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Oddarrang at Kuudes Linja

Courtesy of Finnish Jazz Federation | Posted on February 3, 2015

Where

Kuudes Linja
Hämeentie 13b
Helsinki
Map

When

Wed, February 25, 2015
11:00

Musicians

About

Tickets: 15/10 €
Organizer: Jazzkerho -76 Assoc.
Elektro GT play jazz, for sure, but their variant has been spiced up with a generous amount of electronic elements and compelling rhythms. With each member coming from a slightly different musical background, the heterogeneity of the band's influences becomes even greater.
Drummer Hassinen has made a long career in the fields of jazz, art music and electronic music, while Louhivuori is perhaps known first and foremost as a jazz artist. Rissanen's musical roots, in turn, spring from a firmly classical soil, whereas Kämäräinen's comfort zone lies somewhere in the middle of jazz and rock. Porra, then again, comes from heavy metal circles, having also plenty of experience in composing music for the TV and cinema. On tour, Porra is substituted by the soul-funk bassist Heikki Laine. As pigeonholing is of no use here, one might as well lay back and let Elektro GT's "electro shock jazz" wash over. The group's debut album came out on Texicalli Records in the fall of 2014, which also saw them perform at Jazz Finland Festival and Tampere Jazz Happening....

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