#Finnish jazz

[purplealbumoftheday]

today's purple album of the day is: Monkey Mind by Verneri Pohjola!

[manic-exposure]

Ho Chi Moon, Slummijazz Tampere Finland 2022.

[gregpoppleton]

1940s Finland Singers: Harmony Sisters / Geschwister Valtonen - Phantom Dancer 1 August 2023

The Valtonen Sisters, who also recorded under the name Harmony Sisters, is your Phantom Dancer feature artist, The sisters, Vera, Maire and Raija were Karelians whose family moved to Finland after the 1917 Russian Revolution. They sang in ten languages in a career spanning 1934-54. The Phantom Dancer is your weekly non-stop mix of swing and jazz from live 1920s-60s radio and TV every week. LISTEN…

[plus-low-overthrow]

Organic Pulse Ensemble - Ypocalypse (Ultraaani)

All music by Gustav Horneij, 2024.

Thanks to AK for hipping me to this record.

[juhollamago]

[hammill-goes-fogwalking]

I 💜 SWEDISH PROTO METAL

[uniqrenders]

[homunculus-argument]

I first heard Kendric Lamar almost 10 years ago, when I had an apprenticeship with this one sculptor who was personally interested in afroamerican culture, so when we had music on at the background while working, it'd be anything from old classic New Orleans jazz to more modern stuff they were not playing on finnish radio in 2018. This has nothing to do with anything currently happening at the moment, I just happened to remember it. Just two whitest motherfuckers on the planet sitting quietly in a room together, not talking, listening to To Pimp A Butterfly while gluing together ice cream stick seats for a miniature swimming pool.

[catboyolli]

Favourite olli lore? (Or just any fun facts/stories lol, I don't know an awful lot to start so anything will probably be surprising to me ahaha)

hey anon! oh I have a looooot of lore tidbits for you then! ���� I'll try to include a source for all that I can, other stuff unsourced is from things I've read and remembered over the years (sorryyy) special thanks to @theflyingfeeling and @sparfloxacin for fact checking and helping me find some of the sources, i love youuuuu 💖💖💖💖💖💖💖

Olli plays bass, guitar, he has some DJ skills and also plays percussions, piano and wine cups (yes). He graduated from Oulu Conservatory in 2017 with a pop and jazz background. I believe he's the only member of the band we haven't heard sing so far, but he's got amazing dance moves to make up for it.

He's been friends with Joonas, Tommi and Santeri their tour manager for almost 20 years. Before joining Blind Channel he used to play in a metal band called Abhorrent Ritual with Joonas and Santeri.

His instagram handle was @olliveri at some point, and he had dreadlocks when he was younger which didn't suit him at all, sorry 😂

He used to work in a hospital transporting patients, I guess he quit his daytime job after ESC to become a full time musician.

As far as sports goes, he does yoga (here's another clip) and cycling (he might even have a "playlist" for that - sorry, there's no link to the actual playlist that we know of).

The sextant tattoo on his bicep has a meaning - know where you are and where you're headed, check the stars. He also has a "best gig ever" tattoo on his arm that he shares with many other finnish musicians.

He broke 2 basses as far as we know, a brand new one while filming the videoclip for Darker Than Black, and the one he (accidentally, he was drunk) left on the roof of a car after stopping at a gas station during their 2021 summer tour (RIP Simba). Some other basses were lost on their way to various festivals in 2023, it's unknown if he ever got them back.

He's in charge of all the visual design for the band, like the merch, album covers, websites and some parts of the stage design (he made the prototype for the inflatable morningstar they had as background on some festivals). He designed the outfits the band wore to promote Exit Emotions (the red/black and the white ones) and also learned how to sew to make them. Oh, and he also designed the Blind Channel pendants that are sold on their store, it is unknown if he also makes them or not.

On tour, it seems he used to iron everyone's clothes, or at least his fancy shirts by leaving the shower running with hot water and steam iron the clothes. It was also said that he's a bit neurotic with the cleaning on the bus and with his packing, because he needs to do it the day before they leave their hotel. He also has many many alarms to wake up on tour because he "sleeps well" (according to Joonas you have to throw things at him to wake up, or hit him).

He calls himself "Mr. Recovery Man" due to his ability to somehow recover quickly after he's been sick or hangover. Some other nicknames for him are Hobbit or Frodo.

He's also the chairman/president of the board of their music company, Bloodbros Oy. Evey member of the band has a company of their own, Olli's is named Mellon Music Oy after the sindarin word for friend.

