RockAdillo:WEB:

KTU: Quiver
Rockadillo Records ZENCD 2125
Official releasedate 4.2.2009

The second album by KTU (Kimmo Pohjonen, Trey Gunn, Pat Mastelotto) entitled Quiver will be released in Europe by Rockadillo Records and Westpark Music (G-A-S & UK).
KTU (pronounced "K2") features Finnish accordion adventurer Kimmo Pohjonen with King Crimson's Pat Mastelotto (rhythmic devices) and Trey Gunn (Warr guitar). Their first album, 8 Armed Monkey, was released in 2005.
Quiver features all new music, composed, arranged and produced by KTU, recorded in Texas and mixed in Helsinki. Previous KTU member Samuli Kosminen, who departed the band in 2007 and is also known for his work in Icelandic band MuM, is a special guest and three of the pieces were mixed by Porcupine Tree's Steven Wilson.

KTU press:
“a robust tumult of Northern Lights sparkle, white-wolf guitar wail and rolling knotted thunder.
..When I saw KTU play in Europe recently, they were as powerful and transgressive as the current killer Crimson.” (David Fricke, Rolling Stone)
“KTU's 8 Armed Monkey could serve as the score for a futuristic sci-fi tome...shock treatment for the mind's eye” (Glenn Astarita, Downbeat)
“...awesome...awesome...awesome...awesome... in the silence that follows, as you stare slack-jawed at your speakers and you find yourself marveling "Awesome!" in moronic wonder, you'll understand the damage that's been done” (Keith Moline, The Wire)
"8 Armed Monkey offers an intense ride that simultaneously resembles a simple, ancient, shamanistic ritual and a futuristic soundscape, overloaded with disturbing and tempting
information." (Michael McCaw, All About Jazz)
“KTU: Siberian mushroom shaman King Crimson and Cream psychedelic power trio!”
(Jussi Niemi, Aamulehti)

KTU websites:
www.myspace.com/ktuband
www.kimmopohjonen.com
www.treygunn.com
www.patmastelotto.com

KTU Management:
Hoedown Arts, Helsinki, www.hoedown.com, pap@hoedown.com, +358 50 5692982

KTU Record label: Rockadillo Records, Ilmarinkatu 12 A 2, 33500 Tampere, Finland
www.rockadillo.fi records@rockadillo.fi +358 3 213 1260, fax: +358 3 213 1297