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The complete soundtrack of Tom of Finland - Daddy and the Muscle
Academy and the original score by Elliott Sharp re
-composed+interpreted+mixed+visited+worked by Finnish electronic
musicians+ sound designers.
Tone of Finland takes us through the hazy corridors of club culture,
those dark, smoky dens with strobe lights flickering, moods enhanced
by sniffs from bottles of amyl nitrate.
From Finland's clubs and cafes comes the sound of house, techno,
electro and dub represented here, with some Afro-funky and jazzy
overtones - and of course reminiscences of 70s disco strings. "Daddy"
- Tom of Finland - himself MCs posthumously over the tracks, his
leather-clad handlebar-moustachioed acolytes accompanying with their
Tom-related anecdotes.
This is Kraftwerk's Man-Machine taking totally new meanings with
muscular flesh-machines of throbbing sound. These tracks reek of
leather, sweat and testosterone, with modern gladiators hailing to
Tom. I am Spartacus! I am Tom's man! Proud to be!
Tone of Finland can be listened to as a totally new, alternative
soundtrack to the film: a movie without images, or one where a
listener can imagine his/her own movie. In conjunction with the
original film, visual images, textual narratives, music and sound
together create a Gesamtkunstwerk, an experience in synaesthesia both
physical and sensual, conceptual and mental.
INFO / DISC 1
Tone of Finland - Interpolated (Disc 1) is a research into the
possibilities of electronic music.
ForestHillÆs Word Processing starts with insistent electro percussion
accompanied by sombre bass clarinet, leading to dark alleyways of
sound. In NytonÆs Fantasiat vappaalle (Unleashing the Fantasies) Tom
just lets go and tells us in his native language that æEveryone has a
little of everything in themÆ accompanied by liquid acid house-like
sequences. DJ SlowÆs lush strings remind of 70s disco productions.
RinneRadio paints elegiac moments of techno-jazz. Giant Robot funks
through Masculine Fantasia with light pianissimos. Miikka Mwamba and
DJ Bunuel drive forward with Afro percussions and tribal chants. Math
Union with DJ Ender and JA-Jazz again feature luscious strings with
machine percussion. KilogramÆs (ex-Op:l Bastards) take starts with a
neo-classical intro, continued by pulsating, tribal electro. Peter
NordstrOmÆs aquatic glitch-ambient plunges into deep speech-sample
soundscapes. Juhani LiimatainenÆs sound art version features the
process of moulding an aural and physical sculpture out of TomÆs
voice. Jimi Tenor goes camp with a harp sound and Tom describing his
ideal man (masculine but with tender feelings) - in detail. Anton
Nikkila with his percussive approach gives us just about the only
remix consisting mostly of original sounds. Pekka Lappi of
Radioateljee is specialized in æHorspielÆ/audioplay type works, as
featured on this aural excursion. Mika Vainio juxtaposes barely
inaudible ambient soundscapes to some aggressive Pan sonic - type
harsh electronic rhythms.
INFO / DISC 2
Tone of Finland - Interpreted (Disc2) features Elliott Sharp, who
composed the original score for Tom of Finland -Daddy and the Muscle
Academy. Sharp was originally intended to do just æone songÆ for this
compilation, but finally ended up with a total of 14 new tracks, with
only some faint references to his originals, emphasizing how well this
material works even outside the context of film. SharpÆs tracks are
sound meditations with slow, lingering drones and a sense of menace.
We hear an ocean liner horn wailing and can imagine Tom taking his
first trip across the Atlantic. Elliott Sharp revisits his film score
themes with new variations and anxious remodulations. There are alien
voices communicating and synthetic gamelan weaving steel mandalas,
tribal chants and crash cymbals for the neo-tribes of TomÆs men.
Finally, Tone of Finland - Inspired (Disc 2) delves further into
alternative Tom universes in the manner of classical ambient sound and
even postrock. The experienced keyboardist and ambient veteran Esa
Kotilainen (known for his work with the band Wigwam and his legendary
70s album Ajatuslapsi) provides us with soundscapes of ghostly tremors
of electronic choirs, panning reverberations and chants of electro
-psychedelic animals. Another electronic veteran, Otto Romanowski,
ventures into atmospheric hum/drone and flowing audio liquid. By way
of a finale, postrockers Circle turn it all into a lo-fi acoustic
campfire blues with hobo growls even imitating Native American chants.
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Tracks:
CD #1 - Interpolated
01. ForestHill: Word Processing (5:47)
02. Nyton Feat. Tom Of Finland: Fantasiat Vappaalle (5:29)
03. Dj Slow: Tom's Men (4:46)
04. Rinneradio: Kaikissa Kaikkea (4:52)
05. Giant Robot: Masculine Fantasia (5:23)
06. Miikka Mwamba And Dj Bunuel: Tom's Man (3:50)
07. Math Union Feat. Dj Ender & JA-Jazz: Today's Cowboys (5:23)
08. Kilogram: Tom's Drums (5:39)
09. Peter Nordstrom: Man According To Tom (6:03)
10. Juhani Liimatainen: TomTomTom (6:06)
11. Jimi Tenor Feat. Tom Of Finland: Hellia Tunteita (3:25)
12. Anton Nikkila: Athletic Model Guild (3:57)
13. Pekka Lappi: Contact (7:00)
14. Mika Vainio: Tom Unessaan (4:05)
CD #2 - Interpreted
01. Elliott Sharp: Backwoods (3:40)
02. Elliott Sharp: Notclubbing (4:10)
03. Elliott Sharp: Skatch (2:17)
04. Elliott Sharp: Norther And Norther (4:05)
05. Elliott Sharp: Straightshooter (5:10)
06. Elliott Sharp: Further Back (2:57)
07. Elliott Sharp: Amyl (1:04)
08. Elliott Sharp: Roughriders (1:30)
09. Elliott Sharp: Ominous Implications (1:11)
10. Elliott Sharp: Neo-Reo (4:11)
11. Elliott Sharp: Poleece (2:36)
12. Elliott Sharp: Even Further (2:57)
13. Elliott Sharp: Mot (3:15)
Inspired / Bonus Tracks:
14. Esa Kotilainen: Visions (10:19)
15. Otto Romanowski: Four Spaces (10:37)
16. Circle: Morningstar (5:16)
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