Cover photo by Teemu Kekkonen
You are warmly welcome to the professional website of musician and teacher Mikko Patama. Here you can find information about his previous and upcoming releases, some live video footage, synth sorcery and Mikko’s contact information. And if you’re a musician, do check out the free stuff available for download.
News
Overhead: Telepathic Minds Live – 25th Anniversary Tour
The acclaimed progressive rock group Overhead is celebrating 25 years of existence in 2024 by playing concerts around Europe. On the first half of the tour the group can be seen in Finland, UK, Germany, Netherlands and Belgium.
03.03.2024 Fusion Festival, The Civic, Stourport, UK
27.03.2024 Bar Loose, Helsinki, Finland
08.05.2024 Bergkeller, Reichenbach, Germany
10.05.2024 Das Rind, Russelsheim, Germany
11.05.2024 Mausefalle 33 1/3, Bonn, Germany
12.05.2024 ‘t Blok, Nieuwerkerk a/d IJssel, Netherlands
13.05.2024 Spirit of 66, Verviers, Belgium
The tour is supported by The Finnish Music Foundation (MES).
Other tour dates will be published later during 2024. Mikko joined Overhead in late-2023 and performed first time with the group in Centrum Altenberg, Oberhausen, Germany in November.
Check out video footage of Overhead playing in Bar Loose, Helsinki
Jupu Group’s album reviewed in media
Jupu Group’s new album “Umpeen kasvoivat polut”, released in May 2022, has received very positive reviews from critics. Ismo Karo of Imperiumi gave the album 9½ points out of 10, commenting: “The average music connoisseur is really just amazed at the musical omnipotence of Jupu Group. Umpeen kasvoivat polut is the best good old-fashioned Finnish prog rock in a long time.”
The album was also reviewed in the Finnish music magazine Soundi (4 stars), Progressive Rock Journal and Noise.fi (4/5 points).
The story of Jupu Group started already in the mid-seventies, when the classically trained violinist-composer Juhani Poutanen founded a new progressive rock/jazz-fusion group in the middle of the biggest prog rock craze. In addition to Poutanen the group consisted of Jukka Linkola, Upi Sorvali, Ilkka Hanski and Janne Louhivuori. The original line-up released one studio album called “Ahmoo” in 1975. Svart Records reissued the album as vinyl and CD in 2016 along with a previously unreleased live recording “Jazz Liisa 5“.
The new line-up, gathered in 2020, consists of fine young Finnish musicians with passion for classic progressive rock and wild improvisation:
Meerika Ahlqvist on vocals
Lotta Ahlbeck on electric violin and backing vocals
Otto Porkkala on electric guitar
Mikko Patama on keyboards
Heikki Saarenkunnas on bass
Oskari Niemi on drums
All the material performed by the new line-up is composed by Jupu Poutanen and arranged by the group in collaboration with Jupu.
Make sure to follow the band on instagram and Facebook.
