After nine albums, dozens of pseudonym releases on superhot labels (like Rekids and Get Physical just to mention a couple from the past few years), close to a hundred remixes, his own radioshow on national radio for more than a decade (in Finland though, so it may not count), thousands of DJ gigs all over the world, producing and writing songs for the likes of Tiga, and having a reputation as a producer who can make an 808 kickdrum sound like a jazzy flute, Jori Hulkkonen is back with “Man From Earth”.
“Man From Earth”, his tenth studio album, is the first "Jori Hulkkonen" album not released on the now defunct F communications. It is his first for the hotter than hot label Turbo Recordings. Will this change of label affect his sound? Is this the end of ballads, jazz and ambient? Of course not! But the album is a deliberate (as in not forced) departure from the bedroom vibes with focus on jams for the dance crowds.
Recorded at his alppIVhouz studios, most of the tracks were intended for 12" singles so they are not album tracks as such. But what it may lack in atmospheric synthpads, "scandinavian mood design" and social commentary it makes up in catchy basslines, sizzling hi-hats and semi-danceable tracks.
