Tummaan kukkapaitaan sonnustautunut artisti toi pienen keväisen tuulahduksen lumen ja jääpuikkojen saartamaan keikkapaikkaan. Livekokoonpanoon kuului Jaakon lisäksi rumpali ja basisti-taustalaulaja. Dynamon vaatimattomalle esiintymislavalle ei valitettavasti olisi sopuisasti mahtunutkaan enempää soittajia, joten tarpeelliset saksofonisoolot soitettiin koskettimilla. Tammikuun pimeästä keskiviikkoillasta huolimatta keikka veti paikalle melko runsaasti kuulijoita ja levytkin ilmeisesti tekivät hyvin kauppansa. Itsekin ostin Töölö Labyrinth -julkaisun keikan jälkeen.
Jostain mystisestä syystä olen kuunnellut vain melko pintapuolisesti jo viime vuoden puolella julkaistua Out of Touch -albumia, joten en osaa kovin tarkasti eritellä illan settilistaa. Bassoradiolla jo jonkin aikaa soinut Emotions in Motion kuultiin sekä tietysti usea muukin uuden levyn kappale. Jaakko Eino Kalevin vähäeleinen ja maltillinen esiintyminen sopii hyvin hänen esittämään hempeään dreampoppiin. Olisin mieluusti voinut nähdä keikan hieman isommallakin lavalla, mutta valitettavasti Turussa on hämmästyttävän huono tarjonta sopivan kokoisista keikkapaikoista.
Ehkäpä Jaakko Eino Kalevin voi taas kesällä bongata jostain.
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Jaakko Eino Kalevi - Dream pop music in the middle of frosty winter
Jaakko Eino Kalevi paid a visit to Finland on his European Tour. His new album Out of Touch was released last year and after visiting Denmark, Norway and Sweden he arrived in Dynamo club in Turku on the last days of January. You could have seen him also in Tampere, Oulu, Jyväskylä and Helsinki. At the moment he is touring somewhere in France and southern parts of Europe, so we don't know when he is again in Finland.
Jaakko had a dark flower shirt and he brought a nice spring atmosphere with him on the venue which was surrounded by snow and ice. There was a drum player and a bass player in his live band. The stage was so small that there could not have been any other players on stage. That's why sax solos were played on keyboards. Even when it was January and Wednesday evening there was pretty much audience and I think his records were also sold pretty much. I bought his Töölö Labyrinth cd.
For some mystical reason I have not listened to his new album very much so I can't say much about the setlist. At least Emotions in Motion was played as well some other songs from the latest album. Jaakko Eino Kalevi's calm presence fits very well to his dream pop music. I could have seen the concert on a bigger stage, but unfortunately there's a lack of good concert places in this city.
Maybe there is a possibility to see him again somewhere in next summer.
Ehkäpä Jaakko Eino Kalevin voi taas kesällä bongata jostain.
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Jaakko Eino Kalevi - Dream pop music in the middle of frosty winter
Jaakko had a dark flower shirt and he brought a nice spring atmosphere with him on the venue which was surrounded by snow and ice. There was a drum player and a bass player in his live band. The stage was so small that there could not have been any other players on stage. That's why sax solos were played on keyboards. Even when it was January and Wednesday evening there was pretty much audience and I think his records were also sold pretty much. I bought his Töölö Labyrinth cd.
For some mystical reason I have not listened to his new album very much so I can't say much about the setlist. At least Emotions in Motion was played as well some other songs from the latest album. Jaakko Eino Kalevi's calm presence fits very well to his dream pop music. I could have seen the concert on a bigger stage, but unfortunately there's a lack of good concert places in this city.
Maybe there is a possibility to see him again somewhere in next summer.