tenhi

Hello,

We have just finished the bass recording sessions for Saivo and things look great! It seems that we are heading for a slow, deep and dark waters…

Hopefully we will put some clips online later on — this might be tomorrow or few years from now.

So stay tuned and have a good Easter.

Thanks for everyone who showed up. It was a real pleasure to play for you. Unfortunately the bar closed rather early so there wasn’t any time to hang around after the show. We are surely keen on playing soon again in Helsinki but for now we concentrate on the new album.

Also special thanks for the amazing shows goes for Matt Howden of Sieben and Jochen and Tom of Dornenreich.

Cheers!

The current timetable is:

20.00 Doors open

21.00 Sieben 60min

22.15 Dornenreich 60min

23.30 Tenhi 90min

02.00 Closing time

The hoodies and shirts are currently sold out from us but one can order them from Prophecy Productions online shop GRAU.

Nyt on mahdollisuus pukeutua asiallisesti tulevalle keikalle. Erä Maaäet ja Folk Aesthetic t-paitoja (15€ + posti) ja huppareita (30€ + posti) saatavana meikäläiseltä.

Kiinnostuneet voivat kysellä lisää tyko.saarikko(miuku)utustudio.com

Tickets for Night of Folk Aesthetic show are now available from http://www.tiketti.fi/event/2920

They ship tickets also to abroad.

Night of Folk Aesthetic
Tenhi / Dornenreich / Sieben
Sat 11.10.2008, 20 – 02
Gloria / Helsinki / Finland
Price 15 €

Night of Folk Aesthetic
We are really happy to announce thrilling news for all who have waited for our live performance here in Finland. We will play our first show in Helsinki at club Gloria 11.10.2008. Moreover we are extremely proud to bring DORNENREICH and SIEBEN first time to Finland to play with us at ‘Night of Folk Aesthetic’. We are also looking for fourth band as opening act so there is more to it still. TENHI and DORNENREICH will play special acoustic based shows so this is something surely not to be missed. More detailed news to follow.

New album SAIVO
We are finished upgrading our studio and we will continue the recording after celebrating the midsummer’s eve.

Wall-flags
I am sorry to announce that the wall-flags were sold out after couple of days after the news was released. I will however make second edition of them as so many fans have been asking for them. These will not be sold on pre-sale so please don’t ask for them before I announce that they are ready after couple of months.

Saivo

The new songs for the coming album ‘Saivo’ are evolving nicely. We however stand now in a rather unorthodox situation as we never have had so much new material waiting to be recorded.

Here are some working titles for the songs.

-noiad
-rinta maan
-kuolleet lehdet
-vapaus saimaa
-kuunteluyöt
-uloin
-horrospuhuja
-pojan kiiski
-kuvavuori
-lintusalo
-laulu kuolevalla
-luut
-pohjan
-maa ja veri
-paluu joelle
-polku rantaan
-risukko
-pienet purot

Ilkka Salminen is no longer in Tenhi

Ilkka Salminen has now officially left the band. We decided to announce this as there has been some speculation around the matter.

This isn’t a dramatic change in the band at all but rather awaited decision. His contribution has decreased along the years and his personal interests lie elsewhere, while for us the band has become even more crucial part of our lives.
Despite this he will still be around as a friend for sure…

So thanks for the past years –rock on!

Here by Ilkka’s own words:

Dear fans,

On my behalf I’d like to thank all of you Tenhi fans for the fantastic support you’ve given throughout the years. I wish you all the best, keep Tenhi flame burning!

Yours,
Ilkka Salminen

Wall-flags etc.
We have made limited edition of wall-flags from three ‘Folk Aesthetic’ graphics (10 copies from each, with signatures). We will put them on Utustudio online shop for sale as well as TENHI shirts/sweatshirts later this spring.

All the best for the coming year on behalf of Tenhi.
Here is one video from our small tour in Germany. It is a live acoustic guitar version of ‘luopumisen laulu’ from airut:aamujen. Thanks Hilmar for shooting it.
We also did new lay-out for out site including the ‘folk aesthetic’ graphics. Hope you will like it. More news about the new album entitled ‘Saivo’ and new utustudio merchandize (wall-flags etc.) in the first weeks in 2008.

So the small tour is over. Thanks for everyone who showed up for the shows. We were extremely happy to see so much fans and people interested in our music. We also would like to thank Neun Welten for taking good care of us and being great band to tour with.

Only one conclusion can be made after these shows and the feedback we got… we certainly will do loads of more shows in the future. We hadn’t tried this acoustic line-up before but it really worked great.

We will upload some photos of the events soon. Fans are free to send us some photos so we can share the atmosphere of the shows to others as well. Here are some pre-taste of the Zwischenwelten festival shooted by Senad Palic.

Zwischenwelten festival photos by Senad Palic.

The lineup for the coming acoustic based shows is:

Jaakko Hilppö: bass, vocals
Ilmari Issakainen: acoustic guitar, vocals
Paula Rantamäki: violin
Tyko Saarikko: acoustic guitar, vocals
Tuukka Tolvanen: acoustic guitar, vocals

Update: Hi-res version now available:

• Download kausienranta video (113M)

Terve.

Here is a teaser video of the song kausienranta from the “folk aesthetic” album, featuring the album’s artwork. Hi-res version available soon. Enjoy.

Prophecy just confirmed the release date.

