Da- " Sound & Fury plays Vesala’s complex compositions with vibrant joy, infectious energy and an open approach...Haarla’s tone poem «Doxa» highlights the rich palette of sounds and timbral range of Sound & Fury, from the gentle and caressing to the most thorny and burning, explored with a gripping elegance. Tapio’s meditative ballad «Peace is the language of stars and stones» (recorded on his «Ghatika», (Karkia Mistika, 2016), ends this arresting journey with a touching note, stressing that Vesala’s legacy is still kicking, still rebelling against any authoritarian conventions and dictates, still fresh and very much relevant.
salt-peanuts.eu/record/sound-fury/ 4.6.2018 Jan Granlie
- " If you're in the mood for avant-jazz-classical compositions performed with great love, look no further.Al Vreda Daia signals approaching conclusion but there’s still plenty of drama to come in this near 12-minute odyssey and the subtle addition of treated guitar is the seasoning that makes all the flavours stand out.ajazznoise.com/sound-fury-thundering-of-dawn/10.10 2018 Dave Foxall
- " Sound&Fury´s new record has a master-level energy,contradictory sailing forces without borders with great,eager pressing. It´s juicing to listen to this kind of playing. ..In "Doxa" Iro Haarla has found a real Sound&Fury-fever and fierceness,greatly varying from violent force to icy coldness.This new record is rewarding really to listen to!"
jazzrytmit.com/wp/s8-levyarvostelut/c29-levyarvostelut/sound-fury-2/ 20.4.2018
- " I have normally been more impressed by Sound&Fury´s more furious pieces rather than the calmer one´s but in this new record "Thunderin of Dawn"
the sound of this great nonet caresses hair-raisingly and different instruments resign each other for this big group exceptionally well.It feels so good that this great gropu is active and making remarkable music "
rosvot.fi/jazzpossu/sound-and-fury-thundering-of-dawn 23.4.2018
- " Holy thunder! Sound&Fury rescues the day,the week,the month and the year at the same time...Long compositions are dense,very intense like bubbling volcanoes unable to erupt...And how greatly Iro Haarla composes for this group:"Doxa" is a masterpiece,kind of freejazz-hymn,scarred by electric guitars."Charismata" has devastating emotion.Sound&Fury is a great band which really has it´s own vision"
suomijazz.com/levyarviot/2018/03/sound-fury-thundering-dawn/ 10.3.2018
- "Shadows brings this excellent record to an excellent end. It is more modern big band with avant-garde elements. The musicianship is without compare
- these guys know what they are about. And using Vesala as their model is both ambitious and worthy. Good work!" (Dana Lawrence / Sea of Tranquility 11.11.2013
http://www.seaoftranquility.org/reviews.php?op=showcontent&id=15363http
- "Sound and Fury is powerfully back. The Concert in this years Keravajazz-festival was the comeback-concert of Sound&Fury.This music is lively timeless and still touchingly personal. At best the effect to the listener from this music is hypnotic and purifying." (Jukka Hauru HS/15.6.2010)
-"After concert I had the feeling I was born again, much wiser this time.My body was left and the purified soul was looking behind the cirruses towards overwhelming heights. Oh`- boys and girls, how much I enjoyed ! " (Jyrki Kallio/Aamulehti 2.6.2010)
- "Pulsacion -CD exceeds all expectations. The success of this recording is also due to the fact that all the compositions of this record are unpublished.No piano, two guitars and two percussionists makes the compositions sound more centralised and focused, still looking towards future" (Harri Uusitorppa HS/11.12.2013)
