I am a singer- songwriter from Helsinki, Finland. I have been living most of my life in Helsinki, but in my childhood we moved a lot around Finland because of my fathers work. I have also been living in Stockholm and spent a lot of time in Naples, in Italy. I started playing piano when I was ten years old. I studied it six years and later started to play guitar. I begun to write songs when I got my first electric guitar.
During the years I lived in Stockholm we had an awesome band with Jaana Jaakkola, with whom we wrote the songs. After I moved back to Finland Jaana went on and started with Tanja a new band called Splitvision. (Check out at www.myspace.com/splitvisioncom).
I have made my first gigs in Naples, Italy with an acoustic duo Vanni & Katja. We played in clubs, occupied houses etc.
Back in Finland I had various projects like The Invisible Boys and Valentina. Most recently I have been composing new songs and working with guitarist Petri Setälä.
Music has allways been an essential part of my life. I think it as an art form and self expression. When making music I am just occasionally interrested the traditional romantic love theme, there..s so many fascinating different aspects in life. I am interrested in the world, human rights, society and in generally the great mystery of life. A feeling, scenery, thought, a question or just energy has to be transformed into a new world through music and rythm.
RIGHT NOW: MAKING A NEW BAND WITH HENKKA, YOU WILL SOON HEAR MORE ABOUT IT... ... guaranteed THIS ROCKS... ... ;)
ABOUT MY DEMOS HERE:
RED JEANS is one of my newest songs, a living room take, just by me and my dear instruments.
UNIVERSAL WHORE is also one of my new songs and it too is "home made" , recorded with my and my friend Spudi..s Cubase studio, Kikka Rytkönen plays the percussions (cardboardbox, cabasa, wooden sticks, marakasses and some kitchen equipment), I play the guitars. The song is about the cold fact that human trafficing is an evergrowing business round the world. Director Aki Kaurismäki said: "You have to stand against any injustice". I do it my way.
LIKE THE DREAMERS DO and TIME are two of my older, lighter songs, recorded a bit of a time ago. (Ok, I have worked a little on pronouncing since that! ;)) The musicians with whom i played in studio are the guitarist Teemu Hopponen, basist Pasi Ryökkynen and drummer Kalle Miettinen.
Maija L, a photographer from Stockholm, made the VIDEO to the song UNIVERSAL WHORE.
TILAA KEIKALLE:
Akustisesti soolona
Katja L ja Henry Tarujoki DUO
RIVAKKA TRIO: Katja L, Vesa Salmi ja hanuristi Vesa Kari: Riipaisevia duettoja ja messevää menoa kera kitarain ja hanurin. Tää on tie hurmiohon!
YHTEYDET: katjaluhta-at-gmail.com