6.9. Berlin – Maschinenhaus (http://www.kesselhaus-berlin.de)
7.9. Nürnberg – Diskothek Loop (http://www.loopclub.de)
8.9. Zwischenwelten Festival ­ Koblenz (http://www.zwischenwelten.net)
9.9. Leipzig – Moritzbastei (http://www.moritzbastei.de)

We will play songs from along the years and a couple of new ones with acoustic set. Neun Welten will join us for this small tour.

Terve.

Good news for anyone who has been craving for rare and unreleased material from us.

We just finished mastering the music and completing the cover artwork of the 10th year celebration compilation album called Tenhi ‘Folk Aesthetic 1996-2006’. It includes over three hours of rare and unreleased material from the years 1996-2006. The release date is not sure yet but it will be released during this summer/autumn. The idea is to make a “book-like“ format with some info about each song, lyrics and translations and more. I also drew the artwork specially for it. More news posted soon about the release date.

The final track listing is:

CD 1

Kertomuksia (demo 1997)
näkin laulu
havuisissa saleissa
tenhi

Hallavedet (mcd 1998)
hallavedet
hiljaiseksi lampi jää

Airut:ciwi (mcd 2000)
tuulennostatus
kielo
ciwenkierto

CD 2

kausienranta (unreleased)
suortuva (alternative version)
etäisyyksien taa (from promo 1997)
linnuit (unreleased)
tuulenkaato (alternative version)
sydänvalkea (unreleased)
kuoppa (demo version)
korvenraivaajat (jäljen demo version)
kielo (bonus song from Kauan album 1999)
niin auer hiljaa vie (bonus song from Kauan album 1999)

CD 3
Unreleased album entity called ‘Kaski’. (Swidden).

häie
luo varjo
koiranlainen peura
suruiksi soi
sarahdus
tuuli varista
laule
vasen
neidiie

Tenhi etsii jousisoittajaa (viulisti, alttoviulisti tai sellisti) täydentämään live-kokoonpanoa ja mahdollisesti myös soittamaan levyille. Suunnitelmissa on keikkoja loppuvuodesta Euroopassa ja Suomessa. Nykyinen viulistimme ei pääse mukaan keikoille, joten etsimme korvaavaa esiintyjää.

Eli hyvän asenteen ja soittotaidon omaavat jousisoittajat voivat lähettää vapaamuotoisen tarinansa sähköpostitse sekä demon soitostaan yhteydenottoa varten. Tekninen suoritus ei ole tärkeintä vaan tulkinta ja hyvä tuntuma soittimeen.

Lähettäkää siis:
-taustatiedot (soittokokemus, ikä, asuinpaikka etc.)
-muutama demo soitosta mp3 muodossa

osoitteeseen:
tenhi@utustudio.com

Marja’s fifth studio album Polku (‘path’) will be released in 15. February 2007. This time the arrangements and production are made by Ilmari Issakainen and Tyko Saarikko, two members of the Finnish neofolk band Tenhi.

Marja Mattlar is as uncompromising in concert as she is in studio, preferring to perform solo with classical guitar in small rooms with no amplification. She has performed in this way in many small country villages throughout Finland and abroad, making full use of the intimate contact with the audiences. When the situation is right, Marja will also perform in larger spaces with amplification and a few backing musicians.

More news and song samples at:

http://www.vuorenk.pp.fi/marja/

http://zwischenwelten.net/

Yeah, it’s true. What there is more to say…see all of you there.

The show will probably be acoustic based and will concentrate on Airut themes. It will blow you away. We have huge windmachines.

We are also booking more shows for this year and you are better not to miss any of them.

Noise.fi Bubbling Underground Award
this competition thing is in finnish… http://www.noise.fi/vuosiaanestys/

also check:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J5e5udWZTHs
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=56sW-t4tKHE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zjcVePHQ_xc

Thanks a bunch for these videos.

Thanks for the great support for all of our fans. 2006 has been a good year – no doubt next year will be even better!

Rock on, Ilmari

“Airut:aamujen” is the sequel of TENHI’s “Airut:ciwi” which was released in 2001. The piano driven “Airut:aamujen” was originally released in small limited edition thru our Utustudio in December 2004 under the name Harmaa. After signing it also to Prophecy we wanted to re-release it with the title TENHI and so bring the saga together.
Tenhi’s airut:saga is based on my and Ilmari Issakainen’s visions. The saga continues and explores further paths found in certain TENHI songs. The song ‘Kielo’ was the source of inspiration for the first two chapters. The third one “Airut:Savoie” will grow upon themes found in ‘Tuulenkaato’ and ‘Maa syttyy’ (Maaäet). We have already composed the material for “Airut:savoie” and shall enter the studio at the end of this summer.

Release date for TENHI “Airut:aamujen” is 20.10.2006, the track listing is as follows:
Saapuminen – Emerging
Seitsensarvi – Grey Shine Of June
Lävitseni Kaikkeen – Thru Me And Into Everything
Luopumisen Laulu – Eloign
Kuvajainen – Apparition
Oikea Sointi – Lay Down A Tune
Kahluu – Fury Revived
Hiensynty – Burning
Läheltä – A Brief Passing Moment

10th year celebration double album
Currently we are working with TENHI’s 10th year celebration double album, which will include rare and unreleased stuff along the years and alternative versions of the album songs, it will also include the demo from 1997 “Kertomuksia” and “Airut:ciwi” mcd and also unreleased airut:saga songs from 2001-2004.