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Party update

2014-05-08T07:15:00.002-07:00

Hi all!

Long time no talk, sorry about that! Started school and so on, so been pretty busy. But let´s look at what´s happening!

Luminosity Beach Festival (2 days)

Saturday, July 3, 2010 From 12:00 until 00:00 Age limit: 16 www.luminosity-events.nl/
Beachclub Riche, Zandvoort (NL)
hard, trance

This does sound promising! And it´s cheap!

Super8 & Tab - Andy Moor - Aly & Fila - Kyau & Albert - Sean Tyas - Marcel Woods - Rank 1
Leon Bolier - Daniel Kandi - M.I.K.E. Push - Stoneface & Terminal
Scot Project - Mark Sherry - Jochen Miller - Ronald van Gelderen - Artento Divini
Ram - Ferry Tayle - Fast Distance - Paul Webster - Ummet Ozcan - Daniel Wanrooy
Jan Oostdyk - Temple One - Maarten de Jong - Setrise

Last year's beach event at Zandvoort aan Zee was incredible. The ambiance was so amazing, that this summer Luminosity will go even bigger and better! This year the Luminosity Beach Festival will again be a weekend edition in the weekend of Saturday the 3th and Sunday the 4th of July.

Within these 24 hours of madness, Luminosity will host some of the finest DJ's supplying you with the best in trance, hard-trance and progressive! Join us in this magical quest into the roots of music and tradition; bring your positive energy and enjoy a great weekend on a beautiful Dutch landscaped beach.
Every visitor will receive a wristband to give you the freedom you need. Whether you want to take a walk at the beach, a dive in the sea or just stay at the Club, its all possible. Feeling Hungry? There will be plenty of space to chill out and enjoy a barbeque, cold cocktails, fresh fruits or tropical icecreams!
Presale
Make sure you get your tickets soon at https://luminosity.timoco.eu
One day tickets are 27,50

Also coming up!:

Friday, May 16, 2014 Fury presents Acti

Club Fury is back in the business catering good night for lovers of harder edm.

Regular ticket 15 € + 1,50 € service fee
Tickets more from the door if availabe

Club Venue & Playground
Pohjoinen Rautatiekatu 21 Helsinki
16.5.2014
22-04
K18

Mayhem also has announced next banging evening of more hardcore side of things. No line-up released as yet, but should be good one.

sat 07.06'014 MAYHEM. "The music."
22.00 - 04.00 @ Club Venue , Pohjoinen Rautatiekatu 21

Basstards presents S.P.Y (Hospital rec.)

Friday 4.7.2014 // 22:00-04:00 // Age 18

LOCATION

Venue & Playground
Pohjoinen Rautatiekatu 21
00100 Helsinki

TICKETS

Door: 13€ before 23:00, after 15€

Also recommended!

Also there are festivals coming up:

Summer Sound

This looks interesting, eventhough there are way too many electrohouse djs on the line-up, but also good trance names like Paul Van Dyk and even some hardstyle djs.

As speaking of hardstyle djs, even Weekend festival has got Brennan Heart. Problem with this festival is that they are trying to cater all kinds of genres when they should concentrate only couple of them and do that well. Now it's bit too mixed to me.

2012-08-03T03:32:00.002-07:00

Hi all!

Finally some news on Tori Amos: Gold Dust cd! Found out about the deluxe version, so here goes:

A selection of Tori's most loved songs, all newly arranged and recorded in studio with the Metropole Orkest. The release ties in with the 20th anniversary of her groundbreaking first album, Little Earthquakes. Gold Dust is a personal journey through Tori's songbook that reaffirms the timelessness of her music. Beloved gems like "Silent All These Years" and "Precious Things" take on new life alongside lesser-known treasures such as "Flavor". Produced by Tori with arrangements by long-time collaborator John Philip Shenale, the new album features reworkings of songs in orchestral settings which Amos recorded with the renowned Metropole Orchestra, conducted by Jules Buckley. "The 20 years is about celebrating different times that have happened - all the blessings, all the conversations which have taken place and inspired these songs. This is a collection of new studio recordings of where they are now and who they have become" Tori comments. Limited Deluxe CD + DVD 32 page hard cover booklet. The DVD features a music video for 'Flavor', performance clip for 'Gold Dust', and 'Behind The Scenes' footage.

Track Listing

CD

Flavor
Yes, Anastasia
Jackie's Strength
Cloud On My Tongue
Precious Things
Gold Dust
Star Of Wonder
Winter
Flying Dutchman
Programmable Soda
Snow Cherries From France
Marianne
Silent All These Years
Girl Disappearing

DVD

Flavor - Music Video
Gold Dust - Performance Clip
Behind The Scenes footage

Upcoming releases

2012-07-05T00:52:00.001-07:00

Hi all!

Just found out upcoming releases from fantastic Pitchfork site and had to share some highlights with you!

