Jaakko Eino Kalevi releases Kiva Kiva remix of “Galactic Romance”
Jaakko Eino Kalevi
Releases Kiva Kiva remix of “Galactic Romance”
Chaos Magic out now
UK tour includes date at Shacklewell Arms 21st Oct
Supporting Emiliana Torrini on UK & European tour
“Chaos Magic is a deliciously messy interstellar journey.” Mojo
“Chaos Magic is a confirmation of Kalevi’s further growth as both producer and songwriter.” Record Collector
“A sun-dappled spin to his fusion of neon synthpop, psych and cosmic jazz…” Guardian Saturday
“True to the album title, here it’s a kind of organised chaos…Jaakko takes a stab at every electronic subgenre of the last 40 years – and that’s where the magic lies.” Electronic Sound
“The Finnish artist’s elegant song-writing is foregrounded throughout this record.” Loud & Quiet
“Chaos Magic draws you in and supplies a decent chunk of respite from whatever else is happening, such is its natural charm.” DJ Magazine
“Cool yet catchy, this is a wondrous album…Chaos Magic contains some of the best music released in 2023.” #1 Album of 2023, The Electricity Club
“An enormously enjoyable and inventive album.” Music OMH 4*
Today, Jaakko Eino Kalevi releases the dancefloor-ready Kiva Kiva remix of “Galactic Romance”. The original track featured on Jaakko’s acclaimed 2023 album Chaos Magic and was sung in Chinese by Yu-Ching Huang. "Galactic Romance (Kiva Kiva Versio)" is the latest in a run of exceptional remixes by Fred Falke and Richard X of tracks from Chaos Magic.
Back in 2014, Vezurro remixed Jaakko's "No End" for the Dreamzone Remixes EP (Weird World). Now the cult Finnish synthpop producer is back as Kiva Kiva with a brilliant high-energy, Bobby O-style take on “Galactic Romance”. He says: "Kiva Kiva combines Finnish melancholy with mid-80s Italo optimism into a unique Fenno-disco interpretation of Galactic Romance."
Jaakko also comments: "Once again Kiva Kiva – aka Vezurro aka Kasko – delivers an amazing version of Galactic Romance that makes you feel nostalgia for the future. And this time it's in Finnish!"
Listen to “Galactic Romance (Kiva Kiva Versio)” here.
Alongside the remix, Jaakko has also released a video for the original version of “Galactic Romance”. Directed by the award-winning animator and regular Jaakko collaborator Christine Gensheimer, it’s bewitching and otherworldly, depicting a chaotic journey through another dimension.
Watch the video for “Galactic Romance” here.
Largely written and recorded in his new home of Athens, Chaos Magic also features pre-released singles “Drifting Away”, “Hell & Heaven” and “I Forget”. Plotting a thrilling course through the Jaakko universe, drawing on cosmic jazz, dub reggae, neon synthpop, tender ballads and space-rock nirvana, it features musical contributions from Jimi Tenor, Alma Jodorowsky, Yu-Ching Huang and John Moods.
An album very much founded in the beauty of collaboration and, in Jaakko’s words, “a ‘back to the roots’ album”, Chaos Magic “is a collection of songs from a certain period without trying to tie them together”. Inspired by his new home and the Greek word kháos, “meaning an abyss or void that was created when Earth and Heaven were separated”, the eclectic, wondrous sounds of the album find beauty in the chaotic nature of the everyday.
Upcoming live dates:
1st Oct - Bern Mühle Hunziken - Rubigen*
2nd Oct - Geneva PTR L'Usine*
3rd Oct - Winterthur Salzhaus*
5th Oct - Stuttgart Liederhalle Mozartsaal*
6th Oct - Cologne Gloria*
7th Oct - Leipzig UT Connewitz*
10th Oct Copenhagen Bremen Teater*
12th Oct - Fredericia Tøjhuset*
14th Oct - Utrecht Tivoli Vredenburg (Pandora)*
15th Oct - Antwerp De Roma*
16th Oct - Tourcoing Le Grand Mix*
17th Oct - Paris L'Alhambra*
20th Oct - London EartH Theatre*
21st Oct - London Shacklewell Arms
22nd Oct - Brighton The Prince Albert
23rd Oct - Bristol The Lanes
24th Oct - Leeds Headrow House
25th Oct - Edinburgh Sneaky Pete’s
26th Oct - Glasgow Glad Café
27th Oct - Manchester YES Basement
8th Nov - Reykjavik, Nasa Iceland Airwaves
9th Nov - Reykjavik Eldborg Hall at Harpa*
10th Nov - Reykjavik Eldborg Hall at Harpa*
24th Nov - Gdansk Nordic Focus Festival
18th Dec - Madrid Siroco
19th Dec - Barcelona Laut
20th Dec - Ourense Cafe Torgal
* with Emiliana Torrini
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Chaos Magic is available to buy now in standard vinyl, standard vinyl + exclusive signed postcard and gatefold CD wallet + 16-page lyric booklet. Buy: Dom Mart | Digital.
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