And last but not least, let's not forget his amazing bartender skills. Oh, and he has a strong gag reflex :)

[gaslamp-dawn]

Day 4 in the hab

I Finnished the head and the AI his name is mitch asked to be uploaded so I did he cried when it Finnish bc he could finally smell and see clearly it was really emotional and I'm super happy for him

I had that coffee dad with the plant lady it was nice they got my order right this time too we'll see if there is a second date

My computer adventures continue I finally learned the force chat exploits and I've been giving people memes and cat vids it's been fun I also learned how to brake into cameras

Learned I could make energy drinks in my compiler so I have had like 3 today and I think that's good

Oh and I finally met my neighbor she nice I learned I'm in the female block for some reason but that's ok

Anyway jazz signing off keep safe out there

[niuniente]

Finnish Christmas online radio is here again, available for 3 months all around the world! Choose from 8 totally different Christmas playlists:

Jouluradio plays all sorts of Christmas songs, from classics to jazz. It gets more versatile the closer to Christmas we get. Songs in Finnish, Swedish, English and Estonian. A good place to listen to famous Christmas songs in Finnish :3

Julradion plays Swedish Christmas songs only. Great if you're studying Swedish!

Kauneimmat joululaulut plays the most beloved Christmas songs, both in Finland and over the world. This is the classic Christmas online radio for everyone.

Lasten jouluradio plays Christmas songs for kids.

Popjoulu brings you all the beloved pop and dance Christmas songs. Plays mainly songs in English, as pop Christmas songs aren't a big thing in Finland.

Rouhea joulu plays only heavy metal Christmas songs - probably as the only channel in the world! Heavy metal Christmas songs are very loved in Finland. If you've fed up with the joyous Christmas songs, then this channel is worth of checking!

Klassinen joulu plays very melancholic, slow and occasionally depressing Christmas songs - exactly what we Finns love and call as the classic, traditional Christmas. Plays also lots of hymns and instrumental songs. This is a channel for those who hate happy-go-lucky Christmas songs.

Happy Holidays plays all sort of happy Christmas songs, also old classics from the golden decades.

LISTEN JOULURADIO AT JOULURADIO.FI

[weirdthoughtsandideas]

A book that left you disappointed?

This is gonna sound like an odd answer because it’s a children’s book but it’s the only one I could think about atm. This one:

It’s originally finnish, I just know the swedish translation.

Anyway, it’s about these two dudes who has won a trip to a large water park, with cool water slides, big jacuzzis, all that jazz. But instead they accidentally go to a daycare with a similar sounding name! How silly!

But even little baby me got disappointed because I so badly wanted them to actually go to a water park. Like, going to a water park is SO much more fun than going to a daycare. Why can’t I read about that instead?

Honestly as a kid, and still today, I just love to be in water, so I really hated when characters in books had the opportunity to go swim in pools or water in general and they didn’t do it. There was another children’s book about a girl who was with her parents at a resort and she didn’t like to swim in the pool and rather wanted to look at little sheep and 5yo me was like ”this is the most unrelateable character I’ve ever encountered”

[nonspeakers-r-us]

About Me

Hello! My name is Biehtár, and I am a fully Nonspeaking Autistic person from birth. My Instagram is @nonspeakers.r.us and that's where I mainly post! I am new to Tumblr, I'm still learning my way around. About me (Autism Related): -Nonspeaking, full time AAC user -Level 3, High Support Needs -Borderline Intellectual Disability -Diagnosed at age 3 -Visibly Autistic

About me (non-Autism related): -I am Indigenous (mixed Sámi and Inupiaq) and grew up with both of my cultures -I am Visually Impaired -I love Star Wars, exotic pet care (animals that aren't dogs and cats), and jazz theory!! -I love love reptiles and birds -I am a jazz and sometimes classical contrabassist and pianist -I speak Swedish, Finnish, Northern Sámi, Inupiaq, and English! Things to Know: -I use support needs terms, and occasionally the term "low functioning" to describe myself ONLY and nobody else. -I prefer "Nonspeaking" rather than "Nonverbal" when referring to me -I do NOT reclaim the r-slur, but I do not take place in slur discourse either. -I am very new to Tumblr. I am still figuring my way around.

Happy to meet everyone!

[torillatavataan]

Hi, the Finnish Duolingo course has the phrase, "this band/song grooves like a moose" (Tama bändi svengaa kuin hirvi). Is that a common phrase in Finnish?

Tämä bändi svengaa kuin hirvi.

I personally have never used it and barely ever heard it, but it is technically a real phrase at least. I don't know where it comes from, though. I found an "ask anything" library service saying it comes from the Finnish dub of Disney's The Jungle Book, but somebody has commented below the answer that this cannot be the case because music magazines had used it at least 12 times before the film was released in Finland. He suspects it's an inside thing from jazz circles (because an album review basically says so) and that somebody translating the film had heard it.

In Europe, we usually speak of elks (from British English) rather than moose.

[bandcampsnoop]

8/25/24.

Thanks again to Monorail Music and their emails that regularly bring diverse and amazing sounds my way. A recent email highlighted the Finnish label Ultraääni Records. Many of the releases tend toward jazz, but Ville Pirinen Combat School is a Finnish psych-rock gem.

Think Goat or Dungen combined with the melodies of Per och Olof (one of my favorite releases in the past several years - I go back to this one all the time).

As a bonus, you get some really cool artwork.

[hammill-goes-fogwalking]

YES THATS MY LIFE MISSION 😎😎

fact is that I'm a PiL (Public Image ltd) fan since a while but I've never listened to the Sex Pistols... until today