, or trying to drown out the noise of the world. Noise-cancelling headphones help. And although I love listening to music, I rarely sit down with the singular purpose of just listening.

I grew up in a small Finnish town, and the library was often my after-school refuge. In winter it was already turning dusky by mid-afternoon. I’d walk through the snow, drop the heavy schoolbag and jacket in some corner, and enter a world of comics, books, and music.

Last week we began the rehearsals for the upcoming KLINGRA release-tour that starts in Denmark in September. We’ll be on the road as a seven-headed creature: five musicians, sound/electronics/occasional trumpeteering and lights/visuals.