KTU
Quiver

WPCD 87173

6418691212529
Westpark
Finlandia

 

KTU (pronounced "K2") is the double duo formation of Finns Kimmo Pohjonen & Samuli Kosminen (Kluster) and Texans Pat Mastelotto & Trey Gunn (TU/King Crimson). Seeds for KTU took root at SXSW in Austin Texas in March 1999 when Kimmo Pohjonen shared a billing with Mastelotto/Gunn/Fripp's Project Three at the Electric Lounge. Plans for the quartet took shape over the next five years. KTU’s aim is to combine the creative energies, edge, imagination, humour and other elements of the double duos to make something new, different and musically explosive. Material is mainly comprised of compositions by Pohjonen and Kosminen, plus pieces by Gunn and Mastelotto and arrangements and improvisations by all four. Surround sound design and additional effects by Heikki Iso-Ahola.