2009

Kosmos is a folk-progressive group from Turku, Finland. Their main influences come from folk, progressive and psychedelic rock of the early seventies. The lyrics, sung by a female singer, are in Finnish, but English translations are also included in their albums.

The songs of Kosmos rely on strong atmosphere and interesting lyrics. According to Olli Valtonen, the main lyric writer, the general idea in the lyrics is ‘the other reality’ (mainly the cosmic and mystic one).

The first album “Tarinoita Voimasta” (2005) is a fairly mellow album with lots of acoustic guitar and mellotron, piano, flute and violin. The psychedelic side of Kosmos is a bit more pronounced on the second album “Polku” (2007). Some new instruments such as bassoon, bombarde and theremin have been introduced. The third album “Vieraan Taivaan Alla” (2009) has two different sides stylistically: it starts with folkier material, but at about halfway through the music becomes more electric and psychedelic.