summer time

I still have summer in my mind. The outside world helps to keep this image. And so does this split single by Top Sounds and The New Tigers. So blue blue and full of sand. Good. Songs. Good. Night.

at the end of the summer break

Summer temperatures start when my holidays end. Obviously.
I cool down the atmosphere with trumpet sounds from Jan Wälchli and put this postcard on my wall.




See more works by Karoliina Hellberg here.

Olympiske Leker | The Olympic Games

My Olympics resolution: run regularly. Today is a good start with Casiokids serving an appropriate song for that. Enjoy this great animation by Chad Blevins. And learn some Norwegian! :) I myself have always wanted. That's yet again another point to my endless to-do-list: there is never enough time in the day! :)



lengdeløp  |  long distance
hekkeløp  |  hurdle race
maraton  |  marathon 
triatlon  |  triathlon
kulestøt  |  shot put
sleggekast  |  hammer throw
diskos  |  discus throw
spydkast  |   javelin throw

sykkelløp  |  cycling
orienteringsløp  |  orienteering
høydehopp  |  high jump
løftes opp  |  lift me up

basketball  |  basketball
baseball  |  baseball
tennisball  |  tennis
samme kall  |  same calling

svømmedrakt  |  swimming suit
samme drakt  |  same suit
i samme land  |  same country
med samme flagg  |  same flag

en OL-ring  |  an olympic ring
en lekegrind  |  a playpen
en utopi  |  utopia
på virkelig  |  for real

en posisjon  |  a position
en prosesjon  |  a procession
en visjon  |  a vision

harmoni  |  harmony
en måneds tid  |  a month’s time

like a solar flair

Django Django must be from some other galaxy. They have this knack and elegance unequal to all the rest of us. Here yet again they blend their sounds with vision. Quite white. With lots of light. Perhaps even solar.



Please meet the director of the video Daniel Swan.

always look at the white sky and you lose your head in the clouds
wanna step onto them and float onto their ground (...)

too much too young

My player got stuck with The Specials. I cannot complain. Even though I miss a certain someone. It's obvious and one cannot escape it.



The video was directed by Martin Baker and it features the legend of trombone Rico Rodriguez.

a redder shade | a whiter shade

Speaking of colours: there is this vivid artwork of Astid Swan that attacks positively your eyes when you open her website. The voice of Astrid blends accurately with the colours of this time of a day when it's in shade already. I run across Astrid's music at the beginning of the week while discovering this quite new and very promising label from Helsinki: Soliti. For more releases by Soliti click here. 



Shady Lane is a cover of Pavement's song the video of which was directed by Spike Jonze.

(...) a redder shade of neck on a whiter shade of trash

the moment

Music is the moment. I was caught by that moment very tightly during the concert of Leszek Możdżer at 47th Pori Jazz Festival. This moment really cannot leave me and I am grateful for that. Continuing the topic of Solidarity of Arts, it's worth mentioning that Leszek was a musical director of the first "+" concert within SofA in 2010. The special guest of this year's festival is Quincy Jones who comes to honour the Stańko+ concert and Tomasz Stańko's 50th anniversary of music career. So, head to Gdańsk if you can, August 11th. It's giant!
Well, it feels it has been a great weekend. Plus my constant hunt for colours was satisfied as well thanks to the exhibition of Isabel Pathirane. If you happen to be in Helsinki see her works this week at Kuvataideakatemian galleria, Kasarminkatu 44. Hurry up and catch the moment! :)




All of the arts come together to build the human soul
and to make humans still have compassion. Mirabai Daniels

solidarity of arts

Solidarity of Arts is an art feast. See the behinds scenes from Marcus+ jazz show 2011.



(... ) we find a way to even pollute music with negative thought and negative agenda. And if solidarity is something that is really engraving in poeple's souls, we'll have no more war.  Angélique Kidjo

jag tycker mycket

Came back from running, packing and maybe someday will learn Swedish. I do understand something from Peter Morén's new song... akustisk, Holywood ... just to name a few examples ;) I see definitely hope for myself in this endless mission of studying the language of the neighbour. Peter Morén might be of some help here perhaps. Read more about Peter on Ingrid, an artist collective from Stockholm (oh yes, Lykke Li is there!).



Video credits go to Belle & Light.

Montag on Wednesday

Summer is a sweet time when time runs out of its track and name of the days are not of such relevance. I embrace that. And enjoy again Montag's tribute to Trish Keenan. Now it blends beautifully with vision.



Please meet the creator of the video Samantha Gurry.

convinced by the sea

Kris Berry shared these great vibes from Dj Vadim on her Twitter. And I am just planning my trip to the seashore. Perfect timing. Good. Morning.



Video credits go to Monsieur Zupika and Przemysław Adamski (who works with
Katarzyna Kijek in Kijek/Adamski directing duo) and also to Maciej Salamon
(responsible for visualisations for a dubtechno project Hatti-Vatti: from Poland
with a Finnish accent in its name :)).

this morning creeps light on my room
dreams run away to bring the promise of a new day

yellow

I woke up and felt yellow. Or at least in a need of such colour. My new Spanish quest continues with Ojos de Brujo. Good. Day.