Lestinjoki (Electronic-Acoustic Symphony)

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Vitkaste is a Helsinki-based trio including Joonas Hietala (composition, keys, guitar, etc.), Vesa Makkonen (bass, vocals) and Heikki Korhola (percussion, etc.). They just finished their incredible symphony in 6 movements, "Lestinjoki" - over two years in the making!

Lestinjoki features tons of augmenting woodwinds, violins, xylophone and other extremely pretty things. It is an interesting take on Symphonic Prog, with lots of modern touches. The music falls somewhere between Camel and Hatfield & the North, and should be listened to from beginning to end.

A highly recommended listen!    http://vitkaste.net/Vitkaste%20-%20Lestinjoki

Edited by Anderson III - October 20 2010 at 02:02

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Anderson III Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: October 25 2007 Location: Finland Status: Offline Points: 708	Topic: Lestinjoki (Electronic-Acoustic Symphony) Posted: October 20 2010 at 02:01
	Vitkaste is a Helsinki-based trio including Joonas Hietala (composition, keys, guitar, etc.), Vesa Makkonen (bass, vocals) and Heikki Korhola (percussion, etc.). They just finished their incredible symphony in 6 movements, "Lestinjoki" - over two years in the making! Lestinjoki features tons of augmenting woodwinds, violins, xylophone and other extremely pretty things. It is an interesting take on Symphonic Prog, with lots of modern touches. The music falls somewhere between Camel and Hatfield & the North, and should be listened to from beginning to end. A highly recommended listen! http://vitkaste.net/Vitkaste%20-%20Lestinjoki Edited by Anderson III - October 20 2010 at 02:02
	"Music expresses that which cannot be put into words and cannot remain silent" - Victor Hugo

Pekka Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: August 03 2006 Location: Espoo, Finland Status: Offline Points: 6456	Posted: October 20 2010 at 02:25
	This is the one that you played for me a bit? Interesting indeed, I'll check it out later today.
	It's on PA!

Anderson III Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: October 25 2007 Location: Finland Status: Offline Points: 708	Posted: October 22 2010 at 01:49
	This was a real labor of love for the boys in the band. Please take a listen and leave a comment... I played the clarinet in the 2nd part. Check it out!
	"Music expresses that which cannot be put into words and cannot remain silent" - Victor Hugo

Anderson III Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: October 25 2007 Location: Finland Status: Offline Points: 708	Posted: October 26 2010 at 23:08
	Bumped this so more people would hear.
	"Music expresses that which cannot be put into words and cannot remain silent" - Victor Hugo

Pekka Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: August 03 2006 Location: Espoo, Finland Status: Offline Points: 6456	Posted: October 26 2010 at 23:38
	Recommended listening Here's the link again http://vitkaste.net/Vitkaste%20-%20Lestinjoki Heikki Puska from Uzva appears as well.
	It's on PA!

Pekka Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: August 03 2006 Location: Espoo, Finland Status: Offline Points: 6456	Posted: November 30 2010 at 09:52
	Bump. It's a shame that absolutely nobody has taken notice of this excellent piece.
	It's on PA!

harmonium.ro Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Special Collaborator Honorary Collaborator / Retired Admin Joined: August 18 2008 Location: Anna Calvi Status: Offline Points: 22989	Posted: November 30 2010 at 10:24
	LOL, this should be in Get The Word Out Just heard the first track, sounds very good!

Jimbo Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Special Collaborator Honorary Collaborator Joined: February 28 2005 Location: Helsinki Status: Offline Points: 2818	Posted: November 30 2010 at 15:56
	Just downloaded this. I'll post some thoughts once I've listened to it.


harmonium.ro Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Special Collaborator Honorary Collaborator / Retired Admin Joined: August 18 2008 Location: Anna Calvi Status: Offline Points: 22989	Posted: December 02 2010 at 07:16
	Wow, this is amazing! I never heard such good music on a "free album" from "unsigned band". Splendid! This made my day. Also, the music actually resembles that of Camel (and especially that of The Snow Goose, my favourite Camel album). When you look in the "Sounds like" or "Influences" section of many new bands' MySpace page, they throw such major band names without any real connection to their music. Thanks for sharing this!

avestin Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Special Collaborator Honorary Collaborator Joined: September 18 2005 Status: Offline Points: 12625	Posted: December 04 2010 at 11:50
	This is fantastic music, thanks for posting it!
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Anderson III Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: October 25 2007 Location: Finland Status: Offline Points: 708	Posted: June 24 2011 at 02:10
	Thank you for listening! It's been a while since I last checked here, and noticed just now that Vitkaste has received positive feedback. I'm really happy that you all liked it!
	"Music expresses that which cannot be put into words and cannot remain silent" - Victor Hugo

Epignosis Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Special Collaborator Honorary Collaborator Joined: December 30 2007 Location: Raeford, NC Status: Offline Points: 32552	Posted: October 09 2011 at 12:07
	I just listened to this album and very much enjoyed it.
	https://epignosis.bandcamp.com/album/a-month-of-sundays

Epignosis Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Special Collaborator Honorary Collaborator Joined: December 30 2007 Location: Raeford, NC Status: Offline Points: 32552	Posted: October 09 2011 at 21:56
	And this has just been cleared for Eclectic. Does the OP have a biography or any information we could use in creating one? Any preferred image? Edited by Epignosis - October 09 2011 at 21:56
	https://epignosis.bandcamp.com/album/a-month-of-sundays

Eetu Pellonpaa Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Special Collaborator Honorary Collaborator Joined: June 17 2005 Location: Finland Status: Offline Points: 4828	Posted: October 20 2011 at 06:06
	I have long interview of Joonas Hietala about band's history, and fix the bio based on that. Purging the tape + my own slowness may test your patience with this though, but it is under work.

Eetu Pellonpaa Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Special Collaborator Honorary Collaborator Joined: June 17 2005 Location: Finland Status: Offline Points: 4828	Posted: January 07 2012 at 08:43
	It's there now, please notify if any errors or other raikkari is detected: www.progarchives.com/artist.asp?id=7020 Edited by Eetu Pellonpää - January 07 2012 at 08:43

harmonium.ro Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Special Collaborator Honorary Collaborator / Retired Admin Joined: August 18 2008 Location: Anna Calvi Status: Offline Points: 22989	Posted: January 07 2012 at 14:51
	Great!