A completely improvised piece from 2011 on my grandparents’ Ed. Seiler piano from 1952. The piano has never been toned since September 30th 1955, making the sound, melodies and music quite haunting.
This piece, “Luona” in Finnish, is from the upcoming Soulweaver: Requiem for Earth film’s Soundtrack fitting its eery atmosphere.
A post-apocalyptic ballad music video about end of the world. Footage from the poetic Sci-Fi film Soulweaver: Requiem for Earth (2017). I wish it will enlighten you. Read the lyrics here.
This is an interesting song in that it utilizes my whole vocal range – from bass to highest note.
Sometimes it can take a long time from a melody and a sketch of a song to a finished version. This is the song that started a new age in my composing in 2011. I had written ballads before but with this song I started to make (without knowing it at the time) a full album of romantic vocal ballads. I hope to release the full album next year, 2017.
The album Tree of Love – and Other Ballads from the Darkened Sun and this song have been many years in the making. I am glad to share this with You, finally. Hope you enjoy.
Personally my favorite part is “the last dance” with the piano at the very end of the song. It feels like “after all said and done”… And it is meant to sound “clumsy”. And honest. And real.
Heartfully warm special thanks to Joonas, Hanne, Matti, Liis, Kriku, Sini (and little boys), to my loving parents and to all others who have supported my music this year and in the past years – it has given me strength and inspiration to work day and night on this and other upcoming albums! Also thanks to Liis for suggesting the harmony multi-vocals :).
Update 23rd December 2016: As a Christmas bonus here is the original acoustic 2011 live recording of “Tree of Love” – Merry Christmas!
The wintery scene of trees on the single/album CD cover is from the upcoming post-apocalyptic Sci-Fi film Soulweaver: Requiem for Earth.
This is an island in Tammisaari. There is a beautiful V-shaped old tree in the center. It is the same island I talked about in the recent music post Summer Island. A few years ago I decided to swim there in the summer. I like extreme sports but the distance was longer than I had estimated. With the energy I had left in me I made it to the rocky shore of the island and had an experience of “an evolutionary flashback” — I felt how a fish came to the solid ground for the first time ever and its fins growing to legs. Read the whole story here…
1. Näin, näin valon ja pimeän mielessäin, mä ymmärrän Valon valitsen, se kenties vie meidät lähemmäs toisiamme Kunnes taas… taas, taas, taas Sen kaiken jälleen, joudun kokemaan… Pois luotain karkasit 2. Vain, vain sinä vain, sait mut itkemään ei kukaan kyyneliään, voi kätkeä Me istutamme puun ja varjoissa kuun voimme vain odottaa
Joudun taas… taas, taas, taas Sen kaiken jälleen, jälleen kokemaan… Pois luotain karkasit
3. Anna, anna mun syleillä puuta ikuista, se mua lohduttaa
Kerran, siemen alkoi itää mutta en voinut tietää turhaanko odotan
Sua vielä kerran, syliini En koskaan päästäis’, luotain pois, milloinkaan
Näetkö sen, jälkeen vuorovesien puun rakkauden joka vain kasvaa ainiaan
Daa-da-da-daa, daa-da-da-daa…
4. Tässä maailmassa huomisessa Täytyy mun päästää kaikesta surusta
Seuraathan mua, pimeimmäs’ yös’ yös’, yös’, yös’
Jossa ainoa, valo silmissäis’ on
Näetkö sen, jälkeen vuorovesien puun rakkauden joka vain kasvaa ainiaan
Daa-da-da-daa, daa-da-da-daa…
Jos mä kuolisin, kaiken jättäisin mut sua en milloinkaan – en milloinkaan – en milloinkaan En sua jättäisi kokonaan, kätken sut… kätken sut sydämeeni…
Here’s my newest song – an electric guitar ballad: “The Lynx at My Home” (2016).
This song is dedicated to my cat and all the cats I have loved in my life.
The track will be in the upcoming album Tree of Love – and Other Ballads from the Darkened Sun. Featuring f.ex. acoustic/electric guitar and piano ballads, celt and medieval inspired songs.
PS. Points and glory to the person who gathers what the beginning and end of the song “means” (the ambient sound waves from 0:00-0:36 and 7:43–8:00)… Hint: listen to the lyrics… You can write a comment on your thoughts. (I’ll reveal my intentions later.)
Answer:The ambient soundscape in the beginning and in the end refers to the 2nd verse about sinking to the bottom of the sea… That’s how I imagine it to sound like. It also represents the inner world of cat – that we can only dream about of ever understanding (no more than ourselves)…
Of course the whole song itself also tells about life, women and broken relationships.
EDIT February 25th, 2017: Song version updated – some tuning issues were fixed.
Here’s my newest song – a guitar ballad, called “Scorpion” (2016). Hope you like it!
This is the first released song with my new artist name Avalkis. The track will be in the upcoming album Tree of Love – and Other Ballads from the Darkened Sun. Featuring f.ex. acoustic/electric guitar and piano ballads, celt and medieval inspired songs.
Thanks to Matti, Hanne and Onni for our recent live band sessions and jammings that inspired me to finish this song faster than I would have otherwise! (There might be a rock version with our band at some point when we have time with our busy schedules.)
UPDATE: Due to request from my good friend and artist Joonas here is the whole “Scorpion” song with the ambient intro that originally belonged with it :).
1. If I find you, will you be my true… in this life, or the next
Will you be my, guiding angel that I’ve yearned, for so many years
2. A light that always shines, please come back to my loving arms I have come for… your love
That is true… pure and beyond Will you know me… There’s so much to feel
3. I have a scorpion, crawling down my neck it’s trying to sting, but it cannot hurt
’cause there’s an antidote, running in my veins It is your love, that I can always trust
4. I don’t know where… else to turn to When I am home sick, far away
A distant stranger, becoming a friend I have become, someone I once knew
5. Will you follow, will you see me Do you know us, there’s so much to learn
I am here to stay, not giving any lessons still you’re the treasure, I almost gave away
” Can I give you, all that I have for what I am, and what’s left of me
Can I give you, all that I have for what I am, and what’s left of me ”
PS. The original working title for this song was “A Seed of Hope” which referred to “Acid of Hope”. Because it’s interesting to note that the base for this song is originally an acid trance song I composed in 1998. That might explain some of the sounds and melodies appearing in the final build-up :). Also a certain 1980s/1990s nostalgia is present. I will release the trance version too later.
A completely improvised piece from 2011 on my grandparents’ Ed. Seiler piano from 1952. The piano has never been toned since September 30th 1955, making the sound, melodies and music quite haunting.
Also thanks to Liis for suggesting the harmony multi-vocals :).
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