MOKOMA - Varjopuoli Acoustic Album Details Revealed
October 9, 2011, 13 years ago
Finnish thrash metal band MOKOMA will release their acoustic album Varjopuoli on November 2nd via Sakara-Records. The album contains previously released songs of the band as acoustic versions. In addition there is also one new song called 'Sydän Paikallaan' which is written by vocalist Marko Annala.
Varjopuoli was produced by Jarkko Martikainen. In the band's press release, Marko Annala comments that Martikainen was chosen because of his strong vision of how acoustic music should sound like. Also Laura Dziadulewicz from MEDEIA and Pekka Kuusisto, who is one of the best known violinists from Finland, appear on the album.
Varjopuoli tracklist:
'Ei Kahta Sanaa (Ilman Kolmatta)'
'Mene Ja Tiedä'
'Haudan Takaa'
'Kuu Saa Valtansa Auringolta'
'Kiellän Itseni'
'Hei Hei Heinäkuu'
'Sydän Paikallaan'
'En Elä Talven Yli'
'Sinä Riität'
'Nujerra Ihminen'
'Silmäterä'
'Valapatto'
'Sydänjuuret'
'Kurjen Laulu' (bonus track on digipak-edition)
'Toista Maata' (bonus track on digipak-edition)
Mokoma have played some of their songs as acoustic versions before, and they had one full length acoustic gig at Tavastia, Helsinki last April. A couple of videos from that gig:
To support the release of Varjopuoli, Mokoma will be hitting the road on full acoustic tour called Sähkökatko with the following dates:
October
28 - Joensuu, Finland - Kerubi29 - Kuopio, Finland - Henry's Pub
November
5 - Kokemäki, Finland - Stadium Live Club11 - Mikkeli, Finland - Wilhelm Bar & Club
12 - Kouvola, Finland - Club Encore
18 - Vaasa, Finland - Hullu Pullo
19 - Seinäjoki, Finland - Rytmikorjaamo
25 - Helsinki, Finland - DOM
26 - Turku, Finland - Klubi
December
2 - Tampere, Finland - Yo-talo3 - Lappeenranta, Finland - Totem
16 - Jyväskylä, Finland - Lutakko
17 - Oulu, Finland - 45 Special
(Thanks Night Elves)