Fresh from Kohvi! Ramo Teder aka Pastacas is back with a new album of singing, acoustic guitar and electronica. As with his previous albums, Ramo plays live instruments in most tracks, but here he is also concentrated on singing. Don’t be suspicious of the singing part, as it is rather enjoyable and unusual. Pastacas sings in Estonian, Finnish and his own made-up language (!). Tsaca Tsap is quite folky, yet rather electronic and IDM-ish. The opening Veel Viivuks is a gentle ballad, vocal parts are being constantly added, accompanied by guitar and simple synth melodies. Ramo twists his vocals back and forth, deconstructing guitar melodies and surrounding the compositions with layers of electronic percussion. Vurr is a cute drill’n’bass tune, taking us back to things like Brace Yourself by Mu-ZIQ. Tracks like Viitkoori Kupong come as total surprise - starting with a traditional piano passage and immediately jumping into funny acid-pop song. The closing Tallinn Negatiivis is a great ambient piece, going deeper and quietly concluding the album without words.

If you’re into folktronica, you must check out this album. Some of the tracks will remind you of Global Goon and Aphex Twin, although this album may sound a little bizarre to the lovers of traditional IDM. Electronic sounds serve here more as accompaniment rather than the core of the tracks, but that doesn’t destroy the album at all. Tsaca Tsap has a soul, which is definitely human.

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