Dandelion / Dandelion / Dandelion

"Kan du starte et hjerte igen? Alle kan bruge en hjertestarter. Det tager kun et kvarter at laere, og du kan ikke goere noget forkert. Tak for hjaelpen. Du har gjort en forskel for at redde liv.

Aleksi Eeben releases his new album Dandelion in digital music stores, streaming services and as a small batch of CD's on 14th December 2021. Dandelion is wayward fairy tale music for grown-ups and misfits, always seeking for beauty.

Dandelion blooms with graceful, lingering melodies, inspiring harmonies and film score like moments.

For this album, Aleksi mentions Einojuhani Rautavaara, Johanna Juhola, Erik Satié and Pekka Pohjola as his main influences. The fantasy game soundtracks by Koji Kondo may pop in mind too, and you may also hear faint traces of chip music, the beeping of antique game consoles."

Guests:
Ruska Schönberg, vocals (3, 5, 9)
Francesca Prattico, drums (7)
Rita Torrens, viola and violin (7)
Sonja Sidoroff, percussion (3, 9)
Juuso Kekkonen & Jamie MacDonald, vocals (12)

TrippTrappTrull Horns (7):
Elin Andersson, trumpet
Nicklas Dahlin, alto saxophone
Simon Fransman, trombone

Additional percussion samples:
Janne Tuomi & Simo Laihonen (1, 2, 3)

Speech sample (3, 9) from Adam Neely's New Horizons in Music, used with permission

Cover art:
Laura Kinnunen

Aleksi Eeben composed, programmed, recorded, mixed and mastered the music and played electric bass, electric kantele, remote electromechanical solenoid grand piano, electric guitar, ukulele, recorder, kalimba, drum pads, synthesizers, antique home computers, game consoles, speech synthesizer and tea cups

Thanks to Ville Hyvönen, Hannu Koistinen, Asko Rantanen, Kim Kanerva, Polina Shandarina, Konsta Mikkonen, Ulrika Bachér, Juhani Nuorvala, Juha Kujanpää, Ville Sorsa, Helena Haaparanta and Sini Ojala

Supported by Taiteen edistämiskeskus / Centret för konstfrämjande / Arts Promotion Center Finland