More Jimi Tenor & His Shamans + Circle + Bad Vugum Videos

Jimi Tenor & His Shamans: 'Unknown Gender' (directed by Jimi Tenor, 1992)

More Jimi Tenor & His Shamans; this video is from Fear Of A Black Jesus (Bad-28, Bad Vugum, 1992), the band's last album before the Shamans split and Jimi launched his solo career.

Courtesy of Tommi Forsström (If Society Records), who has now uploaded to YouTube the contents of rare Finnish VHS compilations Bad Vugum: From B To V (of Bad Vugum label) and Arctic Fury, featuring videos and live performances from the early 1990s by some now-legendary Finnish indie/punk/metal/avantgarde acts such as Mana Mana, Deep Turtle and Keuhkot; and alongside Jimi Tenor & His Shamans the act maybe most interesting for pHinnWeb, the early videos of postrock/post-Krautrock band Circle, especially of their Meronia era:


Circle: 'Shadow' live, 19 Feb '93, Helsinki

Circle: 'Crawatt' (directed by Jorma Mehtonen, 1993)

Circle: 'Kyberia' (directed by Mika Taanila, 1994)

Circle: 'Espirites' (directed by Petri Hagner, 1994)

Circle: 'Gravion' (directed by Petri Hagner, 1995)

Circle: 'Surrounding' (directed by Mika Taanila, 1995)

Verde: Hand-Made Tube Audio

http://www.verdeaudio.com/

pHinnWeb has hosted a discography page for Verde, a one-man electronic project of Mika Rintala, also familiar from Circle and Ektroverde. Now there's an official site featuring among all photos of Rintala's analogue synths, his own home-made gear (featuring the famous theremin Rintala built inside a Ufox air humidifier!) and Verde's home studio, some technical specs and discography info.



Mika Rintala operating a modular synth and the Ufox theremin

Circle: Saturn Reality

Finnish postrock/post-Krautrock/NWOFHM band Circle is the subject of Saturn Reality (a.k.a. Saturnus Reality, 2007), described as a rock documentary meeting experimental film fantasy; inspired by the works of such as Stan Brakhage and Kenneth Anger. The director/cinematographer of the 60-minute film is Esko Lönnberg. Saturn Reality will have its world premiere at Helsinki's Avanto Festival 2007.

Screenings:

Kiasma Theatre on Friday, 16 November at 7 pm,
second screening on Saturday, 17 November at 7 pm.

Saturn Reality introduction by Mika Taanila @ Avanto site

Etoiles Polares Finland @ Vooruit, Ghent, Belgium

Festival of Finnish popular music in Ghent, Belgium

'Etoiles Polares Finland', a festival dedicated exclusively to Finnish music, will take place at Vooruit Arts Centre, Ghent, Belgium, on December 12 - 15.

The festival focuses on the alternative domains of popular music, especially electronic and progressive styles. The hand-picked performers include Kimmo Pohjonen, Cleaning Women, Circle, Kuusumun Profeetta, Magyar Posse, Aavikko, Shogun Kunitoki, Kusti Vuorinen and Pekko Käppi. On two special occasions, Jimi Tenor and Pan Sonic will collaborate with Belgian artists Flat Earth Society and Arne Deforce, respectively.

Some of the concerts feature visuals and video art by Marita Liulia, Maippi Ketola and Samuli Alapuranen.

'Etoiles Polares Finland' is produced by Vooruit Arts Centre with additional programme consultation by Fimic, and with the support of several Finnish institutions and foundations.

Vooruit Arts Center is a prominent cultural house hosting two venues with standing capacities of 1200 and 300. Music aside, it programmes regularly contemporary dance, plays, performance art, and installations.

Programme:

Kimmo Pohjonen & Marita Liulia Animator
Vooruit Theaterzaal
December 12, 2007

Kusti Vuorinen / Jimi Tenor meets Flat Earth Society & Maippi Ketola
Vooruit Theaterzaal
December 13, 2007

Cleaning Women
Vooruit Cafe
December 13, 2007

Pekko Käppi / Kimmo Pohjonen & Eric Echampard / Kuusumun Profeetta
Various Vooruit venues
December 14, 2007

Shogun Kunitoki
Vooruit Cafe
December 14, 2007

Magyar Posse / Circle / Pan Sonic meets Arne Deforce / Aavikko & Samuli Alapuranen
Various Vooruit venues
December 15, 2007

More info:
http://www.vooruit.be/ -> http://www.vooruit.be/nl/series/36

[via Fimic / It's A Trap]