Here’s someone using the Jääportit song Tuulten Tuoja in the background of this video footage from Iceland.
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News from Jääportit
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Kuihtuman Henkivi – digital download
The Jääportit track Kuihtuman Henkivi was originally released on the compilation album ”YOGSOTHERY – Gate I: Chaosmogonic Rituals Of Fear”, a CD in a cardboard slipcase with a 20-page full-colour booklet of liner notes and lyrics, released by I, Voidhanger Records in 2010.
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
More reviews and info about the album.
Listen to and download the full track
Visit the Jääportit Bandcamp page or use the music player.
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
More reviews and info about the album.
Listen to and download the full track
Visit the Jääportit Bandcamp page or use the music player.
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Various material available
Listen to and download Jääportit tracks from compilation albums over the years with the player below, or visit the Jääportit page on Bandcamp.
Tracks
- “Sydänyön samooja syvällä unten mailla ja metsien soilla” from “Sonic Visions of Middle-Earth“
- “Gnosis” from “My Own Wolf: A New Approach to Ulver“
- “Autius” from “Field Recordings Compilation Vol I“
- “Kuihtuman henkivi” from “YOGSOTHERY – Gate I: Chaosmogonic Rituals Of Fear“
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Cities in Motion – Game soundtrack
This has little to do with Jääportit, but it might interest some of you.I composed music for the soundtrack of Cities in Motion, a Finnish-made game.
Cities in Motion (CIM) is a city-based mass transportation simulator for the PC.
Players operate their own transportation company, building a public network with a variety of vehicle types, including buses, trams, and subway trains.
The music was composed, mixed and produced by Tuomas M. Mäkelä and mastered by Ilpo Kärkkäinen.
The game was made by Colossal Order Ltd and released by Paradox Interactive on 22 February 2011.
For more information about the game, visit www.citiesinmotion.com
Check out the game trailer
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Yogsothery now available
The Jääportit copies of the Yogsothery compilation album have arrived. The compilation has long since sold out.
The jewel-case CD comes in a cardboard slipcase with a 20-page full-colour booklet of liner notes and lyrics. The album features over 77 minutes of music and cosmic sounds of horror.
“The CD consists of only four tracks, but the artists hold nothing back, crafting more than 77 minutes of mind-numbing and nerve-stimulating music ever set to a compact disc. Each band reached deep into their notion of the essence of Lovecraft and his literary creations, and the end result is astonishing for fans into drone, ambiance, and understated but moving metal.”
– SANTA FE METAL MUSIC EXAMINER / Review by Octavio Ramos
“By far, the strongest track is the nearly 26 minute opener entitled “Kuihtuman Henkivi” by horror electronica duo Jääportit. A haunting scream of harmonics and electronic tones sort of reminiscent of “Lux Aeterna” from the 2001: A Space Odyssey soundtrack, this nightmarish abyss provides the perfect accompaniment to Great Cthulhu’s emergence from R’lyeh. If any track comes close, on this album, at least, to personifying the cosmic horror of the Cthulhu Mythos, this is it, and really makes the album worth purchasing for this track alone.”
– METAL FLOWS IN MY VEINS / Review by Dschalek
“In the beginning you’re still accompanied by singing birds even though me music keeps pulling and pulling you in, like a black hole pulls on light. As the music gets harsher, the birds fly away, leaving you all alone and you’re completely submerged in the music.”
– DRROOM / Review by 100SL
Listen to Jääportit – Kuihtuman Henkivi
The jewel-case CD comes in a cardboard slipcase with a 20-page full-colour booklet of liner notes and lyrics. The album features over 77 minutes of music and cosmic sounds of horror.
“The CD consists of only four tracks, but the artists hold nothing back, crafting more than 77 minutes of mind-numbing and nerve-stimulating music ever set to a compact disc. Each band reached deep into their notion of the essence of Lovecraft and his literary creations, and the end result is astonishing for fans into drone, ambiance, and understated but moving metal.”
