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This album was originally released 1984.
Best described as techno's first cabaret star, Finland native Jimi
Tenor is what you might imagine Detroit's answer to a cheesy lounge
artist to be. Coming off as a kind of lo-fi Prince cross-bred with
Maurizio, Atom Heart, and perhaps Jean-Jacques Perrey, Tenor's
recordings are released through Sahko/Puu (home to most of the scant
Finnish techno scene); despite the fact that they stick out of the
label roster like a sore thumb, they have attracted something of a
devoted cult following, mainly among the idm/electronica crowds. Unlike
most electronica artists, however, who routinely namecheck Kraftwerk,
Juan Atkins, and Carl Craig as influences, Tenor leans more toward
names like Barry White, Isaac Hayes, and '70s B-movie and
blaxploitation soundtracks. Classically trained, Tenor gained the
attention of influential Sheffield label Warp after releasing the full
-length Europa in 1996, leading to a recording deal and reissue plans
for some of Tenor's Sakho releases. Warp featured the previously
unavailable Tenor cut "Downtown" on their Blechsdottir label comp, and
released the 7-inch/CD-single "Can't Stay with You Baby" a few months
later, with two additional singles appearing in early 1997. Prior to
his solo work, Tenor fronted Jimi Tenor and His Shamans, who starting
in 1988 released several albums on the Poko, Euros, and Bad Vugum
labels (including Total Capacity of 216, 5 Litres, Diktafon, and Fear
of a Black Jesus, which included 3-D sleeve and glasses). Despite the
studied imperfection of his recordings (Tenor chides modern electronic
music for sounding lifelessly exacting), he spent 12 years studying
piano, flute, and saxophone at a Finnish music institute. After
dissolving the Shamens in the late '80s, Tenor moved to New York, where
he worked as a tourist photographer at the Empire State Building. He
finally hooked up with Sahko after receiving a copy of a solo recording
by Mika Vainio (of Panasonic and ╪). Impressed with the label's
openness to experimentalism (Sahko had previously been known as
something of the muso's minimalist techno label), Tenor sent along some
tapes and landed a recording contract, releasing his debut, Sahkomies,
in 1994. While in New York he also recorded with Khan/4E's Can Oral
(under the name Bizz O.D.), releasing the "Traffic" single on Ozon in
1995. Tenor returned to Finland in 1995 to film a documentary of Sahko
(funded, oddly enough, by a government grant), and has remained there
since, releasing Europa in 1996 and securing licensing and recording
arrangements with Warp. The full-length Intervision was released in
1997, followed two years later by Organism. After the release of Out of
Nowhere in 2000, Tenor and Sahko parted ways with Warp. His sixth full
-length, Utopian Dream, still received import distribution.
http://www.jimitenor.com/
Tracks:
01. Splash (2:29)
02. Blasted With Extacy (4:18)
03. Snooker (Memphis) (1:27)
04. Luxurious Loneliness (3:27)
05. Blood On Every Flag (4:29)
06. Destroy (3:21)
07. Gravitation (2:21)
08. Television (3:13)
09. Hey You (4:15)
10. Snooker (Tekno) (1:42)
11. Ugh (2:54)
12. Business Wise (2:29)
13. 380V (Le Petomane) (4:24)
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