CLUB KASETTIASEMA 2007
Kerubin Kuppila, 13th to 15th July
For the fourth year in a row now, Kerubin Kuppila will house a series of superlative-defying, no-holds-barred artistic pleasures all Ilosaarirock weekend long! Dynamite musical performances, explosive DJ action and brain-mashing moving pictures projected by the means of the very latest futurist digital technology on a sheet hanging on the wall once again guarantee the hottiest and/or the dottiest parties of the entire festival. Almost anything can happen, and the atmosphere is capable of turning from the verge of happy tears to an intensive embarrassment just like that, in a tried and tested Club Kasettiasema style! Is it all worth the ridiculously low ticket price now, is it! Oftentimes you hear the word around the town that if Club Kasettiasema had been born in the American States of Unity, it would be a bigger event than Woodstock, Ozzfest and Christmas all together. Wow.
Friday 13th July
BLACK PEIDER
An implosion is a bit like an explosion, but takes place the other way round.
Black Peider Folk Implosion is a show whose explosive capability would be a
threat to our entire home galaxy, if the force of the event was directed
outwards. Black Peider, armed with an acoustic guitar, some wrestling holds
and a deep voice, is a lot like the film star and pulp novel protagonist Remo
Williams a.k.a. The Destroyer: both have bodies that have officially been
classified as lethal weapons. But a stunning physical appearance is only a
part of the armoury in the possession of the Singer Song Fighter: his most
important gun is metaphysical. It's the soul that shines through the wrestling
troubadour's every sound and gesture, it's what forces one to stop and
listen. The gigantic Mr. Peider has appeared at Club Kasettiasema also earlier as
the frontman of the band Vectors (and a lot else), but this time he has chosen
to spread his forceful philosophy of life as a solo artist. This is heavy
weight emotional transfusion at Club Kasettiasema.
PUSH BUTTON MUSIC
All electronic music is only useless tinkering exercised by bespectacled
antimusicians who are only just capable of pushing the play button. This
fact is once again proved true by the duo Push Button Music. By pushing the
buttons of a variety of futuristic digital-electronic devices they produce some
delightfully passionate futuristic digital-electronic sounds. With Push
Button Music, the future is to be experienced here and now, or, to be precise, at
Club Kasettiasema this summer! This is where you can feel and hear the
multi-layered soundscapes turning into real songs, often irresistibly danceable, but
nevertheless always perfectly suitable for a moment of more philosophical
contemplation. Computer-aided image projections add to the experience and
make the concert a tantalising fully-fledged audiovisual experience. Future is
now, and it sounds like Club Kasettiasema! Come and feel the exciting new
atmosphere of the 21st century!
SIPSI KINGS
Who are Raffel, Hot Rod, Tavan Sips, Cheese Balls and Manhattan? Besides being the brand names of various Finnish salty snack products, they also are a team of young, beautiful, extremely talented, successful and much-loved multi-specialists. Together, they form an unstoppable natural force called SIPSI KINGS. Here, rhythmical rock'n'roll turns into a helpless bark boat that the tsunami-like furious emotional transfer produced by Sipsi Kings tosses wildly around on its waves. That is, for Sipsi Kings, rock'n'roll is their oyster, their poodle and their submissive servant. Their song repertoire includes re-takes from such classic bands as Misfits or The Cramps, but also a handful of their own songs, already modern classics themselves. A great example of such modern classic musical tornado would be the song called American Ninja, a masterful study on the fact that everything becomes instantly so much better by just adding the word "American". Even Club Kasettiasema could be even more exciting, fantastical, beautiful and riveting if it were "American Club Kasettiasema". But in this case, it doesn't really matter: when Sipsi Kings play, everything is cool like American ninjas.
Saturday 14th July
KARVINEN
But of course you have heard of Karvinen! It's only the Finnish name of Garfield, that big, lazy cat that hates Mondays and loves food. During the last few years, Karvinen has been up to a lot, featuring in comics, animated series and a number of wildly popular feature films too. But not many of us are familiar with his more artistic side. However, even Karvinen often feels the need to express himself in a non-restricted, no-holds-barred manner, and this time it is the spectators at Club Kasettiasema who get the ultra-rare chance to see the Event with a capital E. Accompanied by two phonographs, Karvinen takes the stage at Kasettiasema and treats us with his self-titled art noise project where lasagna noodles replace vinyl records on turntables. Pasta sheets, effect units, and Karvinen's unique charisma are the building blocks of the aggressive sound collage "I Hate Mondays". Don't forget this unforgettable event – only at Club Kasettiasema!
HOTGUITARS
Karvinen may be trying his paw behind turntables for the very first time, but
T-mu Korpipää and Jyrki Laiho are certainly no novices as sound artists and
alternative music makers. The duo's love for sound mutilation and more twisted
than average rock'n'roll is crystallised in the material they have released
under the name Hotguitars. Sometimes they sound like Gyro Gearloose's Little
Helper playing some exceptionally electric versions of Stray Cats' songs,
sometimes the noise is more like Gyro, Little Helper and some odd stray cat
going through a mincing machine, very slowly and painfully. Sometimes you hear
a crackling, breaking phone line, sometimes bright and beautiful, epic
soundscapes. And since behind it all there are two decently rock-orientated
blokes, Hotguitars' rumble sounds very pleasant indeed even in the ears of many
a rock'n'roll moron. Art for rock'n'roll morons, only at Kasettiasema!
