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Finland's Risto releases its long-awaited rip-off compilation! The group's full-length albums have been a success with critics and audiences alike and this CD collects together all the songs that people have been whispering about for the past years. This compilation includes songs from the albums Risto (Fonal, 2004), Aurinko Aurinko Plaa Plaa Plaa (FR 047CD/LP) and Sähköhäiriöön (FR 063CD/LP), which reached #7 on the official Finnish sales chart. There has been a lot of praise from even Risto's own idols: Tuomari Nurmio said that "Risto gives hope that the rock business can still come up with unusual, untrendy and totally fresh artists" and Kauko Röyhkä has noted that "Risto reminds me of myself when I was younger." On this compilation you'll also hear two new previously-unreleased songs, "Lyö" and "Seuraavan Sukupolven Psykopaatti." The music video for "Lyö" was recently released and was written by Risto himself and directed by Sami Sänpäkkilä.
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This is the third full-length release by Finland's Risto for the Fonal label, capturing the energy, humor, and massiveness of their live performance. Originally formed in 2003, Risto is led by Risto Ylihärsilä with Tuomas Eriksson (guitar), Minna Kortepuro (bass) and an ever-changing drummer. Their second album, Aurinko Aurinko Plaa Plaa Plaa received rapt attention from fans and press and reached number 12 on the Finnish album chart. Risto live is perhaps the wickedest show in all of Finland and Live! captures the band performing songs from their Fonal full-lengths and singles thus far. Each performance is ridiculously polished, with searing guitar solos, keyboard playing that seems to defy majesty and comedy, and an eclectic arsenal of vocal effects, spaceship sounds, screams, etc. As a Fonal label fan puts it, "'Rakkauden Rock' has got to be the worst song ever to play live. It starts too quickly for any sound guy to figure out what to do with the knobs, and once they do, the song's finished. There's Leinonen and Juntunen on drums and Minna on bass, Eriksson plays guitar. Risto nearly knocks himself out every night, and his knees are so bad that, the way he keeps jumping, you always fear he won't be standing up again. Really, these guys work so hard, it makes you ashamed to do anything at all if you're not going to work as hard as they are." Theatrical, emphatic, passionate performances from Finland's zaniest band that defies categorization. Garage rock, lounge rock, absurdist, brash skronk, doesn't matter... Live! makes you wish you were there, shouting along.
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This is the third full-length release by Finland's Risto for the Fonal label. Risto was formed in 2002 to bring to life the visions of singer/keyboard player Risto Ylihärsilä. In addition to him, the line-up includes Tuomas Eriksson on guitar, Minna Kortepuro on bass, and an ever-changing drummer. Sähköhäiriöön is a slightly more serious ride than before. There are darker overtones within the Finnish lyrics and sound and influences ranging from The Beatles to Risto's one year-old first-born son can be heard. Risto used lots of old vintage gear to record this album, and the result is a Finnish pop rallying cry, with sometimes ballad-y, sometimes searing keyboard and piano-work, recorded, mixed and mastered entirely by Risto himself. Risto continues to receive more and more attention and has gathered a loyal and large fan base in their native land with their intense performances and genre-spanning pop/rock. Sähköhäiriöön should please the most fervent fan as well as draw in some newcomers to their sound: a mix of anthemic rock, boozy bar-ballads, and smiling, theatrical Euro-pop.
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