Warp! (with Verneri Pohjola) SPECIAL EDITION

The group Warp!, lead by award winning keyboardist Aki Rissanen, released their album "One Note Stories" back in 2005 with Dps Records and received great reviews from critics both in Finland and abroad. Members of the group (trumpet maestro Verneri Pohjola and Aki Rissanen himself in the forefront) have since gone on to make an international career for themselves.

Eclipse Music is proud to re-release this gem of a record as a limited special edition. This edition includes the original album and a download coupon. The download consist of 11 bonus tracks, ranging from live versions of the album tracks, studio outtakes to previously unreleased songs.

This edition is limited to 100 copies, so order yours now.

Please visit our store to order.

Dramophone: Urban Ritual out on October 3rd

Perhaps better known for his drumming in Elifantree Tatu Rönkkö is tha mastermind behind this progressive jazz quartet. Dramophone's debut album Urbal Ritual is out in Finland on October 3rd. The release is supported by a tour. Along with mr. Rönkkö the group features Pauli Lyytinen (sax), Otto Eskelinen (bass clarinet) and Eero Tikkanen (bass).

Tour dates:

26.09 Juttutupa, Helsinki 21:00
27.09 Telakka, Tampere (Black Motor klubi) 21:00
28.09 Dna Jazz-klubi, Kuopio 21:00
29.09 Vimma, Turku 20:00
30.09 Bar Soho, Porvoo 21:00
03.10 Digelius, Helsinki 18:00

Dramophone-Urban ritual PRESS RELEASE here

Tapio Ylinen featured in Mike Oldfield's Tubular Bells remix contest

Tapio Ylinen is taking part in a remix contest by 70's prog-rock legend Mike Oldfield and Indaba Music.

Listen to Tapio's interpretation of Mike's classic Tubular Bells and please take 30 seconds of your time to vote. Voting has already started and ends on September 4th. The tracks with the most votes will receive special prizes and the winner is selected by mr. Oldfield himself.

Use this link to vote!

or click below to listen and vote!

Jazz releases this autumn: Dramophone and Ahava

Eclipse Music continues its series of high quality jazz releases.

Slo Motive (Kari Ikonen, Sanni Orasmaa, Mamba Assefa) releases its debut album in November, but before that we have two top releases in the works.

Dramophone is the latest project from Elifantree's drummer Tatu Rönkkö. The band's debut album is due out September 26th and supported by a series of concerts.

Ahava, fronted by jazz vocalist Mia Simanainen, is releasing a follow-up to their critically acclaimed debut from 2001. The album is due out in October and featuring the talents of Kari Ikonen, Sonny Heinilä, Mika Kallio and Ville Herrala.

More information on all new releases is coming up soon.

Slo Motive's debut out in November

Eclipse Music is very excited to announce that the fantastic group Slo Motive has joined our ranks for a debut CD release in November.

Slo Motive is Sanni Orasmaa on vocals, Kari Ikonen on keyboards and Mamba Assefa on drums. Their music is an etherial mix of atmospheric vocals, jazzy keyboard harmonics and laid-back drum grooves.

Their debut album will be out on November 2nd 2012 and the new release will be celebrated with a launch concert at the Tampere Jazz Happening.

Visit the group's facebook page at: www.facebook.com/slomotive

Elifantree plays FLOW festival

Elifantree has been booked to play at Helsinki's hugely popular Flow festival on August 10th. This is the second major Finnish festival for the group this summer. On July 21st they are playing at one of the most famous music festivals in the country, The 47th International Pori Jazz Festival.

Elifantree's show at FLOW starts at 6 PM (August 10th) at Tiivistämö.

Ticket prices starting at 70€

Buy your tickets here.

Elifantree - Time Out release concert tonight!

Elifantree's second album "Time Out" has been noted visibly in Finnish newspapers. One of the most prestigious magazines Suomen Kuvalehti interviewed the band for their latest issue (which is out now) and the country's main daily newspaper Helsingin Sanomat had the band's album release concert as their main topic in their culture section today. The band's photo also appeared on the front page.

Elifantree's album release concert takes place tonight (April 27th) at 8 PM in Espoo's Kino Tapiola as part of the annual April Jazz Festival.

Elifantree: Time Out in stores today

Elifantree's second album "Time Out" hits the record stores today!

In Sweden the album will also be available at a special discounted price on Record Store Day, April 21st.

Kari Ikonen nominated for the Teosto Award

Kari Ikonen has received the high honor of being nominated for the Teosto Award for his compositions on the album "The Helsinski Suite".

The Teosto Award is one of the highest honors awarded to a composer in Finish music. The previous nominees and award winners have included many of the most popular and acclaimed composers and song writers of the past decade.

This year Kari Ikonen is among a high raking group of musicians including classical composers Kalevi Aho and Mikko Heiniö, jazz pianist Iro Haarla, post-rock group Rubik and chart-topping song writer Tuure Kilpeläinen. The award, totaling 40 000€, will be devided among 1-4 of the nominees. The award ceremony will be held on April 12th at the Helsinki Music Centre.

Elifantree - New Album out in April

We are happy to announce that the long awaited second album by Elifantree, entitled "Time Out" will be released in April. The album will be available for pre-order very soon. The band will support the new release with a series of high profile concerts at Turku Jazz Festival, April Jazz Festival, Vossa Jazz in Norway and Pori Jazz Festival in July just to name a few. More information about the new album and the tour is coming up very soon.

And in related news, Defekt is currently recording their second album and will be performing at this year's Jazzahead festival in Bremen, Germany on April 21st. The show will feature Jusu Berghäll on saxophone as a special guest.

Also Tapio Ylinen, label manager of Eclipse Music, is currently recording his debut album which is due out some time next autumn.

Kauhukakara's second album is receiving fantastic reviews. The latest 5 star review came from Pentti Ronkainen, who writes for several newspapers and suomijazz.com. Read his review here.