So,
04.09.2005, 22h, Coffy,
Mertensgasse 8, Düsseldorf-Altstadt, VVK9€,
AK11€
Live: Jimi Tenor >„BIOGRAPHY:
He changed his name to Jimi Tenor from the slightly uncool Lassi Lehto.
Tenor after his favourite instrument the tenor sax. Jimi because of his
resemblance to the 70s pop star Jimmy Osmond as a kid. /////
During 1989-92 made four albums with his Shamans, a highly uncommercial
industrial group. The noise they made banging on empty oil drums among other
things, sadly but not surprisingly brought him far too little success. Time
to leave Finland, he thought and via Portugal, ended up in Berlin. There
he recorded his last album with his Shamans and decided to give it all up
for a while.///// After Berlin came New York, where he
took up photography. Days he worked as an official souvenir photographer
on top of the Empire State Building, trying out more artistic stuff at night.
His free time he spent with his friend Jusu Lounela making some really weird
movies. ///// In New York his musical style also started
to develop into a different direction. The relaxed, ironic jazzy stuff he
recorded in his kitchen was eventually released as his first solo album
Sähkömies (1994) on Tommi Grönlund's Sähkö label.
Take Me Baby, one of the songs on the album became quite a hit. /////
During an European club tour following his second solo album Europa (1995),
Steve Beckett of Warp Records caught him stroking a piece of meat on stage
and was impressed to such a degree that a deal was inevitable. Intervision
(1997), his debut on his new label, soon met with huge critical acclaim.
///// The follow-up, Organism, was released in February
1999, and later on Warp re -released his two first solo albums. In autumn
1999 Jimi headed off to Poland to record with a symphony orchestra, the
result of which was released in July 2000 as Out Of Nowhere, his last release
on Warp. ///// He says his greatest talent is faking, making
people believe he has a talent even if he doesn't. Well, whatever he says,
he makes great music, cleverly combining elements from jazz, funk, soul
and techno into an enjoyable experience. ///// Jimi who
once after trying out contact lenses almost lost his ability to see the
world in his own unique way, also moonlights as a fashion designer and models
his creations as Tenorwear. ///// Late 1999, in a quiet
moment of a hectic schedule, Jimi married Nicole Willis in NYC. After spending
year 2000 in London he has now moved back to Barcelona, where the weather
is better. ///// After his departure from Warp in autumn
2000, he returned to his original label Sähkö to release the EP
Cosmic Relief (2001) followed by the long play Utopian Dream (2001). For
his genre-spanning masterpiece Higher Planes (2003) he found a new label,
Kitty-Yo. The much anticipated follow-up Beyond the Stars (2004) is a joyful
showcase of pure musical happiness. ///// In 2004 Jimi
leaves sunny Barcelona and returns to his hometown Lahti, Finland“
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