Hello everyone and thanx for visiting my profile! My name is Rainer Tuomikanto, but you can call me Raikku. I'm a professional drummer/drumtech/drum teacher from Finland. I started to play drums in '91, when I was ten years old. My old school and band mate along with my father got me interested in playing. My first drumbeat was the intro from a Guns 'n' Roses' song "You Could Be Mine". My first experience in a band (Sacrament) was in '92, and a year later I got my first drumkit (Trax). It was 1994 when I got my first doublepedal, Premier brand. I have studied in various places through the years, for example: Soitin Mirsch (with Matti Oiling), music school Tauko (with Tero Seppänen) and Oulunkylä's Pop/Jazz conservatory (e.g. with Timo Roiko-Jokela and Miri Miettinen). Here are few bands I've worked/I'm currently working with: Causemos , [Zion:Aid], Officer Down , Spirit Disease , Dauntless & Dead Shape Figure . I'm also a drum technician to a Finnish band called myGRAIN .
If you are interested in taking drum lessons from me or otherwise working with me, please do not hasitate to contact: raikku(at)rainertuomikanto(dot)fi
Gear:
Pearl EX Export drums: 10"x08"/12"x09"/16"x16" toms, 22"x18" bass drum, 14"x6,5" wooden snare drum (color: jet black w/ black hardware) and Pearl ETB 13"x7,5" timbale (optional snare: Pearl Brass Shell 13"x03").
Zildjian K Dark Crash medium thin regular 17", Sabian HH Power Bell Ride 22", Meinl Byzance medium thin brilliant 19" crash, Zildjian K 14" hi-hat, Paiste Brass Tones 14" hi-hat (top)& Paiste Alpha Sound Edge 14" hi-hat (btm), two misc. china & splash combos and LP 6" icebell.
Pearl Eliminator P-2002B double pedal and Pearl DR-503C drum rack.
Ribbon crasher, Rhythmtech moonblock, Rhythmtech cowbell (small), Headliner chimes, piece of metal pipe (2nd ride), circular saw blades: 10"/36" (x2) and two metal pipes from copy machines.
Remo Ebony drum heads, Vic Firth 5A drum sticks, DDrum bassdrum trigger and Alesis DM5 drum module.
Links:
www.rainertuomikanto.fi (My official homepage.)
www.youtube.com/rtuomikanto (My official YouTube channel with lots of vids!)
www.mikseri.net/raikuli-poika (My profile at Mikseri feat. many of my projects, FIN!)
www.irc.fi/raikuli-poika (My profile at IRC-galleria incl. lots of pics, FIN!)
www.irc.fi/raikuli-poikafanclub (My fanclub at IRC-galleria, FIN!)
www.deadshapefigure.fi (My Bay Area influenced trash metal band, check it out!)
www.myspace.com/deadshapefigure (D.S.F. at MySpace, lots of useful info here!)
www.youtube.com/dsfofficial (The official YouTube channel of D.S.F.)
www.mikseri.net/dsfigure (Download our trashed MP3's directly from here!)
www.causemos.net (My former neo-prog. melo-death metal band. R.I.P.)
www.myspace.com/causemos (Causemos' MySpace profile incl. info & music.)
www.youtube.com/causemos (Causemos' YouTube channel incl. live videos!)
www.mikseri.net/causemos (Causemos' music at Mikseri. Download MP3's here!)
www.firebox.fi (Click here to order Causemos' latest demo!)
www.myspace.com/officerdownfinland (My ex-grind/hc-punk band Officer Down.)
www.mikseri.net/officerdown (Download Officer Down's music here!)
Pictures:
Music:
Videos:
Dead Shape Figure: Diary of the Grand Karoshi (studio video)
Spirit Disease: Live at Nightlife Rock in Helsinki, Finland 13.04.2007
Causemos: Live at Kantis in Helsinki, Finland 31.03.2007 (DrumCam)
Dead Shape Figure: Live at S-Osis in Turku, Finland 09.03.2007
Dead Shape Figure: Live at Club 25 in Vaasa, Finland 03.03.2007 (DrumCam)
Dead Shape Figure: Live at Curium Metal Fest in Helsinki, Finland 02.03.2007
Causemos: Live at Kantis in Helsinki, Finland 16.09.2006
Raikku drumming 23.08.2006
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