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Pahvische
''Pahvische'' is a 2002 album by the Finnish group Eläkeläiset Eläkeläiset (Finnish for "pensioners") are a Finnish humppa band founded in 1993. They specialise in humppa and jenkka music and have been successful in Germany, Finland and elsewhere. Current members of the band are Onni Waris (keyboard, voca .... Track listing # "Kiitokset humpasta" (Kristian Voutilainen) – 3:24 # "Hanurissa Arja" (Onni Varis) – 2:56 # "Kuuma humppa" (Lassi Kinnunen) – 3:19 # "Humppanautinto" (Martti Varis) – 3:25 # "Jenkkapolkkahumppa" (Voutilainen) – 3:21 # "Päivätanssit" (Kinnunen) – 2:54 # "Humpataan, jumalauta" (O. Varis) – 2:02 # "Miksei täällä humppa soi?" (Voutilainen) – 3:52 # "Ranttalihumppa" (M. Varis) – 3:50 # "Sukellan humppaan" (O. Varis) – 3:22 # "Bingohon" (Kinnunen) – 3:24 # "Kiikkustuolissa" (Voutilainen) – 2:22 # "Humpalle vaan" (M. Varis) – 3:15 # "Humppastara" (Kinnunen) – 3:25 # "Humppauskonto" (Voutilainen) – 3:33 The CD also contain ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eläkeläiset
Eläkeläiset (Finnish for "pensioners") are a Finnish humppa band founded in 1993. They specialise in humppa and jenkka music and have been successful in Germany, Finland and elsewhere. Current members of the band are Onni Waris (keyboard, vocals), Petteri Halonen (keyboard, guitar, vocals), Lassi Kinnunen (accordion, vocals), Martti Waris (bass, vocals), and Tapio Santaharju (drums, vocals). Ilmari Koivuluhta (sound technique, logistics) and Pekka Jokinen (graphics, merchandise) complete the "humppa family". According to the band's statements, they play between 80 and 100 concerts per year, of which only 20 in Finland and 40 to 50 in Germany, due to their popularity there. Rarely performing in big venues, they have visited several big international music festivals, and surprisingly to many, even large heavy metal festivals e.g. Wacken Open Air and Tuska Open Air. They travel mostly on a private lorry and no bus. Eläkeläiset mainly play cover versions of famous pop and rock ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Humppa
Humppa is a type of music from Finland. It is related to jazz and very fast foxtrot, played two beats to a bar ( or ). Typical speed is about 220 to 260 beats per minute. Humppa is also the name of a few social dances danced to humppa music. All dances involve bounce that follows the strong bass of the music. In Finnish language, the word humppa can also be used for all social dancing. The name humppa was invented by Antero Alpola for a radio show in the 1950s. He picked it up from German Oktoberfest where the locals used the word to describe the playing of the band. The band probably used a tuba, as the sound of tuba on the first beat is like ''hump'', the second beat coming as a ''pa''. (The related German style is known as oompah.) There are three different dances typically danced to humppa music, and they have existed long before the word "humppa" was coined. One form of Humppa dance is related to one-step, which arrived in Finland 1913. In this kind of humppa, both danc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joulutorttu (album)
''Joulutorttu'' is a Christmas album by Eläkeläiset. It was released in December 2002 by Stupido Records, and spent two weeks in the Finnish top 10 album chart. The mini-album contains 4 humppa-songs, all composed for this album. The songs on ''Joulutorttu'' are: # ''Yksinäinen joulu'' ("Lonely Christmas") - sung by Kristian Voutilainen (music/words - Voutilainen) # ''Humpaton joulu'' ("Christmas without humppa") - sung by Martti Varis (music/words - Martti Varis) # ''Täydellinen joulu'' ("Perfect Christmas") - sung by Onni Varis (music/words - Onni Varis) # ''Pahvinen joulu'' ("Cardboard Christmas") - sung by Lassi Kinnunen (music - Voutilainen, words - Onni Varis) Players on the album were: Onni Varis, Martti Varis, Lassi Kinnunen, and Kristian Voutilainen. Marita Koskelo is credited as a special guest. The album was recorded and mixed by Kristian Voutilainen, and mastered by Mika Jussila at Finnvox Finnvox Studios is a recording studio located in Pitäjänmäki, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