- "Sound & Fury not only beautifully mirror the eccentric showmanship that made Vesala's music so unique, but also manage to do so while adding in their own artistic flare into the mix. Like any avant-garde jazz record, Pulsacion thrives in being artistically unorthodox, although what makes Pulsacion such a fascinating listen is that the album isn't so much about experimentalism overruling harmony, but instead focuses on finding the perfect trifecta of energy, art, and euphony. In other words, the compositions are thought-provoking, stylistically diverse, as well as technically complex, but the album as a whole is not necessarily riddled in obscurity." (Hernan.M.Campbell/Sputnikmusic.com 24.12.2013)
http://www.sputnikmusic.com/review/60283/Sound-and-Fury-%28FI%29-Pulsacion/
- "Pulsacion is staggeringly great" (Ilari Tapio/Satakunnan Kansa 4.1.2014)
http://www.satakunnankansa.fi/Arvostelut/1194863574114/artikkeli/sound+and+fury+pulsacion.html
- "Sound& Fury returns as invirogated as ever with Pulsacion. It’s heartening to see Vesala’s long-time bandmates keeping his music alive. I’d like to think Pulsacion wouldn’t sound any different if it still was Vesala behind the kit. It’s certainly a welcome addition to Vesala’s canon, and an impressive accomplishment for a group that still lives and breathes these compositions.A great late year surprise!" ( Dan Sorrells /Freejazzblog.org 1.1.2014)
http://www.freejazzblog.org/2014/01/sound-fury-pulsacion-ektro-2013.html
- " Steaming with the strengt of a power station but understanding the meaning of deep serene beauty, the band fulfilled its´global reputation.Sound&Fury´s scale of expression and colors were dazzling.The kaleidoscope of textures and harmonies was pulsating stunningly colorfully and originally - Vesala had a strong belief in homegrown-Finnish-forest-shamanism" (Jussi Niemi/Aamulehti from the cd-releasing concert in Tampere 5.2.2014)
- " I assume you that, in spite of the fact that I´m not per-say a Jazz-lover that a smile came on my face with each listening session! Great Stuff! (Tony Holemans/www.concreteweb.be/reviews/sound-fury)
-" I’ve been lucky this month. A second album by a group I knew nothing about that is extremely worthwhile.Sound & Fury’s latest is bouncy, groovy, superbly recorded, very tastefully arranged and not over played. Textures are woven smartly utilizing elements of the band from sax, flute and horns to electric guitar, bass (both plucked and bowed), percussion…everything inhabiting a wide sonic spectrum without getting in each other’s way. If free jazz can be sexy this is it. 7 songs, most in the 5 to 10 minute range (and one clocking in just over 13:00) in a wide palate of tempos and textures with a Latin flair." ( Ed Pettersen/Bloglovin.com)
salt-peanuts.eu/record/sound-fury/ 4.6.2018 Jan Granlie
- " If you're in the mood for avant-jazz-classical compositions performed with great love, look no further.Al Vreda Daia signals approaching conclusion but there’s still plenty of drama to come in this near 12-minute odyssey and the subtle addition of treated guitar is the seasoning that makes all the flavours stand out.ajazznoise.com/sound-fury-thundering-of-dawn/10.10 2018 Dave Foxall
- " Sound&Fury´s new record has a master-level energy,contradictory sailing forces without borders with great,eager pressing. It´s juicing to listen to this kind of playing. ..In "Doxa" Iro Haarla has found a real Sound&Fury-fever and fierceness,greatly varying from violent force to icy coldness.This new record is rewarding really to listen to!"