07-31
Blur: Blur 21 [Virgin] [box set]

08-07
Antony and the Johnsons: Cut the World [Secretly Canadian]

08-09

Dead Can Dance: Anastasis [4AD]

9-04
Erol Alkan: Another Bugged Out Mix / Another Bugged In Selection [!K7]
Animal Collective: Centipede Hz [Domino]
Cat Power: Sun [Matador]
The Fresh & Onlys: Long Slow Dance [Mexican Summer]
Jens Lekman: I Know What Love Isn't [Secretly Canadian]
Sondre Lerche: Bootlegs [Mona]
Mono: For My Parents [Temporary Residence]
Bob Mould: Life and Times [Merge]
Mount Eerie: Ocean Roar [P.W. Elverum and Sun]
The Music Tapes: Mary's Voice [Merge]
Stars: The North [ATO]
T.I.: Trouble Man [Grand Hustle/Atlantic]
Toddla T: Watch Me Dance (Agitated by Ross Orton & Pipes) [Ninja Tune]
Two Door Cinema Club: Beacon [Glassnote]
Two Gallants: The Bloom and the Blight [ATO]
The Vaccines: The Vaccines Come of Age [Columbia]

10-15
Bat For Lashes: The Haunted Man [Parlophone/EMI] (UK release date, U.S. release date TBA)

Also coming up Tori Amos: Gold Dust in september I think

Joanna Newsom

2012-06-20T06:12:00.001-07:00

Hi all!

Time to post some reviews and gig news. Sorry it has taken me so long to update this blog, I´ve just been too tired to do anything lately.

Let´s start of with Joanna Newsom:

MIlk-Eyed Mender is her debut and on the old side. I just listened to this and it still sounds fresh. A bit raw and simplistic maybe using Joanna´s child-like singing and harp, but still it captures attention like a spell. If compared to follow-up Ys, this is to me easier to listen. Ys has beautiful orchestrations, which support Joanna excellently, but the songs are really long. On this cd, she kept the songs tight and just right length. Eventhough the songs are melodically quite simple sounding, they have that something special.I´m not saying Ys is a bad album, I think it shows a lot of progression and how talented Joanna is. Her singing style will put some listeners definetly off, but I think her personal, child-like singing suits the songs perfectly. The Book Of Right-On is just amazing song and it was first one I heard from Joanna.

Sprout And The Bean

Cassiopeia

On the gig side of the things, I am happy to tell that Jens Lekman is coming to Helsinki! Finally, I might as well add.

Other gigs:

27.6 Christina Perri, Nosturi Helsinki
29.6. Regina, Tavastia Helsinki
30.6. Renegade presents Nero and Adam F, Circus Helsinki
6.7. Broken Note, Tampere
7.8. Afghan Wings Helsinki
10.9. Jens Lekman

And tons of festivals, clubs and raves

2012-05-14T00:07:00.001-07:00

Hi all!

Sorry I haven´t updated this blog in ages, but I just haven´t listened to any new records. So this time let´s see what summer brings us and some interesting rumours.

There are rumours of new Tori Amos album during this year! It also could very well be Little Earthquakes anniversary release (most likely), but it sounds really interesting! According to rumours, Tori will work old songs with strings. That really would be something.

There are also rumours of Kate Bush Releasing another limited edition picture single during this year. This came from Kate´s web site.Lake Tahoe was sold out fast and prices now fetch from 30€ up to 60€ at Discogs. Ebay isn´t cheaper, prices going to $75.

Flow festival has announced some new artists! Lykke Li, Bola, Dj Murat Meric, Theo Parrish, Daniele Baldelli, Roberto Rodriguez have been added.

And Bat For Lashes will perform at Provinssi rock.

As for electronic music, this week we´ll have Angerfist Retaliate Showcase on saturday. This will be massive! Also for trance/househeads there´s Summer Sound festival with big line-up for example Tiesto, Armin Van Buuren, Hed Kandi, Fedde Le Grand on line-up. More info and full line-up, go here

C ya soon!

Masters Of Hardcore Vortex of Venegance report

2012-03-29T23:27:00.006-07:00

Do you like hardcore/industrial? If you answered yes, you´ll propably know Masters of Hardcore brand and know what it´s all about. And here´s a story of latest party: Vortex Of Venegance (Brabanthallen, Den Bosch)!

What can I say? Things runned really smoothly all the way long. Brabanthallen is really easy to get by train. There were luckily signs to show the right way too:) Doors opened 21.40, 20 mins before the party started so people could get in and see the start video in the main area. All the other parties I´ve been to, doors open when the party starts so this was positive surprise! And the locker system works really nicely. You can rent a locker (different sizes) for the party. You get your deposit back when you return the key. This really beat cloackroom 10 to 0. It was good to be able to visit locker any time necessary, especially when you bought shirts or cd. And you did get out of much quicker and smoothly. And you had to buy tokens to pay for food and drinks. Those were quite expensive, but got no choice.

And the party was huge! There were total of 6 arenas, food world, merchandise stalls and recreation area. Musical course was hardcore, industrial, early hardcore, early early hardcore, terrorcore and Raver´s Warehouse with classics. I ended up mainly hanging in main area thanks to too good music to leave. I did manage to goto signing sessions with Angerfist and Korsakoff though:) And had to take pics of other arenas too.

If I compare this to Mayday, they didn´t have that many screens (wall behind cool dj cabin was all screens) or that much lights but it worked well this way. Whole wall as screen allowed fancy animations between djs and live acts and suited the party really well. And huge lasers they had! Full marks for those! The lightning was just right for this kind of music as for Mayday it´s more trance/prog, so the production is different thanks to that alone.

And the djs really banged it big time! Day-Mar going really hard in end of her set like most of the djs:) That was bit too much for me. All the dj sets were back to back (or versus) and one highlight definetly was Evil Activities vs Korsakoff. As for live sets Masters Elite (=Catscan, Outblast, Angerfist) and naturally State Of Emergency presenting this years anthem Vortex Of Venegance. Wohoo! I just love that anthem! Only minus is all djs ending sets with pure terror/Speedcore fashion. That was way to hard for me. Otherwise I got absolutely nothing negative to say about this party. I am thirsty for more!!

