Artist description instrumental music with changes, now also with vocals by Lotta Rytkonen.

Music Style Pseudo agent/police-film soundtrack music

Musical Influences John Barry, Lalo Schifrin, Shaft-films, Ennio Morricone

Similar Artists I don't know any band that would sound like us, sorry.

Artist History Role: Jukka Sillanpää, 33, the main man behind moniker Sorb-I-Tol Musical history: Jukka has a long musical career especially in underground metal bands, he has during the last 10 years been a member of the bands F, Sceptical Schizo, Lavra, This Empty Flow and As Divine Grace and has been involved in about 20 different releases. Even though he has been involved in so many bands, he has always had his own unreleased material waiting for somebody who would release it. Now he has separated his personal works under two totally different monikers, Sorb-I-Tol and Kivikyy. Kivikyy is based more on medieval music and Sorb-I-Tol on present music styles. Sorb-I-Tol: The background of the whole musical project began to bear fruits during the summer of 1994, when Jukka bought his first analog synthesizers. He started composing very primitive types of songs, in a vein of early dark ambient bands. The first song was named as "Obesa", like song number 4 in "Piste". This song is based on the original song composed in 1994, but Jukka remixed it during Winter 1999/2000 for the " Piste " album. Jukka forgot these primitive songs, because he thought it would be better to concentrate more on his bands. Next episode in Sorb-I-Tol's history was Summer 1996, when Jukka decided with his friend, Mika Rintala, to make some kind of live-performance during the Pori Jazz 96 festival in Pori, Finland. The reason for that was very simple, Jukka and his friends had a music studio in the middle of Pori center, which was a great place to make live performances for people who were just passing by. So, Jukka decided to compose some pieces and other things they will play live, Jukka playing piano, hammond, two analog synths and Mika playing his self-made modular analog synthesizer. They started to play 18.7.1996 at five a.m in very confused feelings. They also told to some of their friends about this performance, which led Ari and Sami Ala-Miekkaoja to join and also play some instruments. They played together about one hour during that night, some unknown people visited also playing some bass parts. So what made that performance very unique, was that fact, that it sounded very good for all members, it was absolutely the birth of Sorb-I-Tol. You can find two edited pieces from that live performance on the "Piste" album, " The street of Liza " and " Five a.m ". During the next 4 years Jukka concentrated again more on his bands, but sometimes he tried to get record deal also to Sorb-I-Tol, but without any success. At last during Autumn 1999 Plastic Passion, Finland decided to make a deal Jukka under this sorb moniker. That was the real start point ( " Piste " in Finnish ) for this album. At the first they planned to release the whole live performance from 1996, but after a couple of months Jukka decided that he had to compose some new material for the album. After that decision he did 4 new songs, which start this album, " Malpaso ", " Freeze! ", " "S" is back " and " Obesa ". The reason why Jukka decided to do this was that at the same time he discovered a new music style that he really wants to use in the future, some kind of mixture of influences he acquired during these years from agent movies and movie composers. The whole idea just started to live its own life making also visual look (cd-covers and this bio) in a vein of agent and police movies from 70's. Jukka also decided to separate the whole album in two different sections, "Operation goatland" and "Operation beartown", present and live sound. So, if you like instrumental music with changes, this album is music for you. After releasing "Piste", Lotta Rytkonen has joined to band being as a lead vocalist and playing some cello-parts too.

Group Members Jukka Sillanpaa, guitars, bass, kbs, samples, sitar. Lotta Rytkonen, vocals and cello

Instruments Guitar, bass, kbs, samples, sitar,cello, vocals

Albums "Piste", "Cuba Libre"

Press Reviews Worlds apart from As Divine Grace, and yet similar in an especially important way, Jukka Sillanpää's electro-ambient-jazz side project Sorb-i-tol create the 70s police and agent movies vibe through the ingenious use of sound effects and big band-style orchestration. Their recently released instrumental album, Piste, is divided into two sections (rather, cases), entitled "Operation Goatland" and "Operation Beartown." The first "case" comprises four songs that were composed by the band after they were signed to Plastic Passion in 1999, while the last three tracks were recorded during a live session back in '96. "Operation Goatland" incorporates a movie soundtrack influence, giving these four songs a "background" or "atmospheric" element that makes them perfect for nighttime reading and relaxing. Mission One, "Malpaso," with its highly punctuated brass, is a short, jazzy opener for the more swingin', funkier "Freeze!," which uses a whole range of brass and wind instruments layered over a continuous rhythm and seemingly random electronic sounds. As with most big band music, the song's structural complexity leaves little room for improvisation. "'S' is Back" begins as most smooth jazz, lounge music would, before it too swells to a frenetic climax. This track in particular has an active bass section. Closing the case on "Goatland," "Obesa" is more ambient and electronic than the rest, signaling what the remainder of Piste has in store. Because they resemble extended jam sessions, the last three tracks are quite long and become tiring to follow as the music meanders. Nevertheless they provide great music to which one falls asleep. "Piste," like "Obesa," uses less brass and more ambient electronic; unlike "Obesa," there's not much of a structure to the music, which has an improvisational jazz sensibility (although Jukka says they were composed prior to the concert). Nearly fifteen minutes in length, "The Street of Liza" has a distinctive typewriter-like percussion and a squeaky synthesized noise over piano. Piste ends with "Five A.M.," which I believe incorporates a Theremin, or a synth-generated Theremin sound effect. What impresses me most is how seamlessly the dissimilar sounds and effects come together; the music is rich and complex, yet continuous. Track this and his other bands' albums down, just about everything Jukka Sillanpää has composed is a surefire winner. Reviewer: Jeffrey Shyu, 29.June.2000

Location Sauvo - Finland

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