jazzrytmit.com/wp/s8-levyarvostelut/c29-levyarvostelut/sound-fury-2/ 20.4.2018
- " I have normally been more impressed by Sound&Fury´s more furious pieces rather than the calmer one´s but in this new record "Thunderin of Dawn"
the sound of this great nonet caresses hair-raisingly and different instruments resign each other for this big group exceptionally well.It feels so good that this great gropu is active and making remarkable music "
rosvot.fi/jazzpossu/sound-and-fury-thundering-of-dawn 23.4.2018
- " Holy thunder! Sound&Fury rescues the day,the week,the month and the year at the same time...Long compositions are dense,very intense like bubbling volcanoes unable to erupt...And how greatly Iro Haarla composes for this group:"Doxa" is a masterpiece,kind of freejazz-hymn,scarred by electric guitars."Charismata" has devastating emotion.Sound&Fury is a great band which really has it´s own vision"
suomijazz.com/levyarviot/2018/03/sound-fury-thundering-dawn/ 10.3.2018
- "Shadows brings this excellent record to an excellent end. It is more modern big band with avant-garde elements. The musicianship is without compare
- these guys know what they are about. And using Vesala as their model is both ambitious and worthy. Good work!" (Dana Lawrence / Sea of Tranquility 11.11.2013
http://www.seaoftranquility.org/reviews.php?op=showcontent&id=15363http
- "Sound and Fury is powerfully back. The Concert in this years Keravajazz-festival was the comeback-concert of Sound&Fury.This music is lively timeless and still touchingly personal. At best the effect to the listener from this music is hypnotic and purifying." (Jukka Hauru HS/15.6.2010)
-"After concert I had the feeling I was born again, much wiser this time.My body was left and the purified soul was looking behind the cirruses towards overwhelming heights. Oh`- boys and girls, how much I enjoyed ! " (Jyrki Kallio/Aamulehti 2.6.2010)
- "Pulsacion -CD exceeds all expectations. The success of this recording is also due to the fact that all the compositions of this record are unpublished.No piano, two guitars and two percussionists makes the compositions sound more centralised and focused, still looking towards future" (Harri Uusitorppa HS/11.12.2013)
- "Sound & Fury not only beautifully mirror the eccentric showmanship that made Vesala's music so unique, but also manage to do so while adding in their own artistic flare into the mix. Like any avant-garde jazz record, Pulsacion thrives in being artistically unorthodox, although what makes Pulsacion such a fascinating listen is that the album isn't so much about experimentalism overruling harmony, but instead focuses on finding the perfect trifecta of energy, art, and euphony. In other words, the compositions are thought-provoking, stylistically diverse, as well as technically complex, but the album as a whole is not necessarily riddled in obscurity." (Hernan.M.Campbell/Sputnikmusic.com 24.12.2013)
http://www.sputnikmusic.com/review/60283/Sound-and-Fury-%28FI%29-Pulsacion/
- "Pulsacion is staggeringly great" (Ilari Tapio/Satakunnan Kansa 4.1.2014)
http://www.satakunnankansa.fi/Arvostelut/1194863574114/artikkeli/sound+and+fury+pulsacion.html
- "Sound& Fury returns as invirogated as ever with Pulsacion. It’s heartening to see Vesala’s long-time bandmates keeping his music alive. I’d like to think Pulsacion wouldn’t sound any different if it still was Vesala behind the kit. It’s certainly a welcome addition to Vesala’s canon, and an impressive accomplishment for a group that still lives and breathes these compositions.A great late year surprise!" ( Dan Sorrells /Freejazzblog.org 1.1.2014)
http://www.freejazzblog.org/2014/01/sound-fury-pulsacion-ektro-2013.html
- " Steaming with the strengt of a power station but understanding the meaning of deep serene beauty, the band fulfilled its´global reputation.Sound&Fury´s scale of expression and colors were dazzling.The kaleidoscope of textures and harmonies was pulsating stunningly colorfully and originally - Vesala had a strong belief in homegrown-Finnish-forest-shamanism" (Jussi Niemi/Aamulehti from the cd-releasing concert in Tampere 5.2.2014)
- " I assume you that, in spite of the fact that I´m not per-say a Jazz-lover that a smile came on my face with each listening session! Great Stuff! (Tony Holemans/www.concreteweb.be/reviews/sound-fury)
-" I’ve been lucky this month. A second album by a group I knew nothing about that is extremely worthwhile.Sound & Fury’s latest is bouncy, groovy, superbly recorded, very tastefully arranged and not over played. Textures are woven smartly utilizing elements of the band from sax, flute and horns to electric guitar, bass (both plucked and bowed), percussion…everything inhabiting a wide sonic spectrum without getting in each other’s way. If free jazz can be sexy this is it. 7 songs, most in the 5 to 10 minute range (and one clocking in just over 13:00) in a wide palate of tempos and textures with a Latin flair." ( Ed Pettersen/Bloglovin.com)