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Jääportit
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Finland (1997 – present)
Jääportit (traslated as The Gates of Ice or The Frostportals) is Tuomas M. Mäkelä (keyboards/programming) and Mindy M. Heinonen (violin/voice). Originally formed in Finland in 1997 as Tuomas’ solo project, the duo now works somewhere in between genres like ambient, darkwave and experimental electronica using both synthetic and natural sounds to create frosty, fragile, bewitching, polarizing, deep, atmospheric, transcendental, moving, serene, layered, esoteric, powerful but soothing music to keep you afloat in the astral stream.
FULL BIOGRAPHY
First demo (1998) and cassette album “Kauan koskematon” (1999) introduced the music style as darkwave or synth-ambient, created in a vein of Mortiis, Arcana and Dead Can Dance, just to name few.
Tuomas has always had a need to experiment with the music & the sound, find different ways and develop his approach to the creation of music. Therefore the next album “Uumenissa” (2005) contained music that had transformed into dreamful ambient, painted with soothing electronic synthwaves, atmospheric and cosmic sounds, inspired by old school pioneers Tangerine Dream, Brian Eno, and modern artists like Biosphere and Steve Roach. Album was covered with beautiful water color paintings created by Mindy M. Heinonen.
Participation to compilation album “Sonic Visions Of Middle-Earth” (2005) contained 15 minutes long track
Sydänyön samooja syvällä unten mailla ja metsien soilla drawing inspiration from J.R.R.Tolkien’s stories, and used session musician J-M Kenttälä (of Ruotomieli fame) for playing the acoustic guitar.
FULL BIOGRAPHY
First demo (1998) and cassette album “Kauan koskematon” (1999) introduced the music style as darkwave or synth-ambient, created in a vein of Mortiis, Arcana and Dead Can Dance, just to name few.
Tuomas has always had a need to experiment with the music & the sound, find different ways and develop his approach to the creation of music. Therefore the next album “Uumenissa” (2005) contained music that had transformed into dreamful ambient, painted with soothing electronic synthwaves, atmospheric and cosmic sounds, inspired by old school pioneers Tangerine Dream, Brian Eno, and modern artists like Biosphere and Steve Roach. Album was covered with beautiful water color paintings created by Mindy M. Heinonen.
Participation to compilation album “Sonic Visions Of Middle-Earth” (2005) contained 15 minutes long track
Sydänyön samooja syvällä unten mailla ja metsien soilla drawing inspiration from J.R.R.Tolkien’s stories, and used session musician J-M Kenttälä (of Ruotomieli fame) for playing the acoustic guitar.
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Shoutbox
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atommalac wrote:
heipparalla! :D
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eerkom wrote:
hatunnostoja!
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Variel80 wrote:
Отлично
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Rareform wrote:
beautiful
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MDMFTW wrote:
"4th Jääportit album contains seven atmospheric compositions blending together dreamy ethereal ambient, cold rhythmical nordic electronics and melancholic post-rock". From the official Jääportit website. Let this end any brewing genre wars.
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FinisMalorum_ wrote:
Post-rock? Sounds more like a return to earlier electronic music (Klaus Schulze and maybe a bit of Fripp & Eno) to me.
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henriquee_t88 wrote:
You're wrong :p
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Jeelwert wrote:
457 plays in my library \m/ <3
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MDMFTW wrote:
I agree with Dkazanc. Personally, I like the new album the least, although it does have some great tracks.
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dkazanc wrote:
a touch of post rock is awesome in new album, but the atmosphere may be a little diminished in compare with Uumenissa.
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TheTrueSeker wrote:
Uumenissa is pretty much the best thing ever.
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prog-jester wrote:
New album reminds me of Porcupine Tree - from their early finest days
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Dwimmerlaik wrote:
Pretty good.
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DrMosse wrote:
Voimasuo kuulostaa erinomaiselta!
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Goblim wrote:
New album reminds me of Magyar Posse
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tehmoff wrote:
I think you forgot an exclamation mark in the end. Oh, and the new album is pretty decent!
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KataphalK wrote:
pretty DIS-APP-OINT-ED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Goblim wrote:
Good stuff, I like that they're merging ambient and dark ambient
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Ceoltum wrote:
According to the latest news from the frosty realms, new Jääportit album "Voimasuo" will be available in neat six-panels digipack CD (limited edition of 600 pieces) at May 12th, 2009. This intense, strong and polymorphous album is hard to fit in conventional categories, because it´s kind of a musical labyrinth, definitely worth of exploring.
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self_enchanter wrote:
hauntingly beautiful. i love it!
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Suon Sulaessa full track | 8:32 |
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Tuulten tuoja full track | 10:57 |
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Sudenkuoppa full track | 8:18 |
News
Haastattelu suomeksi (interview in Finnish)
11 Aug 2009 | from www.jaaportit.net/news/
Uuden Jääportit-haastettelun voit lukaista Stalkermusic.com -nettilehdestä.
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Voimasuo - distribution and reviews
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Voimasuo - available on 12th of May 2009!
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Epidemie Records offers new albums for special price
9 May 2009 | from www.jaaportit.net/news/
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Recent Activity
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Schizoid_bear tagged Jääportit with darkwave, finnish, dark ambient and one other tag. Sunday evening
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ClaroDeLuna1 added Jääportit to ClaroDeLuna1’s library. last week
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Grabesmond tagged Jääportit with ambient, finnish and atmospheric. last week
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April-Ethereal tagged Jääportit with darkwave, finnish, dark ambient and one other tag. last month
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Allehelgens tagged Jääportit with ‘ambient’. last month
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