– SANTA FE METAL MUSIC EXAMINER / Review by Octavio Ramos
“By far, the strongest track is the nearly 26 minute opener entitled “Kuihtuman Henkivi” by horror electronica duo Jääportit. A haunting scream of harmonics and electronic tones sort of reminiscent of “Lux Aeterna” from the 2001: A Space Odyssey soundtrack, this nightmarish abyss provides the perfect accompaniment to Great Cthulhu’s emergence from R’lyeh. If any track comes close, on this album, at least, to personifying the cosmic horror of the Cthulhu Mythos, this is it, and really makes the album worth purchasing for this track alone.”
– METAL FLOWS IN MY VEINS / Review by Dschalek
“In the beginning you’re still accompanied by singing birds even though me music keeps pulling and pulling you in, like a black hole pulls on light. As the music gets harsher, the birds fly away, leaving you all alone and you’re completely submerged in the music.”
– DRROOM / Review by 100SL
Listen to Jääportit – Kuihtuman Henkivi
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YOGSOTHERY compilation album out on November 15th 2010
Finally, the time has come for I, Voidhanger Records to inaugurate its series of special thematic releases centered on the osmotic relationship between metal and Literature. Out on November 15th, “Chaosmogonic Rituals Of Fear” is the first volume in the YOGSOTHERY trilogy of metal tributes to the genius of H.P. Lovecraft and the Cthulhu Mythos!
120 years after the birth of the gentleman from Providence, 4 underground bands passed the Gates of Unknown to distill their Lovecraftian cosmic visions of horror and madness in 4 monumental tracks, exclusive to this release. Secretly assembled during the years, ”YOGSOTHERY – Gate I: Chaosmogonic Rituals Of Fear” features over 77 minutes of obscure avant-garde prog metal, abysmal dark soundscapes and frightening blackened space-doom courtesy of the Finnish avant-masters AARNI and UMBRA NIHIL, the cosmic-ambient psychonauts JÄÄPORTIT (FIN), and the mysterious space-doom project CAPUT LVIIIm (ITA), a one-time-only monster featuring members of the necro-doomsters Malasangre and the black-ambient visionaries Tronus Abyss.
Track List:
I. JÄÄPORTIT – Kuihtuman Henkivi (25:31)
II. UMBRA NIHIL – Suur-Nikkurin Virsi (10:46)
III. AARNI – Lovecraft Knew (11:34)
IV. CAPUT LVIIIm – Resurgent Atavism (29:57)
Total Time 77:48
Jewelcase CD housed in a cardboard slipcase. Comes with 20-page full-colour booklet complete with liner notes and lyrics!
- Visit label website for more info
- Listen to sample of the Jääportit track on YouTube
- Read first album review at HellRideMusic.com
120 years after the birth of the gentleman from Providence, 4 underground bands passed the Gates of Unknown to distill their Lovecraftian cosmic visions of horror and madness in 4 monumental tracks, exclusive to this release. Secretly assembled during the years, ”YOGSOTHERY – Gate I: Chaosmogonic Rituals Of Fear” features over 77 minutes of obscure avant-garde prog metal, abysmal dark soundscapes and frightening blackened space-doom courtesy of the Finnish avant-masters AARNI and UMBRA NIHIL, the cosmic-ambient psychonauts JÄÄPORTIT (FIN), and the mysterious space-doom project CAPUT LVIIIm (ITA), a one-time-only monster featuring members of the necro-doomsters Malasangre and the black-ambient visionaries Tronus Abyss.
Track List:
I. JÄÄPORTIT – Kuihtuman Henkivi (25:31)
II. UMBRA NIHIL – Suur-Nikkurin Virsi (10:46)
III. AARNI – Lovecraft Knew (11:34)
IV. CAPUT LVIIIm – Resurgent Atavism (29:57)
Total Time 77:48
Jewelcase CD housed in a cardboard slipcase. Comes with 20-page full-colour booklet complete with liner notes and lyrics!