Some concerts

2012-02-24T05:43:00.002-08:00

Hi all!

There are some concerts coming in Helsinki. Biggest name is definetly Madonna 12.8.2012 at Olympiastadium. Availabe are tons of different ticket types, check them out at Lippupalvelu. The link is in english.

Also Festivals are revealing their line-ups. Here Provinssirock:
15.6. Nightwish, Snow Patrol (UK), M83 (FR), Example (UK), Amorphis, Eläkeläiset
16.6. Kyuss Lives! (US), Rise Against (US), Stam1na, Chisu
17.6. Mastodon (US), Slayer (US), Justice (FR), Jukka Poika & Sound Explosion Band

Flow in helsinki looks like this:

Bon Iver (US)
Flying Lotus (US)
A$AP Rocky (US)
Four Tet & Caribou DJ set (UK/CAN)
Charles Bradley and His Extraordinaires (US)
Oneohtrix Point Never (US)
Jukka Poika (FI)
Gracias (FI)
Siinai (FI)
The Black Keys (US)
Ane Brun (NOR)
Horace Andy and Dub Asante (JAM)
Nicolas Jaar (US)
Jason Moran and the Bandwagon (US)
Pinch (UK)
Verneri Pohjola Quartet (FI)
Black Twig (FI)
Björk (IS)
Feist (CAN)
St. Vincent (US)
The War on Drugs (US)
Jason Moran and the Bandwagon (US)
Shangaan Electro (ZA)
A Winged Victory for the Sullen (US)
Bendagram (FI)
Kuusumun Profeetta (FI)

There are some interesting names, but not the best line-up they´ve had if you ask me.

Will keep you posted!

Gig Review: Lamb, Jay Leighton and Ramona Flowers

2012-02-16T00:31:00.005-08:00

Hi all!

It´s time to write a gig review for a change:) I just saw Lamb in Helsinki last sunday and thought I´d share my experience with you. There were 3 acts in total, all hailing from Britain, so 22 euros was bargain. Sadly the opener Jay Leighton had to perform to an empty Nosturi..
So let´s start with mister Leighton then! Eventhough Nosturi was really empty at the time, Jay pulled of very good performance. He talked with the audience, joked and seemed to be at home on stage. I´ve never heard of him before, so I went early to check him out. Good thing I did! Jay has bit of a hint of Damien Rice in his voice and his choice of instrument was acoustic guitar. Songs were singer/songwriter vain and good ones! He´s really got good, strong voice. Song were also so good that I ended up buying his cd from the gig. Will write review for you:) If you like Damien Rice or singer/songwriters and have a chance to check Jay Leighton live, I recommend you do that!
Next up was Ramona Flowers, another band I´ve never heard before. The atmosfear moved towards Franz Ferdinand with this band, playing indie rock with electronic tones thrown in. Good band with varied songs and play well live. I really liked the danceable songs, others were not that much for my liking, but I ain´t saying they weren´t good. Energetic band live and that´s a big plus. Also worth checking out when you got the chance. Especially for the lovers of Kitsune, Franz Ferdinand and danceable indie.
And the last but not least fantastic Lamb! I honestly had no idea what to expect from Lamb, but boy did they really rock! Really energetic live act with neat back projections loaded with raw energy, tough basslines and Lou Rhodes´ fragile beautiful voice. Lamb played good, long set and talked with the audience. I´ve seen some dance music acts live (Massive Attack, RMB, Raver´s Nature etc.) and Lamb is one of the top acts. Most so-called live acts play everything from laptop and that´s totally boring. Lamb also had double bass player to add depth to the sound and it gave neat spice to their music as did other instruments they played. After the gig band decided to stay and hang out with the audience, which was really cool bonus:) Got autograph and a photo with my crappy mobile phone camera. What did I learn from this? Bring a camera every time!

New year, new reviews

2012-01-27T02:14:00.000-08:00

Hi all and happy new year!!

Sorry it took this long to update this blog, it has been bit hectic over here lately. Finally it is slowing down and I have time to recommend some essential albums for you:)

Now here´s an album I just love. I´ve never been fan on P J Harvey, but this album is just essential. So beautiful melodies and lo-fi atmosphere which works like charm. I heard first White Chalk and just fell in love with that song immediately. It was breath of fresh air in these times of radio dominant crap. This album is rather short, tight package lasting less than 35 minutes. Not a single bad song on the record and all are personal lo-fi tracks. P J´s voice fits the simplistic piano melodies like a charm and is a match made in heaven. It is completely different kind of album I´d expect from her but absolutely essential. I honestly don´t know what to say more of this album, check it out yourself!

White Chalk

Dear Darkness

Wall Of Sound presents Tellé

This album is old (released 2000), but still essential and timeless. Tellé is Norwegian electronic label, who was home for Röyksopp for example. It´s very interesting label catering various styles of music and this compilation is very good showcase of Tellé. Album has some hits like Annie´s Greatest hit, but also less known gems. eventhough it is 13 years old it still sounds fresh today. Besides Annie and Röyksopp, my favourite was Björn Torske and his wicked disco tracks. Really sounding like nothing I´ve come across and having that disco vibe these were killers. It´s always nice to have compilation that isn´t only chill or house but mixes various styles.

