We just got information that some track from The Phoenix album by Elektropol will be aired in Finnish YLE Radio1 6th November. The program that airs the track is called Avaruusromua which translates as "space garbage". It suits fine for The Phoenix - the sounds could be described as spacious and rusty.
5/12/2012
Elektropol - The Phoenix
Elektropol has reased its debut album, The Phoenix. Album features eight tracks. The Phoenix tells us a story about The Phoenix. One flight of this marvelous creature to observe the World, and to learn from it.
Cover image illustration by artist Jaakko Heiskanen (c) 2011, concepting Jani Wahlman (c) 2011.
You can listen full tracks with the highest quality at Soundcloud.
Mp3 streaming through Finnish Mikseri.net.
Mp3 streaming through Finnish Mikseri.net.
The First Life of The Phoenix
Elektropol was caught to an interview with some explanatory questions. Check it out!
It is true that the first track of the album was formed already in 2005, but it has been kind of refurbished along the way of my evolution as an artist. I want to refine these things quite a lot before presentation. But perfection is a paradox.
A man lives physically just once, but can spiritually die and be reborn many times during that physical lifetime, like a phoenix bird.
You are publishing an ambient-oriented debut album
after working for many years with it. What does this album mean to you?
It means a lot. In principle the album includes stories from a trip 27 years long this far. These stories remind me about some stages of life every time I hear them.
It means a lot. In principle the album includes stories from a trip 27 years long this far. These stories remind me about some stages of life every time I hear them.
The album
is a sort of a diary or more like an yearbook about my life this far. There has
been many adventures but the release of this album has been uncertain. The
completion of the album is kind of a milestone for myself. When you work
hard it gives results.
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| Mr. Elektropol, Jani Wahlman |
The first track of the album was originally
done over six years ago. How this is seen in the album and why it has taken
this much time?
It is true that the first track of the album was formed already in 2005, but it has been kind of refurbished along the way of my evolution as an artist. I want to refine these things quite a lot before presentation. But perfection is a paradox.
There were
also times I was afraid that my skills were not enough for publishing my own
compositions. In addition during the studies in the Tampere University of
Applied Sciences time was very scarce resource and I had to put something
aside.
You were recently in a serious accident. Did
this affect someway to your album?
My album project has had an unofficial name “kicked bastard” meaning that the project was kicked forwards whenever I had enough resources.
My album project has had an unofficial name “kicked bastard” meaning that the project was kicked forwards whenever I had enough resources.
My accident
made me understand that you never know what might happen to you and when the
ability of executing your dreams is taken way.
The
accident has affected to a lot of things and to my thoughts. For this “bastard”
it certainly gave a kick.
Do you want to explain the name of the album,
The Phoenix?
The Phoenix tells a lot about my personal life philosophy, about something that lies beneath all that I represent.
The Phoenix tells a lot about my personal life philosophy, about something that lies beneath all that I represent.
A man lives physically just once, but can spiritually die and be reborn many times during that physical lifetime, like a phoenix bird.
One should
always dare to challenge his own beliefs and to continuously develop the vision
about the world and the life.
As a whole,
my album tells a story about The Phoenix to be born and to die, having one
miraculous flight in between.
How would you describe the sounds that this
album will include?
I don’t want to limit my style in a way or another. The idea is that in my music I just use sounds that are relevant to the story. There is a lot of clean and distorted piano sound, synths, guitars, vocoders and vocal samples.
I don’t want to limit my style in a way or another. The idea is that in my music I just use sounds that are relevant to the story. There is a lot of clean and distorted piano sound, synths, guitars, vocoders and vocal samples.
Each
composition has its own atmosphere. Those atmospheres range from dark to hopeful
and from peaceful to somewhat energetic. But each composition has a touch of
hope in it.
What are your influences?
I think that there are millions of them, not limited to musical acts, but couple of those musical ones include AIR, Giant Robot, Brian Eno, Pink Floyd, Yellow Magic Orchestra, Denki Groove, Future Sound of London, Morcheeba, Moloko and Björn Olsson.
I think that there are millions of them, not limited to musical acts, but couple of those musical ones include AIR, Giant Robot, Brian Eno, Pink Floyd, Yellow Magic Orchestra, Denki Groove, Future Sound of London, Morcheeba, Moloko and Björn Olsson.
I have to
say that my brother is also one musical genius having a talent that always
amazes me.
How can one listen to your album when it’s
released?
It is released through the internet for free. Probably we will use services such as Mikseri.net (in Finnish) and MySpace. Videos become available to Vimeo. You can already watch some Arcade Goodies from there.
It is released through the internet for free. Probably we will use services such as Mikseri.net (in Finnish) and MySpace. Videos become available to Vimeo. You can already watch some Arcade Goodies from there.
Is there coming out music also in the future?
At the moment I have probably eleven albums in three separate projects planned. So I think The Phoenix won’t be the first and the last album of the Elektropol at the same time.
At the moment I have probably eleven albums in three separate projects planned. So I think The Phoenix won’t be the first and the last album of the Elektropol at the same time.
At the end of the interview, would you like to
thank someone about this project?
First and foremost I want to give thanks to the Life and of course all the friends that have contributed to it. Friends are the one of the most important things in life.
First and foremost I want to give thanks to the Life and of course all the friends that have contributed to it. Friends are the one of the most important things in life.
Text and photo: Isabell Vanhatalo
Translation: Electric Manor
Translation: Electric Manor
Arcade Goodies, part 2
Before Elektropol releases its debut album, we will give you some Arcade Goodies - Never-finished tracks that were born during the album composing process.
The second Arcade Goodie will be Flipd. It is one of the most twisted tracks Elektropol has composed this far.
Kill the Sandman:
Elektropol - Arcade Goodies
Before Elektropol releases its debut album, we will give you some Arcade Goodies - Never-finished tracks that were born during the album composing process.
The first Arcade Goodie will be "Ambiente". Quite a minimalistic track that features (surprisingly) analogue ambient pads with some other sound details.
Take a look:
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