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News from Jääportit

  • Uusi albumi Jääportit ilmestyy 8.2.2018 / New album Jääportit out 8 February 2018

    Uusi albumi Jääportit ilmestyy 8.2.2018 / New album Jääportit out 8 February 2018

    Lehdistötiedote 10.1.2018. English below.

    Jääportit on soinut jo yli 20 vuotta, ja sen kunniaksi tulee uusi kokopitkä albumi. Jääportit ilmestyy torstaina 8.2.2018 tšekkiläisen Epidemie Recordsin julkaisemana CD:nä ja digitaalisena.

    Albumilla on 11 kappaletta. Inspiraatio tulee pimeydestä, melankoliasta, yksinäisyydestä ja pohjoisen kylmästä talvesta. Äänimaailma on kasvanut alkuvuosien syntikka-ambientista laajemmaksi: mukana on post-rockia ja hienovaraista pohjoismaista elektronista musiikkia. Perustaja T. M. Mäkelä soittaa levyllä kitaraa ja syntikoita, ohjelmoi koneet ja käyttää kenttä-äänityksiä. Kansitaiteen hän suunnitteli itse.

    Albumi on yhtyeen viides kokopitkä. Edellinen, Voimasuo, ilmestyi toukokuussa 2009. Sen jälkeen Mäkelä on tehnyt musiikkia muiden artistien kanssa sekä peleihin ja videoihin.

    Levyn tiedot, kappalelista ja kuuntelulinkit: Jääportit (2018)

    In English

    Jääportit has been going for over 20 years, and a new full-length album marks the occasion. Jääportit is out on Thursday 8 February 2018 on CD and digital through the Czech label Epidemie Records.

    The album has 11 tracks, drawn from darkness, melancholy, solitude and the cold northern winter. The sound has grown from the synth ambient of the early years into something wider, with post-rock and subtle Nordic electronic music woven in. Founder T. M. Mäkelä plays guitars and synthesizers, programs the machines and uses field recordings, and he designed the cover art himself.

    It is the fifth full-length album. The previous one, Voimasuo, came out in May 2009. Since then Mäkelä has worked on music with other artists and written music for games and videos.

    Album details, tracklist and listening links: Jääportit (2018)

  • Participate in FB page like -raffle

    Participate in FB page like -raffle

    Hello and congratulations to the 100-year-old Suomi-Finland!

    So, there are already 924 likes on the Jääportit Facebook page! Nice to see so many of you like the music. To celebrate the forthcoming album: when the page reaches 1000 likes, one person who likes it will be picked at random and will get the new album and special bonus stuff for free!

    Reaching 1k likes will probably take a while, so the album will already be out by then and can be given away. All you have to do is like the Jääportit Facebook page at www.facebook.com/jaaportit/, and if you already have, you can be the winner. After the raffle, the winner will be announced on the page.

    Disclaimer: the raffle isn’t sponsored by or associated with Facebook itself.

    Best regards,
    Tuomas

  • New album coming out in the beginning of 2018

    New album coming out in the beginning of 2018

    Now, it’s official. News from Epidemie Records website:

    Finnish ambient project JÄÄPORTIT that celebrates its 20th anniversery is finishing a new album.

    Talentated Finnish composer Tuomas M. Mäkelä, who is hidden behind a mysterious name JÄÄPORTIT, brought his ambient project into being in 1997. His creation can be described as dreamlike and melancholic, evoking atmosphere of abandonned freezy Nordic landscape. Musical expression of the project moved from clearly ambient to much more colourful and absorbed elements of many assorted styles, especially of post rock and subtle Nordic electronics.

    In 2006 Epidemie Records released the third album of JÄÄPORTIT called Avarrus and in 2009 the fourth one, Voimasuo. The fifth regular album is going to be released in the beginning of 2018.

  • Jääportit full-albums on YouTube

    Jääportit full-albums on YouTube

    Hello. Here are links for listening to the Jääportit albums for free on YouTube, in good quality.

    Voimasuo (2009)

    Avarrus (2006)

    Jääportit – Uumenissa (2004)

    Jääportit – Kauan koskematon (1999)

    Thanks to The Dungeon Synth Archives YouTube channel for the uploads!

    All albums are available as digital downloads on Bandcamp: jaaportit.bandcamp.com

    More news coming later.

    Voimasuo (2009)

    Avarrus (2006)

    Jääportit – Uumenissa (2004)

    Jääportit – Kauan koskematon (1999)

    Thanks to The Dungeon Synth Archives YouTube channel for the uploads!

    All albums are available as digital downloads on Bandcamp: jaaportit.bandcamp.com

    More news coming later.

  • Fresh material 2017: “Poies”

    Fresh material 2017: “Poies”

    Fresh Jääportit material: “Poies – Away”.

    Listen on YouTube (single version 2017)

    Listen on SoundCloud (album version 2018)

    Listen on YouTube (single version 2017)

    Listen on SoundCloud (album version 2018)

  • New single “Kadonnut”

    New single “Kadonnut”

    Listen to the latest footage, found in the depths of mystic matters!