RinneRadio
Balladium
2023
Rockadillo Records
1. One Earth 4:37
Composers: Tapani Rinne, Tuomas Norvio, Hilđa Länsman Producer: Tuomas Norvio
2. Photon 5:24
Composer: Tapani Rinne
Producer: Tuomas Norvio
3. Births Today 3:30
Composers: Juha Mäki-Patola, Tapani Rinne Producer: Juha Mäki-Patola
4. Where Water Means Gold 4:11
Composers: Petteri Leiviskä, Tapani Rinne
Producer: Levinsky
5. Cryosphere 4:24
Composers: Tapani Rinne, Recue, Hilđa Länsman
Producer: Recue
6. Iridium 6:22
Composer: Tapani Rinne
Producer: Aleksi Myllykoski
7. Spirient 10:39
Composers: Tapani Rinne, Aleksi Myllykoski
Producer: Aleksi Myllykoski
8. Palladium 5:50 LP:
Composers: Tapani Rinne, Tuomas Norvio
Producer: Tuomas Norvio
RINNERADIO:
Tapani Rinne: clarinets, saxophones
Juuso Hannukainen: percussion 6, 7
Aleksi Myllykoski: electronics 6, 7
Tuomas Norvio: electronics 1, 2, 8
Hilđa Länsman: vocals 1, 5
Seppo Tyni: guitar 4, 7
Teho Majamäki: handpan 2
Juha Mäki-Patola: piano and synthesizer 3
Levinsky: keyboards and programming 4
Recue: electronics 5
Photon recorded by Markus Pulkkinen
Cryosphere vocals recorded by Lávre Johan Eira
Where Water Means Gold mixed by Risto Hemmi / Finnvox
Births Today and Cryosphere post-production by Pauli Saastamoinen
Mastering by Pauli Saastamoinen / Finnvox
Cover photo: Harri Huhtamo Lay-out: Japa Mattila
Finland’s pioneering electronica band RinneRadio has finally released a new album!
It is already 11 years since the 2012 RinneRadio album StaRRk, as the founder and band leader
Tapani Rinne has been busy making critically acclaimed solo albums and duo offerings with Wimme
Saari, Teho Majamäki, Aleksi Myllykoski and Juha Mäki-Patola.
For the new album Balladium, Tapani Rinne has found totally new collaborators in addition to long
time partners like Tuomas Norvio, Juuso Hannukainen and Aleksi Myllykoski.
Levinsky (Petteri Leiviskä) is known for his dark cinematic keyboards music, inspired by classic
horror and sci-fi films as well as artists like Vangelis, Jean Michelle Jarre ja Kate Bush. Recue (Riku
Annala) has been producing his own electronic music and remixes in addition to working with artists
like Jesse Markin, Robot Koch and Jamie Lidell.
Interesting guest musicians include also a great young generation Sámi joik singer Hilda Länsman
(Solju, VILDÁ etc.) and guitarist Seppo Tyni, who rose to fame in the end of 70´s in Pekka Pohjola
Group and also was a member of early RinneRadio.
Tapani Rinne and RinneRadio have always been innovative and operating in the not-so easily labeled
areas between electronic and organic, ambient and dance grooves. On Balladium the focus on
ambient.
– Balladium turned out as a surprisingly experimental and progressive ambient album. Every tune has
a title that I spent a lot of time thinking of, so there is definitely an underlining theme and concept,
Tapani Rinne says.