Erot: Song For Annie

The Torske/Mundial Explosion: Indisco

Ralph Myerz & Jack Herren Band: Nikita

Here we have a compilation I discovered by accident and oh boy am I happy I did! Do you like Gotan Project or Astor Piazzola? If answer to either one is yes, read on. You will most likely love this cd. If answer is no, then this is not for you. What we have here is modern, electronic take on Argentinan tango. The sound championed by mighty Gotan Project has grown and seeds have blossomed to new artists. The cd has one Gotan Project track and all the rest were totally unknown ones for me. This cd is pure gem. Not a single bad/boring track on the cd and it is wonderfully electronic and chilled. All the tracks lean on tango but still have that personality enough not to make the cd repititive, which is hole most compilations fall. This honestly was a breath of fresh air at least to me. I have come across some similar compilation, but this is one of the best.

Otros Aires Milonga Sentimental

Petruchelli: Cantaba Asi

Reviews

2011-12-25T05:38:00.001-08:00

Hi and merry Christmas to all!

Thank you for reading my humble blog, please leave your comments too so I know how to improve this:) Some reviews of cds I´ve been listening to lately. Older stuff, but still worth mentioning.
Let´s start with Erykah Badu. This is the second album she made and the last one I liked. Somehow she in my humble opinion just lost it after this album. The opening track is pure funk and the rest of the album is similar to Baduizm, which is excellent album.Penitentiary Philosophy just doesn´t fit on the album, because it´s only funk track and so different from rest of the cd. I wonder why they put it as opening track. The good part of the song is that Erykah gets to stretch her voice more than on rest of the tracks and really does good job on using hew voice in raw way. That´s the good part of the track, otherwise not my favourite, would work better on other album.

Didn´t Cha Know

... & On

And let´s move on to 90´s:) Kristine W Land Of The Living

Now here´s a legendary singer and the first track I ever heard in club was Feel What You Want. Absolute classic that is and it is included this album. Here you get some slow ones and house tunes, which all work well. Produced by Rollo from Faithless, you can guess this is classy cd of good old house music. Kristine got a strong voice and good melodies. Sounds might be bit out of date, but I recommend this anyway. It has that 90´s house vibe, which you like or not. Good vocals, good tunes, nuff said.

Feel What You Want

Land Of The Living

Last but definetly not least is Dj Zany´s mix cd Godfathers Of Hardstyle. Name tells you all there is to know. You got good selection of hardstyle here. Well mixed and the mix really works well. I still prefer unmixed cds, but this has it pumping all cd long well eventhough there´s 26 tunes on the cd. If you listen to it as dj-mix you enjoy this much more than listening to it as compilation. I think this is a good example of hardstyle music and good selection of that sound. Good tracks, well mixed and put together. Nothing essential or superb, but still worth getting at low price. Quality.

Couple of reviews

2011-12-03T06:29:00.000-08:00

Hi all!

Thought I´d write reviews of couple of cds I just listened to and mixed salad this is once again! More reviews coming either on weekend or early next week.

Starting with 3 Doors Down´s latest Time Of My Life. If you´re expecting to hear other Kryptonite, you´re sadly mistaken. This album is much more midtempo than their biggest hit. There are your typical slow ones also thrown in too. It´s not a bad album, I´d say it is bit dull to be honest. I didn´t find any particular highlights on the album, since most songs are pretty similar. Playing works well, vocals are at same par as always with 3 Doors Down, but the last ingredient to make it something special is missing. It´s nice album, nothing exceptional. I´d say the previous ones were better. It is well produced and overall nice.

Believer

Time Of My Life

When You´re Young

Now get ready for something totally different:

What can I say? One of the albums of the year for me definetly. For those of you, who don´t know Angerfist is hardcore group hailing from Netherlands and one of the most-respected players in the genre. What we have here is massive 3cd box containing no less than 45 tracks! Most tracks either have mc or samples thrown in them and this works well. When listening the whole box through, sometimes I found myself hoping for a instrumental track for a change. Eventhough album is one massive box, it is very tight and oozes with quality. Danny really knows how to make slamming hardcore. Album contains some of the biggest tracks, collaborations and some remixes. Absolutely worth of getting!

Voice Of Mayhem

Incoming

And Jesus Wept (Hellraiser sample)

Somewhere Down The Lane (Samples Snow´s Informer)

Flow news

2011-11-29T04:07:00.000-08:00

Hi all!

First Flow festival artist has been announced and it is no other than Björk!!! She´ll be showing hew Biophilia concept on sunday. This is big news! On wednesdays opening concert confirmed is Bon Iver. Ticket sales starts in december.

Upcoming gigs!

2011-11-16T07:44:00.000-08:00

Hi all!

I haven´t had a chance to update this blog in awhile, so I thought I´d let you know of some coming concerts, since there are lot of interesting ones!

17.11. CSS has a gig at Tavastia, Helsinki 26€
18.11.David Garrett Finlandia house 52-119€
19.11. Neo has massive psychedelic trance party at Circus, Helsinki. lineup has John '00' Flemming, Astral Projection and Skazi to name few
19.11. Dj Orkidea spins in Turku, Klubi 10€
21.11. Gogol Acoustic Bordello plays at Tavastia club 37€
24.11. Regina at Bar Kino, Pori 10€
26.11. An Evening with Soliti: Cats On Fire, Big Wave Riders, Black Twig and New Tigers at Korjaamo, Helsinki tickets 7-9€

3.12. Eric Prydz at Circus 18-45€
3.12. Above & Beyond at Tampereen Tivoli 16,20-30€
6.12. Patrick Wolf at Tavastia 30€
10.12. Red Snapper at Virgin Oil, Helsinki 13€

12.2. Lamb at Nosturi, Helsinki 22€ no age limit
16.2. 3 Doors Down at Helsinki Ice Hall 44€ no age limit

7.3. Anna Ternheim acoustic gig at Tavastia 20€
6.4. Emilie Autumn at Tampere 22€
7.4. Emilie Autumn at Helsinki, Nosturi 22€

1.8. Red Hot Chilli Peppers at Tampere. Ticket sales start on 21st of this month 69€ no age limit

Reviews

2011-10-19T00:55:00.000-07:00

Greetings from autumny Finland and welcome to All About Music! Time to review some records I´ve been listening to lately. I can´t wait for the new Kate Bush album to be released! After hearing the first single it sounds promising, especially if you liked Aerial. We´ll have to wait awhile for that one though...

