Tenhi is a Finnish

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band formed in 1996. The music of Tenhi is minimalistic and dark. Usually, the rhythm instrument lines follow the customs of modern rock music. The melodical instruments and vocals are however very heavily folk-influenced. The basic instrumentarium of the band consists of

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and

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. Frequent additional instruments include piano, violin, viola and

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and less frequent

didgeridoo The didgeridoo (; also spelt didjeridu, among other variants) is a wind instrument, played with vibrating lips to produce a continuous drone while using a special breathing technique called circular breathing. The didgeridoo was developed by ...

, mouth harp, harmonium, cello, udu and

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Members

Current members

* Tyko Saarikko – vocals, piano, harmonium, synth, guitar, percussions, didgeridoo, Jew's harp, udu (1996–present) * Ilmari Issakainen – drums, piano, guitar, bass, percussions, backing vocals (1998–present) * Inka Eerola – violin (2000–2007, ?–present) * Jaakko Hilppö – backing vocals, bass, acoustic guitar (2002–present) * Tuukka Tolvanen – vocals, backing vocals, guitar, acoustic guitar (2002–present)

Former members

* Ilkka Salminen – vocals, guitar, bass, harmonium, percussions (1997–2008) * Eleonora Lundell – violin (1998–2000), viola (2000–2001) * Veera Partanen – flute (1999–2000) * Janina Lehto – flute (2000–2007) * Paula Lehtomäki – viola (2008–2011)

Former live/session members

* Jaakko Hilppö – backing vocals, bass (on "Väre" (2002)) * Kirsikka Wiik – cello (on "Väre" (2002)) * Paula Rantamäki – violin (2007) * Jussi Lehtinen – piano (?–2007, 2015), backing vocals (on "Saivo" (2011)) * Raimo Kovalainen – drums (?–2007, 2015) * Janina Lehto – flute (on "Saivo" (2011)) * Heikki Hannikainen – contrabass (on "Saivo" (2011)) * Elisa Ollikainen – cello (on "Saivo" (2011)) * Inka Eerola – violin (2015) * Thomas "Inve" Riesner – violin (2015) * Jochen "Evíga" Stock – acoustic guitar (2015)

Discography

* '' Kertomuksia'' (demo, 1997) * '' Hallavedet'' (mcd, 1998) * '' Kauan'' (CD, 1999) * '' Airut:ciwi'' (mcd, 2000) * ''

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'' (CD, 2002) * '' Maaäet'' (CD, 2006) * '' Airut:aamujen'' (CD, 2006) * '' Folk Aesthetic 1996-2006'' (3CD in book format, 2007) * ''

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'' (compilation, 2010) (V/A) * '' Saivo'' (CD, 2011)Tenhi - New Album Teaser Online
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References

External links

Tenhi at MySpace.com

Utustudio

Prophecy Productions (Tenhi's label)

Interviews

Tenhi Interview 2004 at Heathen Harvest

Tenhi Interview II 2006 at Heathen Harvest
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