Janne Tuomi

Music:

Member Since: 10/23/2006
Band Website: www.jannetuomi.com
Band Members:

Influences:

Elvin Jones, Milford Graves, Edward Vesala, Ed Thigpen, Rashied Ali, Ed Blackwell, Jack DeJohnette, Andrew Cyrille, Tony Williams, Paul Motian, Paul Lovens, Fritz Hauser, Pierre Favre, Raymond Strid, Sven-Ã…ke Johansson, John Bergamo, Glen Velez, Layne Redmond, Airto Moreira, Mickey Hart, Peter Erskine, Billy Higgins, Al Foster, Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Ornette Coleman, Sun Ra, Thelonious Monk, Cecil Talor, Albert Ayler, Roswell Rudd, Charles Mingus, Hal Russell, Toru Takemitsu, John Cage, Steve Reich, George Crumb, Harry Partch, Jean Sibelius, J.S.Bach, Alan Silva, Don Cherry, Vesa-Matti Loiri, Robert Plant, John Paul Jones, John Bonham, Jimmy Page, Jimi Hendrix, Mitch Mitchell, Buddy Miles, George Harrison, John Lennon, Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, Dr. John, Evan Parker, Derek Bailey, Mats Gustafsson, Milt Jackson, Prince, ...

Sounds Like: water, tree, fire, earth, metal

Press quotes:

RESONANCE (FMR-Records)

"'Resonance' features Janne Tuomi on solo percussion, recorded at the Church of Kuhmalahti, with all pieces composed by Tuomi. This is all acoustic percussion music and it is superbly recorded. This music is closer to classical percussion music in its sound and it is consistently thoughtful and engaging. On "Kunlun I", Janne concentrates on just a gong and comes up with some impressive and mysterious results. A most impressive offering from a young master-percussionist that we ill be hearing more from in the near future." - Bruce Lee Gallanter, Downtown Music Gallery

APPROACHING (Ektro Records)

"Approaching shows that Tuomi, while absorbing useful precedents from a range of musical fields, has developed his own vision of where the percussionist's role may take him."
The structure of Approaching, its varied instrumentation and mutations of pace readily suggest narrative, with Tuomi as storyteller relating a journey through a series of states from turbulence to eventual meditative calm. More importantly, it's a lively and serious engagement with the power, colour and nuance of sound. The rattling shells, gong splash and tinkling bells are evocative but they are also as much the substance of the music as Tuomi's energetic polyrhytmic kitwork."
”Approaching shows that Tuomi, while absorbing useful precedents from a range of musical fields, has developed his own vision of where the percussionist's role may take him.”
The Wire
By Julian Cowley

"..he uses a range of gongs and tuned percussion as well as trumpet to create a scenario that is meditative and dramatic by turns. There are a number of sounds that suggest an Eastern provenance placed next to the muted melodies of an African mbira. It is a very effective and attractive fusion whatever the sources may be."
”Tuomi’s use of wide ranging tones contributes to the cd’s distinctive soundscapes. They feel as though they have been carefully collaged using instrumental soundings that entirely compliment each other. It is both colourful and absorbing in its execution and the deployment of materials and should certainly tempt anyone who thinks an album consisting solely of percussion is not for them.”
Paul Donnelly
www.ejazznews.com

”Tuomi’s solo methodolgy consists of noisy drumkit bashing alternating with gongs and cymbals sounding in shimmering waves, a pattern that takes on the feel of ritual. The drones, rattles, and sickly trumpet added to this at various times increase the aura of mystery and elemental energy.”
”The final piece, ”Contemplation,” really emphasizes the ritual aspect as Tuomi moves from cymbals to Indian drones to thumb piano and, finally, gongs with a grand sense of form and purpose, not unlike what the late Finnish drummer Edward Vesala used to do in his bands. A lot of Finnish jazz draws from the folk elements of their culture. Here is one impressive example."
Jerome Wilson
Cadence Jazz Magazine

”Approaching does not sound like jazz in the conventional sense. It does not swing, and it is often difficult, even impossible, to ascertain how much is composed and how much is improvised. Yet, this is ordered, thoughtful music, and it is pleasantly surprising how much there is to hear.”
” Tuomi builds each piece carefully, even meticulously.”
”adventurous, unique album.”
Marc Meyers
AllAbout Jazz

”...the drumming is so intensely enjoyable it needs to be heard without accompaniment to be enjoyed properly. Difficult, but deep and rewarding, ‘Approaching’ is a marvellous record.”
Boomkat Records

”Carefully constructed, rising and falling, with hazy drone and dramatic clatter, soothing bells and rattling sticks...not a noisy racket at all, but a personal sound-world quite listenable for something that falls into the 'solo percussion' category.”
Aquarius Records

"It's difficult to find words that do justice to conservatory-trained Finnish percussionist, free-music journeyman, and occasional Circle drummer Janne Tuomi. Approaching, his solo debut from 2004, kicks up clouds of sustained, polymorphous rhythms that are as stark as an empty temple yet as powerful as a collapsing building. Well-placed bursts of pocket trumpet and reverberating gongs add color to the shifting, tidal clatter. Like a less industrial, quieter Z'ev for the new millennium, Tuomi has located a unique intersection between avant-garde drone, the jazz improv of Edward Vesala or Milford Graves, and the grace of mother nature herself."
HarvestTime Records

”for those of free mind."
Scratch Records

Record Label: Ektro, FMR-Records, Verdura, Muzik Zaman...
Type of Label: Indie