O I E A. Total: 45:00. Tomi Salesvuo East Funk Attack is:

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1 O SA LESVU ST FUNK CK TOM FUNK A TA A T T TA CK TOM ST E E A O I LESVU I SA A EFA (2:58) WHAT DO YOU NEED? (4:06) MR. PRINCE (6:07) DOIN IT (7:52) HANG UP YOUR HANG UPS (4:53) JOJO (5:14) JONES BOOGIES ANOTHER ROUND (7:09) BE WITH ME (6:30) Total: 45:00 Tomi Salesvuo East Funk Attack is: Anniina Karjalainen Vocals Kasperi Kallio Rhodes & keyboards Roope Löflund Saxophones Mari Talala Trumpet & Flygelhorn Marzi Nyman Guitar Matias Kiiveri Rhythm guitar Eero Uurtimo Bass Joonas Kaikko Percussion Tomi Salesvuo Drums Trombone #1, 2 and 3 Kasperi Sarikoski Backing Vocals: Anniina Karjalainen, Joonas Kaikko, Tomi Salesvuo Additional Keyboards, Metallophone, Samples and Rhythm by Tomi Salesvuo

2 About the recording Recorded at Mankku Studio By Hannu Hattunen Additional Recordings at Musala II and JKB studio By Tomi Salesvuo, Matias Kiiveri and Joonas Kaikko Mixed at Lerin Paja by Tommi Vainikainen Mastered at Chartmakers by Svante Forsbäck Produced by Tomi Salesvuo Tomi Salesvuo Plays Ludwig Drums and Amedia Cymbals

3 LINER NOTES Why do I write these liner notes, a swedish trombone player with little connection to Finland? Simply because I love the music made in my eastern sisterland and I respect the musicians living there. They have their own sound, their own style and they are proud of themselves and what they do. Tomi Salesvuo is no exception to this rule. Being an extraordinary drummer is not enough for him, he wants to expand into writing, arranging and producing and that s exactly what he has done with this album in a very successful way. Tomi has a sense of melody and groove that is not heard everyday and he manages to combine catchy vocal lines with funky hornlines and his own smoking rythm-keeping, making this album a very fine example of music- not just made in Finland but made for the whole world to hear. Enjoy, I did! Nils Landgren (Singer, Trombonist, Funk-Artist from Sweden) PHOTO: EETU-PEKKA HEISKANEN

4 It all started from a gig We were playing a Funk show in front of a full club, a tribute to some of my heroes. The band was on fire and the crowd in the club was really getting in the groove! That music felt so good, it made me see that this was it this was the direction that I wanted my music to go! During the last couple of years, I have really opened up to all musical ideas. I ve been looking for what would be my own thing and the opportunity to do it. It was kind of like being able to hear the target sound but I just didn t quite know how to reach it. I am a jazz musician who also loves to play rock songs with melodies and power that people can feel and sing along to. I wanted to mix those ideas. It was my goal to somehow re-write the rules, like what you can put into a song, and how musically different tunes you make may collect into an album. I love the energy and unpredictable feeling that improvised jazz music has. It is one of the best playgrounds for a drummer like me. When you do music with a nine-piece orches- tra like East Funk Attack, you have a great chance to really lock in the groove and make your moves tight. Playing a steady Funk groove with just one chord and breathing the hypnotic beat with your band mates is an unbelievable feeling! When I got off stage after that gig, with a red face and feeling totally melted like in a Finnish Sauna - our future singer Anniina was the first person to speak with me. Can I join this band!? I think my answer was something you can t even translate or explain. While heading backstage, I explained to her what a pure instrumental orchestra it was and that I had no thoughts about any lyrics etc. I didn t even think that I had a band. How wrong I was! When I started to write these songs, I realized that with vocals, I had an opportunity to really push my music in the directions I wanted to go. Past co-writing experiences with my dear friend and great vocalist Julia Vuorinen encouraged me to ask her to work with me again on these new songs. And yes - it worked out well! When I finally had the lineup for the band, my top-musician friends from Helsinki, I just simply started to write new songs for the orchestra. I never could ve imagined that I could write these types of melodies, rhythms and yes, even lyrics! It was incredible to watch the process develop and to see how I have reached my personal goals. Meeting deadlines, feeling speechless after hearing the songs played for first time in rehearsal, seeing the great effort put forth by each musician It s been incredible! It has been a real journey for me as a musician! Now my first solo album is ready and in your hands. I m hoping that it will do the same thing for you as listener as it s doing for me as a musician - make you smile and get you feeling good! I enjoyed the whole trip. I loved our studio sessions last January in Porvoo with temperatures falling to -20 Celsius outside of the building and us burning up inside like maniacs! In those three days and nights, we were able to catch some takes

