Ville Valavuo- Commemeration Songs

Finnish multi-instrumentalist Ville Valavuo plays everything from alto sax to shakuhachi flute on Commemoration Songs, a diary-like album that traces the uneasy terrain of twenty-first-century life. With track titles like “Failures of the West” and “The Cost of Comfort,” Valavuo folds free jazz, analog synths, and echoing percussion into eight meditative pieces that make space for reflection and stillness within the storm.