Urban Shepherds was a sideproject from finnish folk music pioneers Etnopojat/World Mankeri Orchestra. The WMO is still active, playing improvised music with ancient instruments. www.worldmankeriorchestra.com
The a-side is a crazy mixture of spastic drum programming, harmolodic soloing from two lirus (ancient finnish wind instrument, see the record cover scan for more information) and field recordings. Totally out there. The more "traditional" free improv on the b-side feels strangely "normal" after that. Enjoy. And if you dig the b-side, be sure to check out the newer WMO disks.
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