5 that I really think are some of the best tracks I have ever played as a drummer in my career. My recording engineer Hannu Hattunen pushed the studio limits to the top. Even after 4 AM, when we hit the Sauna before calling it a day, I still saw the smiling faces of my band. This same vibe continued during all of February and March when we worked with the Horns, Marzi s guitar parts and vocals with Anniina at my Musala II studio in Helsinki. I will never forget the nights we spent at Lerin Paja Studios with my Mixing Engineer Tommi Masterfader Vainikainen. We were mixing and makin the Funkiest sounds for the album! But with two guys - drummers like us, we just had to set up Tommi s drum kit and jam! Play the drums and just fool around like kids, just feeling good and smiling! With our full focus on the music that s how I think we did it and why it sounds like it sounds. I m proud of the result and I am pleased that I have friends and colleagues to turn to when needed. We did grab onto something new, with a respect for Funk music history. There is no way I could have made this as good as it is without my loved ones. Thank you for your endless support Jonna, Stella and Eliel. Love & hugs It s finally ready! Helsinki. 11. August, 2014 Tomi PHOTO: TOMMI SAAREL A

6 ABOUT THE SONGS Opening song EFA got started from a bass hook and from a need to kinda have an introduction, a slogan for the album and the band, a simple vamp that invites you to the party to have some fun. It is a song to put a smile on your face. It was really fun to create this one from different loops that I asked the guys to play. I love the way Anniina s vocals groove through the track and how Matias nails it with the wah wah! What Do You Need? got the most rock out of us. This song was the first one I wrote for the band over a year ago. I remember having an idea for the chorus first with the full bassline on the bottom. Those lyrics in triplets just pumped out of my brain. The idea was of someone becoming really frustrated. Mari and Roope played so funky in the hornsection part and I am happy to hear my late father s trombone played on the record by Kasperi Sarikoski. We played the Drums and Bass with Eero as the last song in the studio (Used the first take!) I think it was 2 AM I love The Meters. Zigaboo is one of the funkiest Drummers in the World! Mr. Prince I had an idea of a New Orleans style Funk song. I tried to write the melody as childishly as possible. Now, all I hear is our kids singing it at home all the time... Mari s trumpet solo and Marzi s crazy guitar part is one of my favorites on the album! Tommi had an idea of dubbing on the drum part and it makes me smile when we listen to the result. It was me with my fingers on the soundboard when we made it..! Doin it and Hang Up Your Hang Ups are the classic ones. We made the versions as an honour to the great masters. The whole band is a big fan of the legendary Herbie Hancock. Hang Up Your Hang Ups is also the first song we ever played live. Kasperi stands out with his super Moog solos and Marzi scats like a maniac on Doin it. Anniina made a hell of a vocal part for Doin it! Quite a shame you can t hear it cuz we couldn t negotiate the permission for the new lyrics from all three copyright owners... I suddenly remembered an old song Jojo on a summer s holiday at lake Saimaa. It was a funky song by Tuure Koski that we played with XL band back in the 90 s. We never recorded it and now it has a totally different vibe overall. Julia Vuorinen and James Clay worked with the story and Julia composed the new melody from our ideas. The track brings Anniina s vocals back to the album on its B-side and it s an excellent example of how great it is to co-write and arrange with these people! Our saxophone player Roope is killing it on his solo even though he had to do it in a bit of a challenging key. James Brown contributed big time as well! Jones Boogies Another Round is a combination of a funky rhythm part from James Brown tradition mixed with a chromatic and tricky melody. This song was originally composed some years ago but I re-wrote it and we did lyrics for this one with James Clay in a co-writing session (So cool!). The song has quite a story inside it; It draws a picture

7 of a housewife who can t stop doin all those little things at home. You may sit and watch and wonder but she just keeps doin it. Everything looks just fine on the outside but then the song suddenly lets us in and we hear her thoughts of how unhappy she is and how near the end of the relationship it is! I really loved playing this track with Eero and Joonas in the studio. Anniina does her role with huge attitude, Marzi plays an outstanding guitar solo and Roope s sax on the end of the song is burning! The album s last song Be With Me is the first song I ever composed where I had to jump out of the shower to write down the lyrics and the melody! I don t know how this happened to me...? Julia wrote beautiful lyrics for the verses and I really dig the pop-ish vibe the song has. The ending for the song came from an old melody I still had in my mind and I arranged it to end as a big crescendo! Anniina finished the lead vocals so lovely despite a high fever! It was also great to watch and learn when Joonas did his percussion loops and sounds. Kasperi and Eero added just the right relaxed groove feeling and those electric northern lights are by Marzi and Matias. PHOTO: EETU-PEKKA HEISKANEN

8 EFA (2:58) (comp. Tomi Salesvuo - lyrics, Julia Vuorinen) We got what you need, music to feed your hungry soul So go on, eat your bonbon of rock-and-roll If you want some more get on the floor and start to dance We love your moves, and your shoes Give the Funk a chance. If you got a little cravin for a funky groove (for a funky groove) all you got to do is listen we will make you move (we will make you move) PHOTO: EETU-PEKKA HEISKANEN

