Läjä Äijälä
photo by Marko Hämäläinen

"Late on the Friday night Äijälä brought proceedings to a head with his two-man unit, The Sultans, playing endlessly repeated blues riffs on electric guitar and minimalist drums. The result was a pleasantly laidback form of Delta Krautrock that seemed to fit right in with the smoky beatnik ambience of the Umo, a packed basement club in the heart of the city..."
Ken Hollings, The Wire issue 251, January 2005