We are happy to announce that the long awaited second album by Elifantree, entitled "Time Out" will be released in April. The album will be available for pre-order very soon. The band will support the new release with a series of high profile concerts at Turku Jazz Festival, April Jazz Festival, Vossa Jazz in Norway and Pori Jazz Festival in July just to name a few. More information about the new album and the tour is coming up very soon.

And in related news, Defekt is currently recording their second album and will be performing at this year's Jazzahead festival in Bremen, Germany on April ...

Eclipse Music is delighted to announce three new autumn releases. Kauhukakara's second album "Eläinten Fanfaari (Animal Fanfare)" is out November 18th followed by a record release concert in Gothenburg. The show held at Nefertiti will be broadcast live on Swedish radio.

Common Creature (Sarah Riedel & Joonas Kuusisto) will release their debut album "Daydreamers" on December 9th both in Finland and Sweden. More info on the touring schedule later.

Markus Pesonen Hendectet, previously only available from Unit Records (and receiving fantastic reviews!) will be out on Eclipse Music very shortly. M...

Elifantree's second album "Time Out" has been noted visibly in Finnish newspapers. One of the most prestigious magazines Suomen Kuvalehti interviewed the band for their latest issue (which is out now) and the country's main daily newspaper Helsingin Sanomat had the band's album release concert as their main topic in their culture section today. The band's photo also appeared on the front page.

Elifantree's album release concert takes place tonight (April 27th) at 8 PM in Espoo's Kino Tapiola as part of the annual April Jazz Festival.

Kari Ikonen has received the high honor of being nominated for the Teosto Award for his compositions on the album "The Helsinski Suite".

The Teosto Award is one of the highest honors awarded to a composer in Finish music. The previous nominees and award winners have included many of the most popular and acclaimed composers and song writers of the past decade.

This year Kari Ikonen is among a high raking group of musicians including classical composers Kalevi Aho and Mikko Heiniö, jazz pianist I...