9 WHAT DO YOU NEED? (4:06) (comp. Tomi Salesvuo - lyrics, Julia Vuorinen, Tomi Salesvuo) Baby listen up, it s time for you to stop You moan and groan and nag, We been here before In My face all day Like you are always right Who made You the Judge of me? You wanna dress me up, and school me like a pup Do this and don t do that can t you shut up at all If I wear my shoes they ll be the one s I choose you can watch em leaving with me What do you need, what do you need from me? What do you do, what do you do to me? What do you mean, What do you mean to me? I don t really know what you need? I should let it go, just go with the flow breath in and let it out you re no fun at all you make me sad and so freakin mad Are you even listening to me? If you want my love you gotta get rid of your funky attitude cos I m about to bawl and now you re gonna see this booty ain t for free you can watch it leaving with me What do you need, what do you need from me? What do you do, what do you do to me? What do you mean, What do you mean to me? What do you know, What do you know about me? What do you miss, What do you miss about me? I don t really know what you need?

10 MR. PRINCE (6:07) (comp, Tomi Salesvuo) PHOTO: TOMMI SAAREL A PHOTO: TOMMI SAAREL A

11 DOIN IT (7:52) (Herbie Hancock, Ray Parker, Melvin Ragin - arr. Tomi Salesvuo)

12 HANG UP YOUR HANG UPS (4:53) (Herbie Hancock, Melvin Ragin, Paul Jackson - arr. Tomi Salesvuo) PHOTO: TOMMI SAAREL A PHOTO: TOMMI SAAREL A

13 JOJO (5:14) (comp. Tuure Koski, Julia Vuorinen - lyrics Julia Vuorinen, James Clay - arr. Tomi Salesvuo) You had it comin from the first bite in the redlight. You struggle to battle night after night to keep it so tight. You saw it comin. Burnin so bright in your headlights. (She s) double the trouble again tonight. (She s) dynamite. You got it comin (You) never unwind Leave it behind The trouble with people that don t speak their minds They re so blind I will rescue you Surrender to my woo This is no drive-thru I will rescue you You see it turnin It doesn t unwind (You) fall behind The trouble you re makin It s all in your mind All in your mind I will rescue you Surrender to my woo This is no drive-thru I will rescue you You had it comin from the first bite in the redlight. You struggle to battle night after night to keep it so tight. You saw it turning It doesn t unwine And then you fall behind The trouble you re makin It s all in your mind All in your mind It s all in your mind And I will rescue you It s all in your mind And this is no drive thru

14 JONES BOOGIES ANOTHER ROUND (7:09) (comp. Tomi Salesvuo - lyrics James Clay) I m not me anymore You see my house is not my house Each white shirt hides a deadly rose I hide the blood and sweat and tears Let me climb from my lonely place And I ll wait for you (to come undone) Every night is a chain reaction The silence is infinite Around your head Around the floor I ll see inside I ll step outside PHOTO: TOMMI SAAREL A

15 BE WITH ME (6:30) (comp. Tomi Salesvuo - lyrics, Julia Vuorinen, Tomi Salesvuo) This night is what I ve waited for, for so long Cos I know that right here, is where we belong So can I come a little closer to you? I gotta tell you what I m feelin You and I you are supposed to be mine Don t be shy Be with me, and be mine Cos you are supposed to be mine Don t be shy Be with me Cos you are meant to be mine Don t be shy Be with me, and be mine Cos you are meant to be mine Don t be shy Be with me You make me feel so good, so right and you know me the best, so tonight I wanna get a little closer to you, I wanna show you that these feelings are true You and I you are supposed to be mine Don t be shy Be with me, and be mine PHOTOS: TOMMI SAAREL A

16 My sincere appreciation: East Funk Attack what a band! Marzi for your visdom & support. Anniina for your respect to my music and me. Julia deeply in love to work with you! James for Your passion and talent. Hannu Hattunen You did it again! Tommi Vainikainen my Man!!! Seppo Laine, Jarmo Saari, Mikko Kaakkuriniemi, Nils Landgren. Thank you: Jukka Puurula/Mankku studio, Leri/Lerin Paja, Svante/Chartmakers, Kimmo/Millbrook, Harri Falck, Lucas & JKB studio, Ossi & Ilkka/ Metropolia, Jussi Häkkinen, Kasperi Sarikoski, Viljam Suvanne, Speedy Saarinen, Jarkko Sallinen, Lauri Malin, Jussi Turunen & Miiro Varjus for videos, Anssi Nykänen, Anne and Michael Rogers, Eetu-Pekka Heiskanen, Tommi Saarela, Friends and colleagues - you know it! Markku Jaska Aaltonen/Jackshop.fi, Jyrki and Jukka/Saavalainen & Salesvuo Oy - Big Thank s for your support! This album was heavily encouraged and supported by Crowdfoundin Platform Mesenaatti. And a Huge Thank You to all my Fans! In a loving memory of Jari Falck ( ). Dear friend, cousin and godfather - I miss you like hell! Mr. Prince is dedicated to Eliel Salesvuo