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Alamaailman Vasarat (Hammers of the Underworld) is a cult avant-garde Finnish group. Their music covers a wide range of styles and influences and is therefore difficult to classify; on their official website they mockingly refer to their style as being "kebab-kosher-jazz-film-traffic-punk-music." Much of their music is reminiscent of klezmer music. This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... A work similar to Marcel Duchamps Fountain Avant garde (written avant-garde) is a French phrase, one of many French phrases used by English speakers. ... Klezmer (כלזמיר) is a musical tradition which parallels Hasidic and Ashkenazic Judaism. ...


Band members

Jarno Sarkula is a Finnish musician and one-time TV-personality. ... The soprano saxophone is a variety of the saxophone, a woodwind instrument. ... The tenor saxophone is one of the larger members of the saxophone family invented by Adolphe Sax. ... The bass saxophone (or bass sax for short) is the second largest existing member of the saxophone family (or third largest, if the subcontrabass tubax is counted). ... Saxophones of different sizes play in different registers. ... The bass clarinet is a musical instrument of the clarinet family. ... The trombone is a musical instrument in the brass family. ... The tuba is the largest of the low-brass instruments and is one of the most recent additions to the modern symphony orchestra, first appearing in the mid-19th century, when it largely replaced the ophicleide. ... Pump organ, a version of the reed organ where the player maintains the air pressure needed for creating the sound in the free reeds by pumping with his feet. ... A grand piano from Schiedmayer & Söhne, Stuttgart. ... Piano, a well-known instance of keyboard instruments A keyboard instrument is any musical instrument played using a musical keyboard. ... A cello The violoncello, almost always abbreviated to cello (the c is pronounced as the ch in cheese), is a stringed instrument and a member of the violin family. ... A cello The violoncello, almost always abbreviated to cello (the c is pronounced as the ch in cheese), is a stringed instrument and a member of the violin family. ... For other kinds of drums, see drum (disambiguation). ... A percussion instrument can be any object which produces a sound by being struck with an implement, shaken, rubbed, scraped, or by any other action which sets the object into vibration. ...

Discography

Mamelukki & Musta Leski – 2:45 Perikunta – 3:57 Lakeus – 3:22 Unikkotango – 2:46 Asuntovelka – 3:05 Kebab Tai Henki! – 3:02 Jano – 3:21 Tankkaustunti – 4:42 Merikäärme – 4:09 Häntä Hellii Käärme – 4:07 Hakumies – 7:51 Delhin Yöt – 3:04 Siltojen Alla – 5... Kivitetty Saatana – 4:48 Vasaraasialainen – 5:50 Pelko Antaa Siivet – 3:59 Hamarapuolella – 5:15 Astiatehdas – 3:10 Vanha Lapsuudenystävä – 6:14 Olisimme Uineet Vieläkin Pidemmälle – 5:44 Lentävä Mato – 3:41 Jää, Hyvä Mieli – 6:00 Jarno Sarkula / soprano saxophone, tenor saxophone, bass clarinet Tuukka... Tuomari Nurmio is the artist name of Hannu Nurmio (b. ...

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