Due to updated covid restrictions the tour will be postponed. More information will be updated on this site soon. (1.2.2020)
Dalindèo will present their new album Follow the Dark Money on a record release tour in November-December. The statement-making album by the band led by Valtteri Laurell Pöyhönen will come to life on live stages in Helsinki, Savonlinna, Jyväskylä and Turku.
Dalindèo, one of Finland's leading jazz ensembles, will release their new album Follow the Dark Money on 27th November and perform a four-location tour from 28th November to 11th December. With the release, Dalindèo makes their views on global themes public to live audiences.
The band’s fifth full-length album follows in the footsteps of their Dark Money EP released in spring 2020. The EP's release tour was unfortunately interrupted as the corona pandemic stalled the world. The recent collection of eight compositions is the artistic reaction of band leader Valtteri Laurell Pöyhönen to the current state of the world, where the inequality of individuals and the number of international conflicts have become more and more critical. In addition to the dark and menacing shades hinted at by the EP, there are also more hopeful flashes of light in Follow the Dark Money.
"The Multifaith Prayer Room is inspired by the “spiritual rooms” found at major international airports and open to all religions. Parallel Realities reminds us that everyone has their own reality and that it is worth leaving your own bubble before you start criticizing others. The title of the album’s concluding piece, the fragile Lessons in Kindness refers to the extremely important capability for empathy and its lifelong learning process for everyone on a personal and global level,” Pöyhönen describes.
The Jazz-Emma award-winning Dalindèo is a six-piece band founded in 2004, known as one of the stylistic pioneers of Finnish jazz. The band's previous releases, led by jazz guitarist and composer Valtteri Laurell Pöyhönen, are Open Scenes (2007) and Soundtrack for the Sound Eye (2010) released by Ricky-Tick Records, and Kallio (2013) and Slavic Souls (2016) released by Suomen Musiikki. Pöyhönen is also known e.g. as the leader of Ricky-Tick Big Band and from a recent collaboration with PK Keränen of 22 Pistepirkko.
Merchants of Misery (feat. Jimi Tenor) music video on Youtube
Dalindèo live
28.11. Helsinki, G Livelab
01.12. Savonlinnan Kulttuurikellari (organized by Olavin jazz ry)
03.12. Jyväskylä, Poppari (organized by Jazz JKL)
11.12. Turku, Logomo (organized by Flame Jazz)
Ensemble
Valtteri Laurell Pöyhönen, guitar, synthesizers, electric piano, electronics / Jose Mäenpää, trumpet / Pope Puolitaival, tenor saxophone, flutes / Rasmus Pailos, percussion, electronics / Pekka Lehti, double bass, electric bass / Jaska Lukkarinen, drums
Follow the Dark Money
Release date 27.11. (LP/CD/digi)
1. Follow the Dark Money (suite) 06:22
2. Multifaith Prayer Room 06:00
3. Merchants of Misery (feat. Jimi Tenor) 05:27
4. Parallel Realities 05:19
5. Haunted 06:29
6. Fake News 05:33
7. Treasure Islands 03:14
8. Lessons in Kindness 04:16
Compositions and arrangements: Valtteri Laurell Pöyhönen
Recording: Marko Kataja / Petrax Studios
Mixing and mastering: Didier Selin
Cover design: Matti Nives
Production: Valtteri Laurell Pöyhönen & Didier Selin
Read Valtteri Laurell Pöyhönen's interview on the album's themes from March 2020 in Helsingin Sanomat here.
The tour is carried out in cooperation with Jazz Finland.
Photo: Miikka Pirinen