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AURI's Ethereal World: Dreams, Distance, and Cinematic Soundscapes
Interview by Angela Croudace
Auri's third album, Candles and Beginnings, invites listeners into a dreamlike, genre-defying realm where emotion, memory, and nature entwine. The trio—Johanna Kurkela, Troy Donockley, and Tuomas Holopainen—embrace an intuitive and organic approach to music-making, shaped by their lifelong influences and an unwavering trust in each other.
"We don't plan anything," Tuomas explains. "It all comes naturally. Nothing is pre-calculated." The result is an album that resists classification, weaving together airy melodies, earthy rhythms, and moments of heavier intensity…
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