The work of four young Eira boys, this independently released and financed album is carefully produced, with attention right down to every last detail. Here, hypnotic hop boasts rap poetry that rolls and instrumental magic which makes sounds so moving that they bring tears to the eye. In these lyrics Helsinki’s winter is snowy and cold, but if you’ve got DJBB playing on the headset under your wool toque, the future looks good. Musical styles meet in the romantic instrumentals of “No. 1 at the Hamburg Concept,” and the biggest tale of 19th-century entertainment, Louis Armstrong’s “What a Wonderful World,” is spun into a godly interpretation of the well-known classic.

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PEIK JOHANSSON