THE FIVE CORNERS QUINTET - FCQ Remixed II »
"Part 2 of the Five Corners Quintet remix series comes with hot club versions of tracks taken from the album "Chasin' The Jazz" produced by JORI HULKKONEN, MITSU THE BEATS and TUOMAS KALLIO (Five Corners Quintet, Nu Spirit Helsinki). Feat. Mark Murphy. On the first part we had Don Nicola Conte and the Danish greats Povo remixing the mighty FCQ with a jazzy twist and now it's time to move on the more electronic side of things and see what such well-known names as Jori Hulkkonen, DJ Mitsu the Beats and Tuomas Kallio have been cooking in their studios. All three tracks appeared originally in the Five Corners Quintet's debut album "Chasin' the Jazz Gone by" that was initially published in 2005. Jori Hulkkonen, an acclaimed producer, composer and DJ has re-invented the Mark Murphy's track "Before We Say Goodbye" and under Jori's treatment the result with the "leading male voice of jazz" is definitely closer to Depeche Mode than old Ernie Wilkins' arrangements. Jori started his career in the early 90s and has been recording to F-Communication label since 1998. He has been collaborating with such names as Jose Gonzales and Tiga. The other two tracks are remixed by Japanese DJ/producer DJ Mitsu the Beats who puts his "chic house" touch on "Lighthouse" and Tuomas Kallio, the man behind the Five Corners Quintet and Nuspirit Helsinki who remixes the FCQ's signature tune "Trading Eights" and transforms this modern dance floor jazz classic into a punkass disco."
Taken from the album: Chasin´ The Jazz Gone By
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THE FIVE CORNERS QUINTET
The Five Corners Quintet is a Helsinki-based postmodern jazz outfit influenced by early sixties straight ahead and latin jazz. Led by producer Tuomas Kallio the Five Corners Quintet is a new extension of the highly acclaimed Nuspirit Helsinki collective.
The two innovators behind Five Corners Quintet, composer, producer and arranger Tuomas Kallio and the band's benevolent svengali and record label manager Antti Eerikäinen initially were simply set out to release a few vinyl singles of stylish jazz music tailored for the dance floor. As the first three vinyl single releases received a huge response among the press and taste makers such as Gilles Peterson, Norman Jay, Rainer Truby, Jazzanova and Mr. Scruff and at the same were all sold out selling over 12000 copies in total, the Five Corners Quintet project slowly evolved into an established and more serious phase. This meant two things: setting up a live band and a CD-album project.
“Those were 100 percent chaotic experiences. We lacked proper equipment and knowledge of what this new electronic music was really all about. Nevertheless we managed to pull things off somehow, mostly due to our enthusiasm rather than skill, I must say.”
In musical terms the goal of the FCQ is to set an example of how dance floor-friendly contemporary production can fruitfully meet the musical craftsmanship of the past, creating music that sounds as hip as the classic jazz records but is at the same time structurally polished and easily accessible music of today. Not housey nu-jazz, but jazz in the classic modernist spirit.
Studio production
In studio the Five Corners Quintet is a contemporary project gathering separately the right people for each song from a pool of musicians that are some of the very best players of the Finnish and international jazz scene. Musical production is utilizing both the analog and digital domain, drawing on tools from tape recorders to samplers and sequencers. Even though the final sound and feel is a lot alike, the production approach of FCQ is thus entirely different from a mid-20th century studio setting.
Live
The Five Corners Quintet performing live is another story. The live band is a phenomenal jazz quintet - or at times a sextet or even bigger - that can appeal both to a critical seated jazz audience and a dancing club crowd. On stage The Five Corners Quintet is a real band featuring real musicians: no machines, no samplers, no DJ's but instead a lot of energy, interaction and world class level of musicianship. The live band consists of the very cream of the Finnish jazzmen. Eero Koivistoinen is a tenor sax heavyweight who has been around since the sixties. Jukka Eskola is a young trumpet phenomenon and the Finnish equivalent for Freddie Hubbard. Severi Pyysalo on vibes is a Blue Note recording artist and the drummer Teppo Mäkynen, who is voted as the number 1 drummer among the Finnish jazz press year after year, is internationally known for Nuspirit Helsinki and his solo project Teddy Rok Seven.
LINKS:
www.thefivecornersquintet.com
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