Here we have another installment to the Soul Heaven series by the New Jersey team Blaze. I always loved their blend of soulful house and here we have same stuff spread on 2 mixed cds and 1 unmixed compilation of Blaze´s productions. The album starts of with latin tunes on both cds and evolves to deep house territory from there. Luckily it doesn´t go too deep and has vocals which usually keep lacking from house these days imho. The album was bit deeper stuff than what I expected and some tracks are qutie similar. Still the mixes build well and have quality tunes to keep things rolling. What I expected was more jazzy/gospel house and there aren´t many of that style. Still I´d say this is quality house cd worth getting for lovers of Blaze.

Here we have totally unknown name for me which I think deserves to be mentioned. This Is The Day starts off with beautiful folk song A Small Dream. After this gorgeous opening cd moves to rock and has even hints of country. Through the cd these styles keep take turns and this makes it bit confusing for me. It felt like the cd doesn´t know what it wants to be. To be honest, I loved the acoustic songs, they were beautiful and had tons of feeling, rest of the songs didn´t work for me. Singer has good voice and has small hint of Damien Rice in it. also went too pop for me from time to time. I´d say it is worth giving a go definetly, especially if you like folk and rock/pop with hint of country

Can´t Stop Dreaming

I finally got this cd to my collection and I just gotta recommend it! It is step back to Felt Mountain era finally! I dare to say this could very well be big sister of Felt Mountain. It is nicely laid-back affair with good melodies for which I love about Goldfrapp. It is just beautiful cd, good one to listen to on a dark autumn evening with candles lit. If Felt Mountain was bit sad, this is optimistic and hopeful cd. I can´t explain it, it just gave me a bit sunny feeling. I am lost for words, so you better decide what you think of:)

Happiness

Clowns

Kate Bush and Hey Heather

2011-10-10T07:59:00.001-07:00

Hi all and welcome to another edition of All About Music! New Kate Bush single is always an event and here we have Wild Man from upcoming 50 Words For Snow cd. The song is long 7 minutes. What can I say about it? I liked it, it reminds a lot of Aerial material, so some fans might be disappointed with it. It is melodically easy to listen, lyrics are on the darker side. Very promising first take on the album, especially since I really liked Aerial and got into Kate´s world through that album.

Second review is from Finn band Hey Heather. Here´s totally new band for me, but they´ve gotten plays on local music channel. The band plays well together and you can hear they´ve been practising and it paid off well. Singer has rough rock voice, which works well in Hey heather´s rock. Influences to my ear come from punk and grunge. Somehow band reminded me partially of Bush, can´t explain it maybe it was slower parts that had some similar feeling. This might not be excatly my kind of music, but definetly worth checking out if you like your rock energetic and uptempo! What I liked was their energy, which you really can feel. I checked a live clip from Youtube and they seem to be at home at stage, a big plus. Recommended to all rock fans!

Hey Heather Drop dead

Anna Ternheim Leaving On A Mayday Box set

2011-10-01T03:20:00.000-07:00

Hi all!

Time to tell my opinion of this box set, which I bought few weeks ago and finally had time to go through it. Leaving On A Mayday is a good album from Anna Ternheim. I like her voice and the cd is enough different from her previous cds. Title track is more uptempo than most of her previous songs and works well. Hew ear for melodies does not fail this time at all, all songs are beautiful and nice. Also good point is that cd isn´t too long, which tends to be the fault with many cds these days.

I leave main cd there and concentrate on different versions of this cd. There are 3 different editions of this cd: regular, cd+Frank Sinatra cover ep and cd+live ep+acoustic dvd. My vote goes for cd+Frank Sinatra definetly. Those 5 covers are beautiful and quite different from original ones. They are acoustic versions and arrangements compliment Anna´s voice perfectly. As for the package, it´s beautful box and that also makes it worth getting:) As for dvd edition, I was disappointed with it. Live ep is good, better than most of her live ones I´ve heard and quality is good. There´s 5 songs on the ep, my guess is recorded in France but I´m not sure. As for dvd, it was boring. Ok, the acoustic versions were nice, but would be better on a ep than on a dvd. Dvd only shows making the acoustic versions, filming Anna playing guitar, singing and so on, so it´s nothing that special. I hoped for better dvd than this. Think carefully before getting this one. The live ep makes it worth considering unless you´re hardcore fan or completist.

Anna Ternheim No, I don´t remember (acoustic)

Summer Rain

What Have I Done

2011-09-29T00:44:00.001-07:00

Hi all!

Back from concert and just woke up to share this show with you. One of my dreams came through when I finally got Tori´s autograph:) And I also got a photo together. Meet and greet in Helsinki started already at 14.00 so be early if you wanna make it! Over here Tori had time to chat with fans and there were some regular faces from abroad. Eventually m&g was rushed thanks to rain, but everyone got to meet Tori.

