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Taantumus
''Taantumus'' is the tenth album by the Finnish experimental rock band Circle. First released on CD in 2001 by Bad Vugum, it was re-released by Ektro Records in 2009 with an extra track. Track listing # "Kultaa" (4:27) # "Kekkone" (5:31) # "Valtaisa Hahmo" (4:44) # "Traktors" (7:47) # "Suopea" (4:33) # "Rautasilta" (6:42) # "Lyhytaallosta" (4:28) # "Ranta" (0:35) # "Morn" (5:32) # "Siivet" (3.34) # "Taantumus" (6:14) # "Pelqton" (7:37) # "Veitsi" (9:21) (''Bonus track on 2009 re-issue'') Personnel *Teemu Elo *Pike Kontkanen - violin on "Kekkone" and "Traktors" *Jyrki Laiho *Jussi Lehtisalo - bass guitar, guitar *Tomi Leppänen - percussion *Teemu Niemelä *Janne Peltomäki *Mika Rättö - keyboards on "Valtaisa hahmo", "Siivet" and "Pelqton" *Markku Peltola Markku Peltola (12 July 1956 – 31 December 2007) was a Finnish people, Finnish actor and musician. He was born and grew up in Helsinki. He was actively involved in founding and acting with the Telakka Theater in Tampe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Circle (Finnish Band)
Circle is a Finnish experimental rock band formed in Pori in 1991. Their eclectic, ever-changing style has been associated with genres such as krautrock, heavy metal, progressive rock, and ambient. On some albums they have defined themselves as New Wave of Finnish Heavy Metal (NWOFHM). Biography Circle was formed in 1992 by bassist and singer Jussi Lehtisalo, the only member who has been in the band throughout its career. Circle's krautrock-style debut album ''Meronia'' was released in 1994 and featured lyrics in a made-up language. A trio of albums, ''Andexelt'' (1999), ''Prospekt'' (2000), and ''Taantumus'' (2001), brought them international attention. Since recording 2002's ''Sunrise'', the core line-up has consisted of Lehtisalo with keyboard player and singer Mika Rättö, drummer Tomi Leppänen, and guitarist Janne Westerlund, playing more heavy metal-oriented music though continuously influenced by krautrock band Faust. Since 2009, Julius Jääskeläinen and Pekka Jà ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prospekt (album)
''Prospekt'' is the ninth album by the Finnish experimental rock band Circle, first released on CD in 2000 by Ektro Records. It was re-released as a double LP by Static Resonance in 2002. The D-side of the re-issue contains the live track "Työläisten laulu" from a show at Jyväskylä, Finland, on September 11, 2001. It was re-issued again as a CD in 2011 by the Brazilian label Essence Records, including the extra track, and presented in a gatefold sleeve replicating the vinyl version in miniature. Overall, the album has a tight krautrock sound that shows heavy influence from both Can and Neu!. Drawing largely on long improvisations centered on a single riff or chord progression, the songs have an expansive progressive rock sound as well, often going past ten minutes, like "Aarre" and "Eripwre". Track listing # "Dedofiktion" (8:22) # "Gericht" (6:45) # "Stimulance" (6:53) # "Varhain" (6:55) # "Aarre" (10:17) # "Eripwre" (10:33) # "Työläisten laulu (Encore Apocalypse Mix)" (17: ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Raunio
''Raunio'' is the eleventh album by the Finnish experimental rock band Circle. The album is a mixed and re-arranged ("manipulated") composite of three live shows on consecutive nights in Turku, Jyväskylä and Helsinki. It was re-issued in 2002 by Squealer Records with an extra track, "Raubonmix". A review in ''Pitchfork'' called it "a decent album for any newcomer to Circle's work". Alex Henderson, writing for ''AllMusic'', commented on the two different types of music on the album: "Parts of ''Raunio''...are calm, reflective, and mindful of European chanting and spiritual traditions. Other times, however, the Finnish band rocks aggressively, turns up the amps, and engages in some very tripped-out, free-spirited jamming". Track listing # Raunio I (6:56) # Alotus (7:58) # Raunio II (2:46) # Kultaa (5:18) # Raunio III (1:08) # Lokki (10:59) # Dedofiktion (7:00) # Potto (13:17) # Raunio IV (3:24) # Raubonmix (11:59) Personnel *Olli Joukio *Janne Westerlund *Mika Rättö *Jyrki Lai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bad Vugum
Bad Vugum is an independent record label originally based in Oulu, Finland. It was founded in 1987 by some of the members of the hardcore punk groups Kansanturvamusiikkikomissio and Radiopuhelimet for releasing the latter's music. The label's name comes from an epithet invented by Captain Beefheart, heard uttered during his song "Sue Egypt". By the early 1990s it had grown into one of Finland's relatively higher-profile indie labels, with releases frequently getting positive reviews in American music fanzines such as Forced Exposure and Flipside. Many releases were also championed by the BBC radio DJ John Peel, who went on to invite such Bad Vugum bands as Deep Turtle, Circle and Aavikko to record Peel Sessions for his radio show as the first ever Finnish acts to do so. John Peel also invited Mieskuoro Huutajat to perform at the Meltdown Festival when he curated it in 1998. Some bands were also featured on notable American indie labels: Alternative Tentacles released ''Hygie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Experimental Rock
