tenhi

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.