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Jukka Packalén

About Me

I am:
- The bass and guitar player of kumina.org, the fantabulous prog/fusion group. OUR DEBUT ALBUM "ENTROPIA" OUT NOW!
- The guitar player of Trio Trout, a power fusion trio w/ the awesome mr. Jari Kokkonen on bass and the ever great mr. Matti Kanerva on drums
- 50% of the Packalén / Kanerva project; check out the songs in the player or download the whole release at packalen.com - the home page of the Jukka Packalén / Matti Kanerva project , the whole thing can be downloaded for free!
- Head of Keinotodellinen saunaloossi, the first and, as far as I know, the only Immersion Composition Lodge in Finland
- A proud survivor of two Freak Guitar Camps

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 26/05/2007
Band Website: http://packalen.com
Band Members: Jukka Packalén: guitar, guitar synth and bass.
Influences: I like both intellectually challenging and emotionally gratifying music. There are way way too many influences to list, even semi-comprehensively.
But if pressured to name just a few, I'd have to say e.g.:
Christian Alsing
The Bad Plus
Bumblefoot
Michael Brecker
Nels Cline
Avishai Cohen
John Coltrane
Brett Garsed
Jonas Hellborg
Mattias IA Eklundh
Peter Erskine
Charlie Haden
Mike Keneally
King Crimson
Shawn Lane
Alex Machacek
Mats/Morgan
Marco Minnemann
John McLaughlin
Pat Metheny
Pantera
Jaco Pastorius
Chris Potter
Primus
Arvo Pärt
Rage Against The Machine
Frank Zappa
John Zorn
Sounds Like: Doesn't resemble anything you've heard lately, I hope.
Record Label: Unsigned

My Blog

New music brewing

Hey there, random reader!I've been busy writing new music for a new trio that we've founded together with the most excellent bass player Jari Kokkonen and a long time partner-in-crime for both Jari an...
Posted by on Mon, 01 Jun 2009 05:29:00 GMT

Kumina.orgs debut album Entropia out now

Kumina.org has released it's new debut album, Entropia. The album features 10 pieces of eclectic music crossing between instrumental prog and fusion ranging from thoroughly composed material to collec...
Posted by on Sat, 10 Jan 2009 05:35:00 GMT

Remastered version of Chicken Karate available for free download

The first release by Finnish fusion music duo Packalén / Kanerva called Chicken Karate is now even better with the release of remastered versions of the tunes. The tunes are available for f...
Posted by on Sat, 13 Sep 2008 12:39:00 GMT

Download the new fusion album by Packalén / Kanerva for free!

Chicken Karate is the first release from Jukka Packalén & Matti Kanerva, a.k.a. the rhythm section of the fantabulous prog group kumina.org. The album consists of six tunes testifying our undying ...
Posted by on Fri, 16 May 2008 02:08:00 GMT