TIME TRAVELLER

19th Sept 2008
The TIME TRAVELLER live band has started rehearsing!
Current line-up is
Juhani Nisula - Guitar
Esko Takamäki - Drums & perc
Miikka Kivimäki - Bass
Jarkko Salo - Keyboards
Petteri Hietamäki - Keyboards, Sax & Flute
Hi folks,
..so now is the 6th of August - and TIME TRAVELLER - CHAPTERS I & II
-album is out on Presence Records (CD) and Jäänsärkijä Records (LP)!!!
Here's few links to online shops to get your own from:
Cdon.com
Jukeboxshop
Levyvirasto / The Ground.com
Levykauppa X
Stupido Shop
Prime Cuts
Syn-Phonic Music (U.S.) http://www.synphonic.8m.com/
Record Heaven (SE)
Nordic Notes Shop (DE)
Check also www.presencerecords.fi for more information
Dear Friends,
We are happy to announce that the Time Traveller: Chapters I & II will be released on Presence Records in 6th of August 2008! The album will also be available as a limited edition LP with gatefold sleeve on Jäänsärkijä Records. If you can't find it in your favourite import store, please check out the following online shops: http://www.recordshopx.com/ , http://www.stupido.fi/shop/index,eng.php or http://www.primecuts.fi/
pre-orders can also be made from http://www.jukeboxshop.net/
Check also www.presencerecords.fi for more information
~ A Brief Introduction Into Travelling In Time ~
Well, TIME TRAVELLER’s 1st album is my first effort as a solo album –
it is entirely composed / arranged / produced / recorded / mixed,and for the most part, also played by me in my full-analog home ‘studio’ (read: an old Fostex 16 tracker, crappy mixer and few cheap echos.. ;0))
‘with a little help from my friends’ Esko ‘Zeko’ Takamäki, who played the drums and percussion instruments, Timo Ristilä, who played theGREAT Moog solo on ‘Part One: The Pioneers’ and the violinist Sanna Ågren, who played the magnificient violin parts on ‘Part Seven: The Release’.
And of course, my good friend Pertti Hakala should also be mentioned, as he has been acting as an ‘assistant producer’ giving his valuable points of viewon the tunes (also the song titles are by him).
As being a long-term proghead, the album is naturally, accordingly to it’s genre, a concept album.. and yes, it IS about travelling in space & time :0) .I’ve planned this production to be a trilogy - this first album consists on the first two Chapters (I & II), second album will consist on Chapters III & IVand naturally the trilogy’s last album will consist on Chapters V & VI…………
oh btw, the contents on this first album are as follow:
CHAPTER I: THE JOURNEY
Launch
Part One: The Pioneers
Shifting (Or The Introduction to The Traveller)
Part Two: The Traveller
Part Three: Floating
CHAPTER II: CIRCUMSTANCES
Part Four: The Chase
Part Five: The Great Escape
Part Six: Dead End
Part Seven: The Release
Outro
By the time writing this, the final LP / cd mastering is still to be processed (YES, it’s gonna be available as vinyl with gatefold cover also!!)and the release is scheduled to springtime 2008. It is also very much likely that I congregate the band for the possible tour promoting this release.
I hope that these few excerpts from the album give you a clue what to be expected from the final release, so be warned…..
Seinäjoki, Finland Jan 29th
Yours truly,
Juhani N.