Category Archives: Progressive Rock

Aerials is out!

16.1.2022Music, Progressive Rock, Rocklighthousesparrows, Olli Huhtanen, Sami Sarhamaasarhamaa

Yes, the digital version was released last friday ie. 14012022. Woohoo!
The double vinyl should arrive within a month. The track listing is:

Bates
Assimilate
Moodswings
Kibitzer
No Still Moment
Elephant
Like Blood
Itinerant
Safe and Sound
Percolator
Youth

Here’s Spotify:

AERIALS on Spotify

On the vinyl edition song order is different due to the limitations of time/side. SO:

A: Bates – Assimilate – Moodswings – Itinerant
B: Like Blood – Elephant – Youth
C: Kibitzer – Safe and Sound – No Still Moment
D: Percolator – Premonition (vinyl bonus)

The crew is the same as it has been, Olli on vocals and keys, Sami on vocals, guitar and bass plus our fixed guests Miri Miettinen on drums and Ella Eriksson on backing vocals.

Second Wind, part 1

26.10.2016Music, Progressive RockLiquid Wolfsarhamaa

It’s mastered, the cover done. Materials are heading for duplication next week. I’m very happy!

Wellwell

14.4.2016Music, Progressive Rocksarhamaa

Sorry for the long absence. I’ve been flooded with work…Did the “Anna mulle Lovee”, mixed “Järven Tarina”, “Onnenonkija” and some other movies, did a mix of “Black Widows” (Scandinavian remake, 8 episodes) and some episodes of “Bordertown” etc etc. Luckily I’ve managed to squeeze time for Liquid Wolf (Drums with Kuoppis = done, brass with Pepa = almost done) and my newest pet project, Inertia. Inertia is old friends Tipi (FlipSide) on bass, Tomi “Laatu” Laaksonen (Kataya Live, KuDos) on drums and my fellow sound designer/musician Janne Laine on guitar. I’m doing some gtrs, keys and lead vocals. We’ve managed to whip 5-6 songs into shape and it’s been a hoot! Hope to have some recordings soon…Will start mixing LW with Samu this month, I hope!

Take care!

Acoustics for Liquid Wolf 2

23.6.2015Music, Progressive RockLiquid Wolfsarhamaa

We’ve done most of the crunchy guitars and moved on to the mellower tones….

Nylon, 2 x steel, Mini acoustic and mandolin ready and willin' — Nylon, 2 x steel, Mini acoustic and mandolin ready and willin’

Dead Light

7.6.2015Music, Progressive RockDead Light, Flipside, Hannu Leidénsarhamaa

That’s what the new FlipSide EP is called. It’s a thematic collection of four songs based on the texts of Jani Rämö, my old colleague and friend. He’s also finalizing the cover for us as he’s more of a graphic designer than we. This guy came around to lend us his well seasoned ears:

HL_FS_mix — Hannu Leidén lends an ear for FlipSide

More to follow…

Liquid Wolf 2 rhythm guitars

28.5.2015Music, Progressive RockLiquid Wolf, Sami Sarhamaa, Samu Wuorisarhamaa

Every chance I’ve had, I’ve (with the help of Samu) been recording rhythm guitars for the upcoming LW2….Here’s a quickie from the sessions:

FlipSide ep#1 hard copy

24.5.2014Music, Progressive RockFlipside, Sami Sarhamaa, Timo Pulkkinensarhamaa

is here…The cover: Tipi’s front & label, my design and layout. I’ll give Tipi 9/10 and me 8/10. 😉

Chapter One Interview

22.3.2014Music, Pop, Progressive RockChapter One, Hannu Leidén, Jone Ullakko, Sami Sarhamaasarhamaa

I was surprisingly asked a few questions about Chapter One for Iltalehti a few weeks back. We also convened and had our picture taken. Here’s the interview…

Chapter One - Iltalehti — Chapter One – Iltalehti

Kataya Lives

12.3.2014General brouhaha, Music, Progressive RockKataya, Samsara Recordingssarhamaa

Samsara Recordings # 4 – Kataya Lives
Sent mixes to Pauli @ Finnvox for mastering….Highlights from 2 gigs 2 years apart….
Tomi is busy preparing the cover art. Release in a month…

Progsters

9.2.2014Music, Progressive RockJanne Laine, Olli Huhtanen, Sami Sarhamaa, Timo Pulkkinen, Tomi Laaksonensarhamaa

We had our first rehearsals tackling Pink Floyd: Time/Breathe and Yes: Into the Lens. As You can imagine Time was easy-ish, but Yes is a mountain. We managed it about halfway through. Fun!

Progsters is a bunch of friends having a good time:

Tomi Laaksonen: Drums • Olli Huhtanen: Keys, vox • Janne Laine: Gtr, keys • Timo Pulkkinen: Bass, vox • Sami Sarhamaa: Gtr, keys, vox

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Am I making any sense?