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Jääportit

Jääportit is one-man music project from Northern Finland active since 1997. Music style ranges from old days winter dungeon synth ambient to nowadays electronic ambient frost-rock, using both synthetic and natural sounds to create cold melancholic atmospheres.

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Genre: Minimalistic, electronic, experimental, instrumental, lo-fi Artist: Qmas_Qwrj Album: Painajaismaista EP (May 4, 2001) Country: Finland Tracklist: 00:00 – 01 - Varta_vasten_sua_varten 05:06 – 02 - Nollan_viisaus 07:59 – 03 - Ihana_iloton_elo 13:03 – 04 - Varsi_nainen 16:49 – 05 - Lois(te)_olio 20:20 – 06 - Ulkokuori_(irronnut-mix) 23:29 – 07 - Paljon_en_tunne ___ Qmas_Qwrj was a minimalistic and experimental electronic music side-project created by t_m_mœkelœ. Album was released by Act of the Devil, May 4, 2001 (AOD004). Here's the full album on YouTube only 21 years after it's release. So, these strange songs started to born at the end of 1999 as an experiment to create music made with minimalistic electronic lo-fi samples. All songs were created using computer with an idea to use only so low-quality samples that final song would take only 50 kilobytes of space on the harddisk. Album was supposed to be titled as "5Ok" at first, but name was changed because songs grew a bit bigger after all. All songs was almost finished after few months of work and released as limited edition of CD-R copies by small Finnish underground label called Act Of The Devil (sub-label of Noitavasara) in 2001. Front cover artwork was created by Tuomo E. All titles are in Finnish. Painajaismaista means nightmarish in English and refers to the creation process of the album. It also could be said as 'paina ja maista' which would mean 'push (play) and taste'. Track 06 "Ulkokuori" contains sampled speech from Finnish sunday-night radio talkshow Yölinja. It's a show where people made phonecall and described their problems, hungry for the solutions to them. In December of 1999, some unknown women called and told about how his boyfriend uses to beat her up when he's drunk and how she can't do anything about it. There's no one able to help her. Song ends to the part where she must hang up the phone because her boyfriend comes home - to beat her up, or worse - her destiny have remained uncertain. – Discogs link – https://www.discogs.com/release/1347223-Qmas_Qwrj-Painajaismaista
Qmas_Qwrj – Painajaismaista (EP) (2001)
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Decided to upload full version of this 25 minutes long dark ambient monstrosity titled as "Kuihtuman henkivi", which was made as a tribute to H.P. Lovecraft, the Cthulhu Mythos and the Lovecraftian cosmic visions of horror and madness. Track was originally released on compilation album ”YOGSOTHERY – Gate I: Chaosmogonic Rituals Of Fear” as CD by I, Voidhanger Records in 2010. TRACK REVIEWS ___ "The opening band is Jääportit, whose contribution is titled 'Kuihtuman Henkivi.' It is the former, a dark instrumental journey that captures the weird concept of cosmic horror by drowning the listener in an overwhelming drone, within which there are instrumental kernels that hint at the outsider, the cosmic, and deep-seeded terrors of things and concepts best left alone. At more than 25 minutes, “Kuihtuman Henkivi” is a masterpiece for fans of drone and blackened ambiance." - Octavio Ramos / SANTA FE METAL MUSIC EXAMINER "Jääportit’s 'Kuihtuman Henkivi' opens up with a sound that for me, an electronic music obsessive, is really close to my heart and has the liquid textures of synth hum and loops that reminds me of Peter Namlook/Klaus Schulze/Bill Laswell’s 'Dark Side of the Moog' series. This thing is completely stellar and celestial drone with the right amount of warm hallucinogenic overtones so if you really dig Clusters drone stuff, Tangerine Dream, Cosmic Jokers and all of their related projects, then you MUST check this shit out!!! Kraut/psyche/ambient/epic space tunes galore!!!!" - Janet Willis / Hellridemusic.com CREDITS ___ Jääportit - "Kuihtuman henkivi" Released on ”YOGSOTHERY – Gate I: Chaosmogonic Rituals Of Fear" album by I, Voidhanger Records at 2010. Music and sounds for Jääportit track was composed, mixed and produced by T. M. Mäkelä at Kajekammio during the unknown times of Ammon. Music © & ℗ Jääportit Booklet illustrations by Philippe Druillet, taken from his masterpieces 'Yragael' (1973-74) and 'Les 6 Voyages de Lone Sloane' (1972). © Editions Glénat. I, Voidhanger Records dedicate this release to Druillet, and to all the abysslookers and chaosophers out there. LINKS ___ Digital download available at › https://jaaportit.bandcamp.com/track/kuihtuman-henkivi Visit official Jääportit website › https://www.jaaportit.net Jääportit Digital Downloads › https://jaaportit.bandcamp.com Support & keep updated FB › https://www.facebook.com/jaaportit/ IG › https://www.instagram.com/jaaportit/ Subscribe Jääportit Official Artist Channel › https://www.youtube.com/user/jaaportit For more information about the release visit label website › https://www.i-voidhanger.com › http://i-voidhanger.com/product/vv-aa-yogsothery-gate-i-chaosmogonic-rituals-of-fear/
