| Wagtail
(4:38 min,
4.3 M) was
selected to be the emblem bird of Tampere region. That's how I got the
idea to compose this song. It's a little jazz, a little Irish, and
there are four imitations of the merry little bird. Expect hearing an
accordion, an acoustic bass, some percussions, and a recorder
as
a wagtail. |
| Squirrel's
Snow Song
(3:11 min, 3.2 M) is made of two acoustic guitars, an
acoustic
bass
and an accordion playing French style. This is the song formerly named
as J0901. Flurry feelings. |
| Mount Aspi (4.15
min , 2.9 M) and
now the going gets rough and sturdy. The parts are fusion rock, fugue,
and water music. During the composing process a construction company
requested a permission for landfill in lake Näsi, north from
the
city of Tampere. While waiting the decision, they stored a huge pile of
rock chunks on the nose of Aspi. That's how the song got its name. I
was quite sure they will win the case and so the song got that
underwater-feeling finale. Other considerations were involved, too. I was pondering how to blend a delicate female voice in a rough orchestral sound tapestry as an equal member, something Mike and Maggie did in Five Miles Out. Break the loudest instruments while she sings, push out full volume while she breathes. Don't do everything at the same time. I know it's impossible to imitate Maggie's voice with my equipment, I'm not even trying. That's just where I started. There is an instrument sound emulating a female voice an I have treated the problem. You never guess. They didn't get the permission. They had to transport the rocks away. Mt. Aspi no more exists. |
Indian Cannas (4:12
min, 3.6 M) are
the
big red flowers that come to the park on the banks of the
Tammerkoski rapids some day in June. You can hear the traffic rumble
around the city park, the hiss of the fall - and the scarlet Cannas
swaying in the gentle summer wind.  Dedicated to Tampere Garden Department. They patiently maintain those flowers despite of the damage caused by some big stature infants. |
| A Sledge drawn by
Foxes is
shaman's vehicle. Magical levitation for 7 minutes exactly and 6.2 M to
download. Ambient world music. a
fox is a
smart beast
he will not drag your sledge you have no means to force him the fox drags no man's sledge and even if you could force him he is not strong enough a shaman travels by a sledge drawn by foxes this is just a disguise told to a common man actually it's a plasma propulsion engine there leaving an ion storm in its wake and we'll see the aurora (known as "fox' fires" by the finns of north) |
| Deep in the Hadar Jungle
(4:48 min, 4.4 M) is polyrhythmical pseudo-African style world music
tune. Not much melody, far more percussions. Catch these beats if you
can. Added in December 2005, thanks to my ISP, they increased my
website space :) Also available in Mp3 format now. |
Novosibirsk Big Band is a
professional quality band with a somewhat stiff and grim countenance. Ann Hampton Callaway
with her sample in the Pori Jazz website raised an image of Ella
Fitzgerald in my mind. In concert she repeated this impression. She is
perhaps a little smoother than Ella, not much, and the same power.