Validi Karkia Weekend presents three record release concerts from internationally distinguished Finnish bands.
On Saturday May 5th Halme Prospekt celebrates both their ten-year journey together and the Bluespektor album with Pekko Käppi as their guest. On Sunday we see trio Jolly Jumpers releasing new music after a decade as vinyl record single and Sound & Fury celebrating Thundering of Dawn album, which contains Iro Haarla’s arrangements but also original compositions by Haarla and Jorma Tapio.
VALIDI KARKIA WEEKEND
Sat 05.05.2018
HALME PROSPEKT feat. PEKKO KÄPPI 'Bluespektor' album release
Sun 06.05.2018
SOUND & FURY 'Thundering of Dawn' album release
JOLLY JUMPERS 'Morning Glory' album release
Showtime Sat & Sun at 18.00, doors at 17.30
Tickets Sat 15€/ Sun 20€. No age limit.
Validi Karkia, Gallen-Kallelankatu 12, Pori
LA 5.5.2018
HALME PROSPEKT
Halme Prospetk’s new album Bluespektor is sort of a sequel to Pajazzo album released in 2015; now then emerged narration has grown to epic proportions.
During their ten-year journey Halme Prospekt has emerged from platform to perform Hepa Halme’s compositions to self-piloting collective, where its members’ artistic influences and motives are directed to freely flowing improvised expression. On the new Bluespektor album the original compositions and covers form a whole, where the multi-instrumental musicians gracefully break the borders of genre.
Bluespektor features a special guest Pekko Käppi, who also joins the band at their Pori concert.
SU 6.5.2018
JOLLY JUMPERS
Formed in 1980 and disbanded in 2009 Jolly Jumpers made a brief comeback last summer by playing a few well-chosen concert including one in Validi Karkia. This spring the story continues as the band releases new music for the first time in a decade on Morning Glory / Proposal EP and cassette. In addition to new single the band releases their albums Rurality (1993) and Ruis (1998) as new LP editions.
JOLLY JUMPERS:
Petri Hannus: electric guitar & vocals
Marko Leuanniemi: bass
Keijo Pirkola: drums
guest: Jorma Tapio
SOUND & FURY
Composer-percussionist Edward Vesala Sound and Fury was one of the most praised jazz ensemble in Europe during 1986 to 1999. Ten years after Vesala’s death the original wind instrument section decided to gather for a ten-year memorial concert. The album Pulsacion, which features Iro Haarla’s arrangements of Vesala’s compositions, was born in 2013. For the first time the new Thundering of Dawn album consist of compositions by Haarla and Jorma Tapio besides the pieces composed by Vesala. New members of the group are trumpeter Antero Priha and percussionist Simo Laihonen.
Vesala’s heritage lives on in many Finnish and international ensembles and this album takes the message warmly forward.
SOUND & FURY
Pepa Päivinen (baritone saxophone, flute, tenor saxophone, soprano saxophone)
Jorma Tapio (baritone flute, bass clarinet, alto saxophone)
Tane Kannisto (tenor saxophone, flute)
Antero Priha (trumpet)
Jimi Sumen (guitar)
Julius Heikkilä (guitar)
Sampo Lassila (bass)
Hannu Risku (percussion)
Simo Laihonen (drums)