Jääportit - Kuihtuman henkivi (2010) [full track]
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Short introduction to Jääportit, one-man music project from Northern Finland active since 1997. Music style ranges from old days winter dungeon synth ambient to nowadays electronic ambient frost-rock, using both synthetic and natural sounds to create cold melancholic atmospheres. The name Jääportit is written in Finnish language and could be translated in English as The Gates of Ice, or more freely translated as The Frostportals. JÄÄPORTIT DISCOGRAPHY · Halki lumisen metsän, EP 1998 · Kauan koskematon, Noitavasara, 1999 · Uumenissa, Firebox Records, 2004. · Avarrus, Epidemie Records, 2006. · Voimasuo, Epidemie Records, 2009. · Jääportit, Epidemie Records, 2018. Visit official website › https://www.jaaportit.net Support & keep updated FB › https://www.facebook.com/jaaportit/ IG › https://www.instagram.com/jaaportit/ Jääportit Digital Downloads › https://jaaportit.bandcamp.com Jääportit Official Artist Channel › https://www.youtube.com/user/jaaportit TAGS: ambient, atmospheric, dark ambient, dark wave, dreamy, drone, dungeon synth, electroacoustic, electronica, electronic, experimental, Finnish frost-rock, instrumental, post-rock, progressive, space music, synthetic, winter ambient and so forth.
Jääportit Official Artist Channel Intro
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Genre: Atmospheric Dark Dungeon Winter Synth Ambient Artist: Jääportit Album: Kauan koskematon (1999) Country: Finland TRACKLIST : 00:00 - 01. Askeleet valottomuuteen (Treads To The Absence Of Light) 05:42 - 02. Kauan koskematon (Aeons Untouched) 11:11 - 03. Unohdetut lumouksen unelmat (Forgotten Dreams Of Enchantment) 15:48 - 04. Kauas (Far Away) 20:15 - 05. Tulensinisen hohto (Shining Of Fire Blue) 24:24 - 06. Talvenkaltainen (Winterlike) 32:00 - 07. Hänen jäätävä katseensa (Her Freezing Gaze) 38:42 - 08. Kohtalon sinetti (Seal Of Destiny) Visit official website ▶ https://jaaportit.net Digital download available from Bandcamp ▶ https://jaaportit.bandcamp.com Support & keep updated ▶ https://www.facebook.com/jaaportit ▶ https://www.instagram.com/jaaportit JÄÄPORTIT – “KAUAN KOSKEMATON” album review: "Jääportit comes back in 1999 with his debut album “Kauan Koskematon”, which follows after one year the great demo “Halki Lumisen Metsän”. The steps further from this Finnish musician are several and significative. Since from the first listening we realize to be entering a new dimension of the music proposed by this project, even deeper of the astounding one of the previous work. The atmospheres have been transposed to a level that I would dare to define transcendental. The cold and wintry landscapes still appears in front of the dedicated listener’s eyes, but they are like remembrances coming from a past life… everything is transfigured in an ethereal and different view of reality. This feature does not prevent the songs from having a great potential since from the first listening, but at the same time it allows to eternize certain moments to make them live forever in majestic and timeless soundscapes. There are evident improvements also in the compositive style, which is now more careful to the details, and in the quality of sounds. Variety, even if together with a strong sense of unity, is still a winning feature of this album. The rarefied atmospheres take the listener to a world where human coordinates are lost, in favour of a transfiguration towards purer and more ethereal forms of existence. I insist in a particular way on this point because I think that this is the fundamental feature to understand this record, at least in my opinion. Nevertheless, this does not prevent the pleasing and great melodies, typical of the previous demo, from still being here. As already said, the rough side of these melodies has been limited, but, in a more mature context, the great melodic vein of Jääportit is still present, and gives the album a unique listening pleasure. Proofs of this are represented by the piano of “Unohdetut Lumouksen