Hotguitars' new album is packed with very special guest musicians from the very
cream of Finnish special music scene, and the band has hinted that at
Kasettiasema the duo may swallow into its hairy belly God only knows how many
top fellow musicians and expand the already action-packed show into an
unforgettable superlative event! Come along and see who turns up!
popnalli.com/hotguitars/
myspace.com/hotguitarsfin
TIGERBOMBS
This five-strong band rocks you off and pops you up with so much joy that one
of the most common injuries to appear at a Tigerbomb gig is the corners of the
mouth ripped because of too much smiling. Their latest album Things That Go
Boom diversifies the band's already variable emotional repertoire, but
their shows are always such hilarious events that, besides ripping corners of
the mouth, the indecent amount of dancing may cause Tigerbomb audience to have
muscular sprains, tenosynovitis, heart problems, broken hip bones as well as
hernias of the forehead, inguina, diaphragm, glutei and abdomen. Be prepared
for intolerable speed and at least some danger at Kasettiasema, where the band
that usually spends most of its time on Central European venues is going to
deliver a super-rare summer festival show! One last hazard lurks in the
question of how tight jeans and how snugly fitting leather jackets this
ultracool quintet has this time managed to squeeze themselves into when they
take to the überhot stage of Kerubin Kuppila. What we can safely expect is
that the audience, with all its glutei and inguina and myocardiums, is going to
be in fire! See it, hear it, feel it, stomach it at Kasettiasema!
www.tigerbombs.com
myspace.com/tigerbombs
ANSSI 8000 JA KUUMA KEKÄLE
Four years ago, Club Kasettiasema had the honour of staging the very first
show by the one-man band of Anssi Kasitonni (8000 for those of you who prefer
your big sums in words). After that, many dramatic upward turns on the man's
career have taken place. One-man band has turned into a musical dialogue
between Anssi and his wedded wife Kuuma Kekäle, and Anssi Kasitonni is now an
international recording artist, whose double album Kyklops vs. Svesse
has reaped him both friends and rave reviews all around Europe. The relentless
intensity of the first gig that crystallised in Anssi's habit of mutilating
mindlessly his instruments, the three-string guitar and the pedal-operated drum
kit, has now given room for beautiful melodies, more diverse rhythms and
touching organ patterns. But fear not! Even in its more mellow form, Anssi's
and Kuuma's duo is a far cry from being a poor man's Toto. Raw rock'n'roll
attitude and peerless pedalling are still the key words, but the emotional
scale has grown on both ends and even some of the old Kasitonni hits have
benefited from new, inventive arrangements! What, then, could be a better way
for even the crassest of critics to give the finishing touch to their
Ilosaarirock experience than to come and see Anssi Kasitonni and Kuuma Kekäle,
the internationally acclaimed duo! Even full-grown rock'n'roll rascals have
been seen to burst into tears for Anssi's songs! Not to mention the bloke who,
at Anssi's debut show, told the audience not to applaud, as "crap like that
needs no encouragement"! The passions run high at Club Kasettiasema! Come and
choose your side!
Sunnuntai 15.7.
BLACK AUDIO
One more great thing about Club Kasettiasema is the fact that you will meet
the same familiar faces at the line-up night in, night out, year in, year out!
Black Audio, the most popular Finnish band in Southern India (really, it is) is
known for their wild shows that leave even the band members themselves
awestruck. Now they are at Club Kasettiasema again, ready to astound both
themselves and the demandingly blasé ultracool superhipster audience.
Black Audio, just about to release their fourth album, still mixes traditional
rock'n'roll instruments with futuristic automatic data processing tools just
like that, as if it wasn't a tremendously big deal. And hey, it isn't! Even
futuristic ADP instruments are just instruments! And even guitars are
electronic appliances, unless they are acoustic guitars! Even such tools may by
all possibility be heard among Black Audio's constantly changing instrument
repertoire, in case the set that tends heavily towards the premieres of the
songs from the new album will demand it. Amazing first performances, ancient
and brand new musical instruments, fat beats, absurd in-between song patter and
doggedly downtuned drilling – all this and much more only at
Kasettiasema!
www.blaudio.net
myspace.com/blackaudioband
Those turning the tables and turntables in the house include DJs Karate, Kaveri, Digitaalinainen, Kari Teipsamo, Coco El MaCD, Päle, Ruskein Länkkäri, Samaentha Foxinen and Kuka Pieras. If you're lucky, you may end up seeing some short films too, and there is a persistent festival rumour that Club Kasettiasema could also possibly house the solo performance of the sensational songwriter Armando Gonzales, of BOIZ NOT BOYS boy band fame! COOL!
Niskakatu 16, Joensuu (see map)
www.kerubi.fi
ilosaarirock.fi