("The Desert"). Demented all-instrumental quasi-psychedelic fairground / tivoli music in the spirit of 60's spaghetti-westerns and (gasp) slavic pop melodies but with a noisy edge. "Two organs and a fantastic drummer playing supermarket music from Hell.. Hysterical and freaked-out but also supergroovy and laid-back." -Moshable.

Out on Bad Vugum:

Aavikko 7" EP / MCD (Bad-58)

Both formats offer the same eight eight 'uneasy-listening' smash tunes, BUT on vinyl you get primal lo-fi mono recordings, whereas the CD has separate hi-fi studio versions... (Is this a first in the universe?) Choose yr own poison! And if you (sensibly) want both, you get 20 % off the price total. "Record of the year '96" -Spex (Ger).
"Ehdottomasti omaper äisin single, mit ä on kuultu pitk ä än aikaan." "Kuin ruotsinlaivaversio Larry & The Lefthandedista -siis siet äm ätt öm än valloittavaa j ärjenvastustustoimintaa." -Rumba.

Derek! LP / CD (Bad-68)

This baby sports everything from their trademark 'fairground twang-techno' to maniacal monkey-jazz, from delicate/cheesy lounge tunes to avantgarde screech, from ethnic-flavoured rhythms to quasi-disco boogie blast -- and miraculously, it all makes perfect sense! "In a (weirdly entertaining) way, "Derek" is everything Sun City Girls' "Torch Of The Mystics" is claimed to be." -Alzheimer (SWE).
"Aivan ällistytt äv ä tekele. Se, ettŠ instrumentaalimusiikki voi olla monipuolista eikŠ miss ä än tapauksessa tyls ä ä, on nyt todistettu." -T.V. "Hulvattoman kreisi ä menoa hillittöm ällä draivilla monipuolisesti tarjoava levy sisŠlt ä ä munamankelibossanovaa, huoltoasema- ja avantgardejatsia, makeita yškerhos äveli ä, omalaatuisia diskopastisseja ja muita instrumentaalioutouksia.. Biisit ovat tarpeeksi erilaisia myös tuotantonsa puolesta.. Aavikko on fiksu, umpikiero ja ennen kaikkea viihdytt äv ä." (-Soundi & Iltalehti).
The vinyl features two bonus tracks (not on the German version on Humppa).

Also available from Bad Vugum:

"History Of Muysic" CD (Muysic For Peoples).
"Selected non-album material 1995-2003" only begins to describe this jam-packed collection of all the EPs (including the lo-fi debut and Oriental Baby), collaborations and outtakes you could hope for. 25 tracks!

OFFICIAL AAVIKKO WEBPAGE