We were just about to put this one out when the news came that Jukka Eskola had been awarded with the Jazz Musician of the Year prize here in Finland. So this single became even more topical than it was before.It's also the debut outing of a great new vocal jazz group North of Kallio Ensemble, the main driving forces of which are Lasse Piirainen and Jennie Storbacka. Tuomas Timonen and Ville Herrala are the swinging rhythm section and, as mentioned, Jukka Eskola is the guest star on this track.Ferris Wheel is out now, so check it out!... See MoreSee Less
OUT NOW! The CD version of Ensemble Gamut's second album RE.The download/streaming version will be released next week. Meanwhile all CD orders will be shipped as soon as possible. Press release below!ensemblegamut.bandcamp.com/album/reEnsemble Gamut! will release their second album, RE, on 25 November 2022. Having won over the critics with their debut release, the ensemble now explores age-old themes in a way that makes them seem surprisingly contemporary. The title RE, being second note of the musical scale (Gamut), also refers to remaking, rearranging, reposting, recreating, renewing, re-entering, returning and retuning ourselves to the past and the future, ever so present in every moment. History repeats itself in all sorts of ways, and the topical themes addressed on RE include colonisation, the conquest of new territories by a superpower, Finland’s geopolitical position between East and West, and wars between religions.“We are today inundated with information, which also includes alternative truths, distorted facts. The appreciation of expertise and knowledge is at an all time low. It fills me with exasperation to see an Instagram live of someone who has had the benefit of the Finnish education system, yet who claims that the earth is flat. Are we living in the Middle Ages?” asks the leader of the ensemble Aino Peltomaa.The songs recall a time when no such country as Finland existed as yet. The Eastern Orthodox and the Western Catholic Church competed for influence in Finland for centuries, until they separated on the eve of the First Crusade. The songs on the album explore the earliest music preserved in Finland, literary sources from St. Henry's rhymed office, the Piae Cantiones collection, the Brigittine Cantus Sororum chantbook, as well as ancient runosong melodies.Schedules and links1st single "Veri" feat. Paleface + video by Sampsa Pirtola and Juha Hansen, 7.10.2022youtu.be/mznW6JGPm642nd single "Puu" + video by Sampsa Pirtola, 28.10.2022youtu.be/07Tc_X-oSxk3rd single "Trina caeli hierarchia" studiolive video by Jyri Sariola, 11.11.2022youtu.be/pVrkU2_69hU4th Christmas single "Lapsed caick laolacatt" + video by Antti Vuori, 25.11.2022youtu.be/FIkMuzMmAYYRE CD release on 25.11.2022Digital album release on 2.12.2022Pre-save linktree: orcd.co/vqa6drx... See MoreSee Less