Opening act, Mark Hole, has gorgeous voice and he knows how to use it. No problem there. Still all the songs are most ballads and about his lost girlfriend, whom he broke up with 5 months ago, so that was bit boring. And it really got my mood down, since I´m going through a divorce, which turned into war.

As for concert, I can only say it is amazing. The string quartet compliments Tori´s songs just perfectly and opener Shattering Sea was really powerful, even more so than on album. Excellet opener for the night and sets the tone perfectly. Cruel was stunning played with string quartet, really cruel and twisted. In another words killer song. Also heard on that night were Graveyard, Baker Baker, Silent All These Years, Marianne, Star Whisperer and Carry. Those I do remember. I guess I was too excited of the concert to remember all the songs:) Tori will also be playing covers on this tour. During concert she also played solo pieces and that fitted just perfectly. And carry as closing song was logical choice. I just am honestly lost for words to describe that gig, so I gotta wrap it up here:)

Tori Amos in Helsinki this week

2011-09-27T01:07:00.001-07:00

Hi all!

Tomorrow is the big day! Night Of Hunters Tour starts here in autumny Helsinki at Ice Hall (worst concert places). To celebrate this historical event, we kick tour off at free party! And best of all, no age limit and posters as giveaways:)

Place: Cafe Helsinki
Urheilukatu 36. Across the street from tram stop, about 150 meters from Ice Hall

Free entry, no age limit

http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=245106338861200

No alcohol served, food available

Everybody welcome!

R.E.M. rip

2011-09-23T03:33:00.000-07:00

This is really sad news. R.E.M. has called it quits after 31 years in business. Only release left will be compilation and that´s it. To be honest, I am shocked and didn´t expect to hear this in a long time...

"To our Fans and Friends: As R.E.M., and as lifelong friends and co-conspirators, we have decided to call it a day as a band. We walk away with a great sense of gratitude, of finality, and of astonishment at all we have accomplished. To anyone who ever felt touched by our music, our deepest thanks for listening." R.E.M.

In their own words: The guys share their thoughts on why now.

MIKE

"During our last tour, and while making Collapse Into Now and putting together this greatest hits retrospective, we started asking ourselves, 'what next'? Working through our music and memories from over three decades was a hell of a journey. We realized that these songs seemed to draw a natural line under the last 31 years of our working together.

"We have always been a band in the truest sense of the word. Brothers who truly love, and respect, each other. We feel kind of like pioneers in this--there's no disharmony here, no falling-outs, no lawyers squaring-off. We've made this decision together, amicably and with each other's best interests at heart. The time just feels right."

MICHAEL

"A wise man once said--'the skill in attending a party is knowing when it's time to leave.' We built something extraordinary together. We did this thing. And now we're going to walk away from it.

"I hope our fans realize this wasn't an easy decision; but all things must end, and we wanted to do it right, to do it our way.

"We have to thank all the people who helped us be R.E.M. for these 31 years; our deepest gratitude to those who allowed us to do this. It's been amazing."

PETER

"One of the things that was always so great about being in R.E.M. was the fact that the records and the songs we wrote meant as much to our fans as they did to us. It was, and still is, important to us to do right by you. Being a part of your lives has been an unbelievable gift. Thank you.

"Mike, Michael, Bill, Bertis, and I walk away as great friends. I know I will be seeing them in the future, just as I know I will be seeing everyone who has followed us and supported us through the years. Even if it's only in the vinyl aisle of your local record store, or standing at the back of the club: watching a group of 19 year olds trying to change the world."

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READ Warner Bros. Press Release below:

ATHENS, GA--(Marketwire - Sep 21, 2011)

"During our last tour, and while making Collapse Into Now and putting together this greatest hits retrospective; we started to ask ourselves 'what next?'," commented Mike Mills. "Working through our music and memories from over three decades was a hell of a journey. We realized that these songs seemed to draw a natural line under the last 31 years of our working together. The time just feels right."

R.E.M. is unique in that they are very much still the group of friends from Athens, Georgia that they've been since the band formed in 1979. While their career has spanned 15 studio albums and huge global success, the band itself only ever comprised the four original members. The one person to leave this tight-knit group was drummer Bill Berry, who retired two years after suffering a brain aneurysm on-stage during 1995's "Monster" tour. But not before extracting a promise from his band mates that they would continue on as R.E.M.: "Bill insisted he would stay, if his leaving meant breaking the band up," remembers Michael Stipe.

Mills adds: "We have always been a band in the truest sense of the word. Brothers who truly love and respect each other. We feel kind of like pioneers in this -- there's no disharmony here, no falling-outs, no lawyers squaring off. We've made this decision together, amicably and with each other's best interests at heart."

"A wise man once said -- 'the skill in attending a party is knowing when it's time to leave," agrees Michael Stipe. "We built something extraordinary together. We did this thing. And now we're going to walk away from it. I hope our fans realize this wasn't an easy decision; but all things must end; and we wanted to do it right, to do it our way. We have to thank all the people who helped us be R.E.M. for these 31 years, our deepest gratitude to those who allowed us to do this. It's been amazing."

Buck picks up on his thoughts: "One of the things that was always so great about being in R.E.M., was the fact that the records we made and the songs we wrote, meant as much to our fans as they did to us. It was, and still is, important to us to do right by them. Being a part of their lives has been an unbelievable gift.

"Mike, Michael, Bill, Bertis, and I walk away as great friends. I know I will be seeing them in the future, just as I know I will be seeing everyone that has followed and supported us through the years. Even if it's only in the vinyl aisle of your local record store, or standing at the back of a club; watching a group of 19-year-olds trying to change the world."

