TUOMO - Don´t Take It Too Hard »
"Another quality release from Finland's best kept secret Jupiter records. Tuomo Prättälä, the main proprietor of respected soul and funk outfits Q-continuum and Quintessence enriches our soul with sensual and passionate music from his debut and forthcoming 'My Thing' CD. Two gorgeous soulful tracks on a very limited collectors 7"" give us a taste of the man's inspiration and musical values. 'Don't take it too hard' is a stomping foot shaker in the classic soul sense. Sounding super authentic and true with brilliant production skills bringing this 2007 track back to somewhere in the mid 60's. How many will be caught out by the correct date of Tuomo's roduction and scintillating arrangement? 'Ourselves' finds Tuomo reminiscing over another mysterious Finnish lover affair while realising that girlfriends come and go, our Stevie Wonder records simply stay with us for ever. Again, check that arrangement."
Taken from the album: My Thing
| Track Name |
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Time |
Listen |
Price |
Buy |
| Don't Take It Too Hard |
(3:19) |
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€1.19 |
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| Ourselves |
(3:50) |
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€1.19 |
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| BUY ALL 2 TRACKS €2.00 |
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(all tracks are high quality 320 mp3 files - if not stated differently)
TUOMO
Tuomo (born as Tuomo Prättälä, 1979). Soul-singer, jazz pianist, composer, lyricist and producer. Tuomo began taking piano lessons at the age of 7. After Sibelius Senior Secondary School of Music, Helsinki Conservatory of Pop and Jazz and the civil service as sound engineer in the Finnish Theater Academy, he started his career as a professional musician.
During 2002-2006 Tuomo contributed in 10 full-length albums in 7 different line-ups. Together with his various bands he was nominated for Jazz Emma Award for 4 times, won 2 international jazz contests, received the highly-acclaimed Finnish Teosto Award, was The Young Artist of the Year chosen by Finland Festivals and toured intensively all around the world.
In January 2007 Tuomo released his first solo album titled “My Thing”, which immediatelly hit Finnish Top 10 and received only rave 5-star, 4-star reviews. “My Thing” is singer-songwriter music based strongly on 70s soul heritage.
Mr. Gilles Peterson, the most famous and influential DJ and broadcaster in the world, has been a big fan of Tuomo’s since the first single “Don’t take it too hard” saw daylight. The song was for long included in Gilles’ MySpace player.
In Japan, the single has reached number 5 on J-Wave’s Tokyo Hot 100 Chart and continues to be in Top 10 on many radio stations' playlists. First international tours covering Japan, Germany, Austria and Estonia took place in late 2007.
In 2008, Tuomo mainly focused on recording his new album. It was released in February 2009 and titled "Tuomo Reaches out for you". Naturally both audience and critics were a little suspicious if Tuomo will be able to make an album as pleasing as the first one, but it turned out that "Reaches..." is even better - if possible. It has gained even more international interest than "My thing". Japanese, German and Dutch tours are happening before autumn of 2009.
LINKS:
www.tuomomusic.com
www.myspace.com/organkane
