Jaakko Eino Kalevi releases new single & video "Drifting Away"

Following the release of “Palace In My Head”, his electro-pop duet with the actress and singer Alma Jodorowsky, today Jaakko Eino Kalevi releases the heartfelt ballad “Drifting Away”. His new double-album of elemental pop and baroque electronics, Chaos Magic, is out November 17th via Weird World.

Leading with a memorable vocal from Jaakko, “Drifting Away” is a feel-good cut laced with a pulsing groove and dreamy saxophone played by Finnish maestro Jimi Tenor (Tony Allen). Casually compelling, Jaakko plays it straight as he sings from the heart. “Missing someone is the most romantic thing, and this is a romantic song,” says Jaakko. ”It started out as an ancient jam we once had at a rehearsal place a long time ago, but this one had certain elements that stuck in my mind and I knew I’d use them in a song one day.”

Shot by Frank Holbein, the accompanying video, filmed on MiniDV for its nostalgic, hyper-real quality, features Jaakko’s band and a seaside promenade that captures the carefree nature of the song and its sense of yearning. "The original idea for the video was to shoot it on a yacht like in ‘Rio’ by Duran Duran,” Jaakko comments. “We were all set but then Storm Elias raged over the sea and we had to figure out something else. The song is about longing so I thought it could be more about dreaming about sailing. My sister was visiting and wanted to go to a beach, so we made up a story based on that and shot by the sea.”