R.E.M. will release a career-spanning Greatest Hits album through Warner Brothers in November. More information to follow.

Night Of The Hunters review!!

2011-09-16T02:14:00.000-07:00

Hi all!

I am more than honoured to have the honour of being first finn to review Night Of The Hunters cd. Big thank you goes out to Universal Music for trusting me enough to send the cd in advance!

I first have to be honest, I don´t like classical music at all. To me it´s too difficult and art for art´s sake. So I was bit sceptical of this album when I heard it has influences from classical music. And another thing to get out of the way is that I absolutely love the booklet! The photos are stunning and beautiful! They have same theme as the album which is just perfect. All the styling on both Tori and Tash si really cool and the photos would make perfect pictures to hang on the wall.

As for the album, Anabelle is second person on the record, whom Tori meets and teams with. Anabelle´s parts are sung by Tash who sounds really like Emiliana Torrini. These dialogues between these two women work like charm. I just also love the flute and the string arrangements, they are really strong. Battle Of Trees opened up bit too close to classical to my liking but moved onto Tori realm and blew me away. It is not easy pop album, so don´t even expect that. It might take couple of listenings to get into but it is worth it. I dare to say this is the closest album Tori has made to Pele and Under The Pink. Some songs reminded me a bit of Not The Red Baron and other slower songs from those records. There isn´t that same anger here, but melodies, strings and structurually it reminds of those two. And atmospherically also. I´d say this is one of the records that will divide fans to those who like it and to those who don´t.

Most radio friendly song on the album has to be Job´s Coffin which is sang by Tash. That song wouldn´t even be out of place on Emiliana Torrini´s album Fisherman´s Woman. Also from Tash´s voice comes Adele to mind. I know some fans are sceptical of her singing on this album, but give it a go, she does bloody good job!

Only minus thing on Night Of The Hunters is that, it´s not much varied album. All the songs remind eachother, but are enough different from eachother to keep things evolving and interesting.

The melodies, ah the melodies are strong and string arrangements compliment the piano and Tori´s voice perfectly. Whole album is at best midtempo cd, so gone is anger from American Doll Posse. As for Tash singing, I think she´s doing really well, she´s got beautiful voice. It was quite bold move to let her sing on this album and it pays off.

Overall absolutey beautiful, eventhough quite heavy album with really beautiful booklet:) Can´t wait for the Helsinki concert! And as reminder, remember there´s a tour opening party at Cafe Helsinki starting at 15.30. Urheilukatu 36, across the street from tram stop.

New Kate Bush album!!

2011-09-12T05:46:00.000-07:00

New Kate Bush album is on it´s way called 50 Words For Snow! Now this is a fast follow-up to Aerial which I loved. This album is 65 minutes long and contains these songs:

1. Snowflakes
2. Lake Tahoe
3. Misty
4. Wild Man
5. Snowed In At Wheeler Street
6. 50 Words For Snow
7. Among Angels

Yay! Now this is good news! Already availabe for pre-order from HMV and Itunes

Record fair in Helsinki

2011-09-05T07:50:00.000-07:00

Hi all!

This weekend there will be international record fair at Tavastia Club on saturday. Starts at 11 and closes at 16, tickets cost 3€. This is the legendary one in Helsinki which is held twice a year normally. I sure hope to make it there this year... Each year I plan to go there, but end up too broke to go there:)

Tori Amos tour opening party

2011-09-01T01:19:00.001-07:00

Hi all!

There will be pre-party to the first show of the tour! Here´s all the info:

Place Cafe Helsinki on Urheilikatu 36. Just across the street from the tram stop.
No age limit
start time 15.30->
Food available ( a la carte menu), no alcohol. It´s a cafeteria.

Review time! Zoot Woman, Blaze and d'n'b

2011-08-31T09:48:00.000-07:00

Hi all!

Time to review some records I just got and borrowed from library. And let´s start with electronic pop music of Zoot Woman

I gotta admit, I´ve liked Zoot Woman´s previous records too, but this just might be most mature and best one yet. It´s just killer in every way. Not too long clocking 44mins and that suits album perfectly. 12 tracks mainly bit uptempo, danceable electronic pop which Zoot Woman is known for. It´s not too electronic to be sterile luckily, the vocals soften things up and make this very accessible cd. It reminds a bit of Kitsune comps, but it feels more organic. Good tracks, few slower ones thrown in too and the cocktail works like a charm. Might not be anything groundshaking but still recommended for lovers of electronic pop with melodies and vocals.

We won´t break

Memory

Next up is another killer from Hospital record´s cannon. Ok, this one is bit old but still worth mentioning, since it´s excellent cd. As for Hospital, you know the score: liquid Drum'n'Bass is the course here with disco influences. Only minus for the cd is that it´s mixed. I prefer to hear songs in their full length and separately. Cd is mainly discofied, melodic d&b but wanders off sometimes to more bass-heavy jump up which suits the album quite well. I don´t like those wobbly tracks without melody, but this one has got the package right. Diane Charlemange features her beautiful vocals on Don´t Follow and album also featrues Logistics and Matrix. This one goes well in home as well as in club, which can be said of most Hospital records releases.