Experimental rock, also called avant-rock, is a subgenre of rock music that pushes the boundaries of common composition and performance technique or which experiments with the basic elements of the genre. Artists aim to liberate and innovate, with some of the genre's distinguishing characteristics being improvisation (music), improvisational performances, avant-garde influences, odd instrumentation, opaque lyrics (or instrumentals), unorthodox structures and rhythms, and an underlying rejection of commercial aspirations. From its inception, rock music was experimental, but it was not until the late 1960s that rock artists began creating extended and complex compositions through advancements in multitrack recording. In 1967, the genre was as commercially viable as Popular music, pop music, but by 1970, most of its leading players had incapacitated themselves in some form. In Germany, the krautrock subgenre merged elements of improvisation and psychedelic rock with electronic music, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jussi Lehtisalo
Jussi Lehtisalo (born 1972) is a Finnish bassist. In 1991, he founded Circle, a prolific band drawing influences from heavy metal and krautrock to develop a style of repetitive experimental rock. He also runs a record label, Ektro Records, releasing his own music alongside left field rock and metal releases by artists such as Faust and Acid Mothers Temple. Biography Circle Still the main project for Lehtisalo's musical endeavours, Circle have released 40 albums since 1994. Throughout the band's ever-shifting line-up, Lehtisalo has been the only constant presence, and de facto leader. The current core line-up of the band – Mika Rättö, Janne Westerlund, Tomi Leppänen and Lehtisalo – is the longest consistent incarnation of the group, and although their output has slowed down since the mid-2000s, Lehtisalo has shown no sign that he plans to wind the band up. Other projects Lehtisalo is involved in a large number of projects outside of Circle, most notably Pharaoh Overlord, o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mika Rättö
Mika is a given name, a nickname and a surname. Notable people and fictional characters with the name include: People known just as Mika * Mika (singer) (born 1983), Lebanese-born British singer-songwriter Michael Penniman, Jr. * Mika (footballer, born 1987), Portuguese football defender Michael da Conceição Figueiredo * Mika (footballer, born 1991), Portuguese football goalkeeper Michael Simões Domingues * Mika (Armenian singer), Michael Varosyan, who represented Armenia in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2015 * Mika X, (born 1962), New Zealand Maori performing artist Fictional characters * Mika, a character in the horror game ''Ao Oni'' Mika as a given name Male given name (primarily used in Finland) * Mika Aaltola (born 1969), Finnish political scientist and director of the Finnish Institute of International Affairs * Mika Aaltonen (born 1965), Finnish football player * Mika Brzezinski (born 1967), American talk-show host * Mika Chunuonsee (born 1989), Thai foo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Markku Peltola
Markku Peltola (12 July 1956 – 31 December 2007) was a Finnish actor and musician. He was born and grew up in Helsinki. He was actively involved in founding and acting with the Telakka Theater in Tampere. Peltola is best known for starring opposite Kati Outinen in Aki Kaurismäki's Academy Award-nominated film from 2002 ''The Man Without a Past''. Other films that Peltola featured in include '' V2 – jäätynyt enkeli'', ''Young Gods'', '' Drifting Clouds'', ''Kamome Shokudo'', '' Jade Warrior'' and ''Perhoshäkki''. From the 1980s until his death, Peltola was the singer and bass guitarist of the Finnish band Motelli Skronkle. He also released two solo albums: ''Buster Keatonin ratsutilalla'', released by Ektro Records in 2003 and ''Buster Keaton tarkistaa idän ja lännen'' at the beginning of 2006. Peltola died in the early hours of 31 December 2007 at his home in Kangasala Kangasala is a city in Finland which is situated about 16 kilometres East of Tampere. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Circle (band) Albums
A circle is a shape consisting of all points in a plane that are at a given distance from a given point, the centre. Equivalently, it is the curve traced out by a point that moves in a plane so that its distance from a given point is constant. The distance between any point of the circle and the centre is called the radius. Usually, the radius is required to be a positive number. A circle with r=0 (a single point) is a degenerate case. This article is about circles in Euclidean geometry, and, in particular, the Euclidean plane, except where otherwise noted. Specifically, a circle is a simple closed curve that divides the plane into two regions: an interior and an exterior. In everyday use, the term "circle" may be used interchangeably to refer to either the boundary of the figure, or to the whole figure including its interior; in strict technical usage, the circle is only the boundary and the whole figure is called a '' disc''. A circle may also be defined as a special kind ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
