Mad Lindell
Grandmaster Klaus (7")
KRÄKS 138
Kräk
1988
A. Grandmaster Klaus (3:32)
B. Karjala (3:04)
Written by Tommi Lindell.
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Thursday, July 17, 2008
Mad Lindell: 'Grandmaster Klaus' (1988)
An addition to the 80s synthpop dept. of pHinnWeb... Tommi Lindell was one of Finnish electro pioneers with 'Grandmaster Klaus', a humorous electro-funk take on Klaus Järvinen, the über-critical musical educator member of TV's Levyraati (Finnish version of Jukebox Jury) in the 1980s, sampling the show's jazzy theme music to the comments of Mr. Järvinen on sundry musical performances seen at Levyraati. You can hear the track and see its video at YouTube.
The official Tommi Lindell site
Tommi Lindell @ FinnArctic
Lindellandia @ YouTube
Tommi Lindell @ Discogs
Tommi Lindell interview @ Selvis 1/2001 (in Finnish)
Tommi Lindell @ Riffi 2/2002 (in Finnish)
Labels:
1980s,
electro,
electropop,
Finnish artists,
Finnish culture,
funk,
humour,
synthpop,
television,
Tommi Lindell
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2 comments:
Tommi Lindell studied music at the Oulunkylä Pop & Jazz Conservatory, founded by Mr.Järvinen who was also the principal at the time. I'm sure this also provided some inspiration for this track.. An inside joke perhaps? :)
Deluxe! Nam ja hehe!
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