Ghetto Blaster

Don´t Follow

Solar Flares

Cover Story feat. Matrix

And let´s venture to the world of house music for a change. Here we have legendary duo from New Jersey, USA, Blaze. They´ve been making their mark to the house scene from day one and here we have a compilation of their older material. It is a good compilation, but it´s not near to the best Blaze have made. It´s good, quality house with one acappella track thrown in and another one with rap influences. It is good showcase of their older material and so worth mentioning here. If you expect their usual jazzy/soulful take on house, you might be disappointed with this one. Tracks are old and sometimes you can hear it. Some were bit odd additions to the compilation, especially the acappella of Funky People guise Accaliberation. It is quite varied since included are offbeat gems of Seasons Of Love and My Beat.

Klub Family feat. Sybil when I fall in love

Seasons of love

Funky People Funky people

Upcoming gigs special

2011-08-23T04:45:00.000-07:00

Hi all!

Time to see what´s going on in Finland. In Tampere, things look like this:
1.9. The Mutants, Death Letters (Bel), The Vivisectors (Rus). from 6,50 € (door 10 €)
2.9. Acid Symphony Orchestra
from 11,50 € (door 16 €)
4.9. All Age -S- Sunday: One Morning Left, For the Imperium. from 6,50 € (door 10 €), -S-
7.9. Circle, Motelli Skronkle, Keuhkot from 11,50 € (door 13 €)
8.9. The Irrationals, Jo' Buddy & Down Home King III. from 6,50 € (door 10 €)
Pe 9.9. Jukka Poika ja Raappana & Sound Explosion Band. from 11,50 € (door 16 €)
La 10.9. Circus meets Burlesque (Klubi)
from 11,50 € (limited amount) normal price 17,50 €
La 10.9. X-karnevaalit (Pakkahuone)
from 11,50 € (limited amount) regular 21,50 €
Circus meets Burlesque + X-karnevaalit - yhdistelmälippu. from 21,50 € (limited amount )regular 31,50 €

In Helsinki:

Milow 15.10.2011 Helsinki, Tavastia 24,50/26 door
Marissa Nadler 14.10.2011 Tampere, Klubi
tickets from 10,50 €, K-18
Su 16.10.2011 Helsinki, Kuudes Linja
tickets from 13,50 €, K-18

Also on tour is Amorphis, finn metal band and a good one too!
31.8. Helsinki, Tavastia-klubi
24,50 € (ovelta 25 €), K-18

8.9. Pori, Bar Kino
19,50 €, K-18
Turku, Klubi
23,50 € (ovelta 25 €), K-18
10.9. Eura, Osmantupa
18,50 € (ovelta 20 €), K-18
7.10. Helsinki, Nosturi
Liput alk. 24,50 €, no age limit
14.10. Tampere, Pakkahuone
26,50 €, K-15

Blood Axis (USA), Maa

24.8.2011 Helsinki, Kuudes Linja
11,50 € (door 12 €)

Tickets to all these events are sold by Tiketti

Also this friday is Night Of The Arts The program can be found here in english, Swedish and finnish. There´s too much going on to be listed here, for example book shops have special events, at club YK is Helsinki dubstep+Drum´n´Bass conference, art exhibitons, photography comptetion, performances and so on.

Music All Around

Party update

Luminosity Beach Festival (2 days)

Friday, May 16, 2014 Fury presents Acti

Club Fury is back in the business catering good night for lovers of harder edm.

Regular ticket 15 € + 1,50 € service fee Tickets more from the door if availabe Club Venue & Playground Pohjoinen Rautatiekatu 21 Helsinki 16.5.2014 22-04 K18

Mayhem also has announced next banging evening of more hardcore side of things. No line-up released as yet, but should be good one.

sat 07.06'014 MAYHEM. "The music." 22.00 - 04.00 @ Club Venue , Pohjoinen Rautatiekatu 21

Basstards presents S.P.Y (Hospital rec.)

Friday 4.7.2014 // 22:00-04:00 // Age 18 LOCATION Venue & Playground Pohjoinen Rautatiekatu 21 00100 Helsinki TICKETS Door: 13€ before 23:00, after 15€

Also recommended!

Also there are festivals coming up:

Summer Sound

This looks interesting, eventhough there are way too many electrohouse djs on the line-up, but also good trance names like Paul Van Dyk and even some hardstyle djs.

As speaking of hardstyle djs, even Weekend festival has got Brennan Heart. Problem with this festival is that they are trying to cater all kinds of genres when they should concentrate only couple of them and do that well. Now it's bit too mixed to me.

Track Listing

CD

DVD

Upcoming releases

Joanna Newsom

Masters Of Hardcore Vortex of Venegance report

Some concerts

Gig Review: Lamb, Jay Leighton and Ramona Flowers

New year, new reviews

Reviews

Couple of reviews

Flow news

Upcoming gigs!

Reviews

Kate Bush and Hey Heather

Anna Ternheim Leaving On A Mayday Box set

Tori Amos in Helsinki this week

R.E.M. rip

Night Of The Hunters review!!

New Kate Bush album!!

Record fair in Helsinki

Tori Amos tour opening party

Review time! Zoot Woman, Blaze and d'n'b

Upcoming gigs special

Regular ticket 15 € + 1,50 € service fee
Tickets more from the door if availabe

Club Venue & Playground
Pohjoinen Rautatiekatu 21 Helsinki
16.5.2014
22-04
K18

sat 07.06'014 MAYHEM. "The music."
22.00 - 04.00 @ Club Venue , Pohjoinen Rautatiekatu 21

Friday 4.7.2014 // 22:00-04:00 // Age 18

LOCATION

Venue & Playground
Pohjoinen Rautatiekatu 21
00100 Helsinki

TICKETS

Door: 13€ before 23:00, after 15€