Pinku Vääty: Swedenshire

Rakkaus 08! Pinku Vääty returns with some really deep techno in Swedenshire, with some crunchy but beautiful chords, layered with vinyl cracklings that would make any trip hoper from back in the day blush, and all over a steady grooving beat.

This is followed by Tora Vinter's marvellous remix of Swedenshire. This is yet deeper, with some submarine sounds from deep down in the abyss, topped off with some serious acid action.

The last of the three is Popkonto, which could maybe be described as somewhat of a quirky homage to Milton Jackson's Cycles. It's uplifting, steady going, but has also got that special Pinku Vääty-something!

Enjoy!

Jonatan & Rakkaus

Hard at work

Just a small notice, letting you know that I haven't forgotten about you all. I'm currently hard at work, compiling the last two Rakkaus releases of the year: The first is due next Friday, and is a Pinku Vääty single featuring a brilliant Tora Vinter Remix! The last release for 2010 is a remix EP with remixes of all the Ernesto songs out to date: It's called LOVE SPIN WISE LIES and features Love Comes Round, Spin On, Wise, and Pretty Lies - all in new exciting versions by a few favorite producers out there!

In the meantime, you can check out the a taste of Swedenshire at soundcloud.com/rakkaus-records

best

Jonatan

Ernesto: Wise

Here it is. The new Ernesto release: WISE!

Let's just say that it's Intelligent Soul Music (with a big nod to the lovely genre Intelligent Dance Music that is now called electronica). The song is somewhat of a pressure cooker that holds everything in place, without exploding. Then the remix evolves and takes it in a full on dancefloor direction.

It drops on friday (October 1st), but you can check it out already now!

If you wanna hear the DJ Nibc Remix in higher resolution, visit the rakkaus soundcloud page. (If you wanna hear the original in full length and quality before buying, you can watch that space when the release is out.)

Enjoy!

Jonatan

Rakkaus06 - All That She Wants!

Now, the new Rakkaus Records release [Rakkaus06] is here! It's some original-as-ever Pinku Vääty music, but the lead track is something as unusual as eurogrime! It's a down and dirty version of Ace of Base's smash All That She Wants from back in the days, but this time performed with fuming vocal delivery by Paul Mac Innes.

Enjoy!

Jonatan

Rakkaus04

"Rum Away is an amazing club anthem!"

- C Rok, Motorcitysoul [Simple Recordings]

"Malted Away has got to be my favorite for the vintage drum sounds and amazing chopped pads"

- Christo, [Superficially Deep/Atjazz Record Co]

Today the new Pinku Vääty release SPIRITS AWAY EP is out! A hard hitting techno ep, that is guarateed to keep the summer night clubs and raves warm.

Below is a separate post with a Rakkaus Release player that (to the best of my knowledge) automatically updates with new things from the label as they emerge. Did you also know that you can always check in with www.soundcloud.com/rakkaus-records to see what's happening and have a listen to the full tracks in good quality, whenever new things drops? We usually also see to it, that some teasers get released there beforehand - sometimes snippets, and sometimes whole tracks.

Rakkaus Release Player

Thought it would be a good idea to post a RAKKAUS RELEASE player, courtesy of Beatport, that automatically updates with the new things coming out on the label.

Enjoy!

Jonatan

Ernesto: LOVE COMES ROUND (Rakkaus03)

Yes! I'm so excited! Today is the release of my first single on my own label. Today is the releasedate of ERNESTO: LOVE COMES ROUND. Get it now, on iTunes, Beatport, or where ever you like!

Now.

Now the first Pinku Vääty release is up on Spotify. Only took the guys 6 weeks after release. Way to go. Anyway, to celebrate this re-issue of an ancient release from the very beginning of the Rakkaus catalogue *lol*, here is a playlist with some technoid cuts for you all to enjoy. Some new and some older. But definitely nothing from the last six weeks. :)

RAKKAUS REKKOMENDS:

PINKU VÄÄTY: MAGURO KARA AGE

PORTFORMAT, SHUANISE: U GOTTA FIND (ANDREAS SAAG MINIMAL EPIC PERSPECTIVE)

MODESELEKTOR: CASH

ROBERTO AUSER: BROWN SUGAR JAM

TRICKSKI: POWERHORSE (EDIT)

JORI HULKKONEN: MISTER DRIVE

PEZZNER: OTHER LOVER (NACHO MARCO REMIX)

KERRI CHANDLER: PONG (BEN KLOCK REMIX)

FBI: ALL I WANT (EDIT)

CLOUD: SAKTA

YANNICK L: GALLIENI (EDIT)

MODESELEKTOR: THE BLACK BLOCK (RUSTIE REMIX)

ERIK L: ELECTRIC DREAMLAND

FLYING LOTUS: SANGRIA SPIN CYCLES

JORI HULKKONEN, JOSÉ GONZALEZ: BLINDED BY NUMBERS

Rakkaus Rekkomends (open with Spotify)

Best

Jonatan

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RAKKAUS02!

I am excited yet again! Now it's time for the second release on Rakkaus Records, supported by Simbad, Nacho Marco, Christoffer Berg (Fever Ray, Hird, etc), Cukipapa, Atjazz and more! Please find it well at your favorite electronic store. (Click above for itunes, or see the beatport player below.)

Much Rakkaus (love)

Jonatan

Make money... or maybe no?

In order to stay true to my recommendations I'm working to get the first Rakkaus release up on Spotify. However, as it probably well established by now, people don't actually make any kind of reasonable living off of Spotify. Below is a link to a pretty interesting article, stating that in order to make the equivalent of the US minimum wage in a month, your song would have to be played 4,5 million times on Spotify that month, to generate the equivalent revenue. For some releases however, I would earn both the "label" and "artist" revenue; it probably only would take me 3,5 million plays. :)

So basically, if you - like me - live in an industrial country and happen to like the music we're putting out on Rakkaus: Please muster the 4 euros/dollars/pounds to buy the first release. You may off course listen with Spotify (as soon as the people at Spotify choose to publish the tracks me and my distributor has in fact already supplied them with) as well or as a substitute. But at least now you know the score.

Sincerely yours

Jonatan

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Rakkaus Records Premieer!

Yes, it's finally time for the first Rakkaus Records release! After more than a year in the works, things have finally been set up, put into a sequence of releases and processed through the proper systems in order to reach you a finished digital product!

The first release on the label is PINKU VÄÄTY: LILI & SUSHI EP.

This four track EP ranges from the glitchy, deep and playful Maguro Kara Age and Päivärinta, onto some more spacious lush electronica in Terminal Building, on still to end in something that's a little bit more of a mix of both the bass-heavy components and the electronica vibe.

You'll find it at iTunes or Beatport (and about 80 other shops and digital delivery systems).

I wish you all the best,

and that this release - and the many more that will follow - will find you well!

/ Jonatan

New label!

I'm just in the process of setting up my own label - Rakkaus Records, together with finnish electronica-man of mystery Pinku Vääty. I'm very excited about this, and will off course keep you posted on the developments.

For a sneak-preview listen of the first release (a spacious electronica piece called Terminal Building by Pinku Vääty), go to www.vaaty.com

All the best

Jonatan