Unelmat”, by the melody so simple yet so wonderful of “Tulensinisen Hohto”, and by “Hänen Jäätävä Katseensa”, remake of a song from the debut demo. I have to say that I would have reproposed “Yömustaa” or “Sade Mustan Lumen” rather than “Hänen Jäätävä Katseensa”, because they seemed to me to fit better the atmosphere of this album. However, the quality standards remain high, and this is the most important thing. Keeping on talking of the most brilliant songs, maybe “Talvenkaltainen” represents the most fitting summary of the great potential of this album. Atmosphere is the winning feature of this composition: a cold, apocalyptic, definitive atmosphere, also cruel and indifferent. Like a blizzard in an empty and inhuman landscape, a vast interior steppe surrounded by an infinite void, the notes of “Talvenkaltainen” wrap the listener, who is unable to react in front of a sight so delicate yet majestic and relentless. And this is not only a feature of this masterpiece song, but of the whole album. An album which absolutely cannot be ignored by those who are looking for a deep and unique music, carved in the winds that whisper among the dusty rocks of a world without a beginning nor an end. It is rather useless to add that this record is not for everybody: this music requests a mind able to fully embrace these sounds. A deep emotional participation is fundamental to understand this work. I know that sometimes I could appear unbearable in these neverending compliments, maybe hiding the defects that are present even in the greatest masterpieces, but I do not do it for a flattery attitude: simply, I am deeply emotional involved in a music like this, so I can’t do nothing but celebrate this piece of art. Being detached for a while, I can say that if you love the ambient which has become famous thanks to some metal artists and to the musicians of the Cold Meat Industry label, you also appreciate the masters of the genre like Brian Eno, and you are looking for a deeper musical experience, well… this is the record for you." Rating: 9,5 out of 10 Written by Valerio, Crypta Nivis Webzine, 8th of January, 2006. Music © & ℗ Jääportit
Jääportit - Kauan koskematon (1999) [Full album]
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Genre: Dreamy frosty melancholic electronic ambient post-rock Artist: Jääportit Album: Voimasuo (May 12th, 2009) Country: Finland Label: Epidemie Records Jääportit – Voimasuo track list: 00:00 - 01. Tuulten Tuoja (Bearer of Winds) 11:00 - 02. Arvoitusten Luona (Close to Mystery) 16:12 - 03. Suon Sulaessa (Thawing Swamp) 24:45 - 04. Hengenvaara (Mortal Danger) 31:23 - 05. Sudenkuoppa (Wolf Pit) 39:42 - 06. Muuntuva Suoja (Transforming Aegis) 45:29 - 07. Katoaminen Tornissa (Disappearance in Tower) Visit official website ▶ https://jaaportit.net Digital download available from Bandcamp ▶ https://jaaportit.bandcamp.com Support & keep updated ▶ https://www.facebook.com/jaaportit ▶ https://www.instagram.com/jaaportit JÄÄPORTIT - ‘Voimasuo’, Epidemie Records, album review: "There are only a handful of artists who can produce meticulous and intelligently crafted ambience. We all know what the likes of Brian Eno, Peter Christopherson and Brian Williams are capable of, but few are aware of Finland’s Jääportit. ‘Voimasuo’ is testament to the second-to-none material that Jääportit produces, with artwork by violinist Mindy completing the concept as a soundscape for Finland’s eerie ice-coated climate. Opener ‘Tuulten Tuoja’ is like hurtling into a psychedelic abyss of prog-rock ecstasy. The intensity of the music is inexplicable and wholly overwhelming, with an Ozric Tentacles-style riff that will please progressive metal fans. Elsewhere ‘Hengenvaara’ is gentler and provides the album’s only lyrics, before ‘Sudenkuoppa’ and ‘Muuntuva Suoja’ bring it back to the celestial rock-ambience. A work so technologically adept it’s not of this time." 8/10. Written by Will Stone, Terrorizer magazine nr. 188. Music © & ℗ Jääportit
Jääportit – Voimasuo (2009) [Full album]
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Audio interview with Jääportit by Mr. William Stone. Recorded for a radio show "The Hour Of The Apocalypse" and broadcasted in UK by Resonance FM at March 18th, 2007. NOTE: For the correct subtitles, select "English" from the settings (not the automatically created). And then it just might be a bit easier for you to understand the hard English pronunciation of this frosty north man. For more stuff visit › https://www.jaaportit.net › https://jaaportit.bandcamp.com
Radio interview with Jääportit @ March 18th, 2007
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