The compilation opens with a 25-minute track by Jääportit , a dark ambient / darkwave project from Finland and while it is the least “Metal” track on here, it surely offers some lovecraftian atmospheres of gloom-and-doom through obscure soundscapes and voices organized in layers around a lead synth. Here, Jääportit is not afraid (compared to other projects such as Vinterriket) to display invention and playfulness that one might have already had experienced on excellent albums such as ’Avarrus’ or ’Uumenissa’ and that makes the project a standout in the genre. For sure the release could not find a better invocation of an atmosphere of out-of-space colors.
- Review by Lukas Makovicky / Doom-metal.com

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Underground Ark -niminen tapahtuma kerää monimuotoista tuhon tunnelmointia Oulun 45 Specialiin. Luvassa maailmanlopun tuntoja herättelevä poikkitaiteellinen taidenäyttely, burleskihenkinen mielenräjäyttävä show sekä livemusiikkia. Luvassa on niin valokuvataidetta, tilataidetta kuin maalauksiakin; tekijöinä sekä nuoria oululaisia lupauksia, taidepiirien konkareita kuin muutama pohjoiseen eksynyt maailmankansalainen. Alakerran taidenäyttelytilan taustamusiikkina soi Jääportit-julkaisut koko illan ajan.

Tervetuloa kulttuurin viimeiseen pakopaikkaan, maailmanlopun klubille.

In English:

UNDERGROUND ARK at 45 Special Oulu, Finland on November 9th 2011

A multidisciplinary event called Underground Ark gathers a diverse moods of destruction and world coming to an end to the 45 Special in Oulu, Finland. Event contains artistic exhibition, mindblowing burlesque show as well as live music. Both art photography, state of the art of painting, elements of both the young promises of Oulu, art districts north of the veterans as a few stray citizen of the world. The ground floor exhibition space uses releases of Jääportit as background music all night long.

Welcome to the last refuge of art. Expect a mindblowingly unique collision of sub-cultures and experiences!

Lisätietoa / More information:
Undergroundark.com
Facebook-event
45 Special

Watch Underground Ark – promotional video

Tracks
“Autius” from “Field Recordings Compilation Vol I” (2009)
“Gnosis” from “My Own Wolf: A New Approach to Ulver” (2008)
“Sydänyön samooja syvällä unten mailla ja metsien soilla” from “Sonic Visions of Middle-Earth” (2005)

Music was composed, mixed and produced by Tuomas M. Mäkelä and mastered by Ilpo Kärkkäinen. Game was made by Colossal Order Ltd and released by Paradox Interactive at 22nd of February, 2011.

For more Information about the game visit www.citiesinmotion.com

Listen to the tunes made by Tuomas with the player.

Cities In Motion Soundtrack by Tumma Studio

We decided to expand the availability of our Voimasuo – album and from now on you can:

• listen to the whole album on Spotify for free
• And get it from iTunes for a small fee.

This is a try out and it would be nice to hear whether you like it or not. Maybe our other releases will be available on these sites some day later on.

By the way, one of our track called Gnosis from My Own Wolf: A New Approach to Ulver -tribute album was already available on Spotify. Someone just has messed up with our band name and it is misspelled as Jäärportit. Oh well, whatever, here’s the link to the track.