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Tuomo
@tuomomusic.bsky.social
aka Tuomo Prättälä aka King Pratt aka Organkane
#QuarantineMusicThrowback

25: The Awkward Handshake (bonus track)
Rel. 22nd June 2020

tuomo.bandcamp.com/album/quaran...

This was the last song of the Quarantine Music series (not counting the couple of tracks that were left unfinished and unreleased but might still see daylight some day).
Quarantine Music 1, by Tuomo
7 track album
tuomo.bandcamp.com
June 22, 2025 at 12:27 PM
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24: Don't hide your heart
(Rel. June 5th 2020)

The lyrics of this song have nothing to do with the pandemic and in a way that tells a lot about the pandemic situation in that moment.
Don't hide your heart, by Tuomo
track by Tuomo
tuomo.bandcamp.com
June 6, 2025 at 9:32 AM
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23: The New Normal
(rel. May 22nd 2020)

This was the last release of the main streak of the Quarantine Music project - there were a couple more songs in the pipeline, but they had to wait a couple of months.
The New Normal, by Tuomo
track by Tuomo
tuomo.bandcamp.com
May 22, 2025 at 12:38 PM
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22: Lockdown party (w/ Tapio Backlund & HEINI IKONEN)
(rel. May 16th 2020)

I wanted to make a a P-Funk party track but it morphed into a house/eurodance track. Heini and Tapio both killing it as per usual.
Lockdown party (w/ Tapio Backlund & Heini Ikonen), by Tuomo
track by Tuomo
tuomo.bandcamp.com
May 16, 2025 at 3:51 PM
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21: Taboo to love
(rel. May 14th 2020)

Happy birthday Stevie Wonder! I recorded this cover version of his stunning 'Taboo to love' for his 70th 5 years ago.
Taboo to love (Stevie Wonder), by Tuomo
track by Tuomo
tuomo.bandcamp.com
May 14, 2025 at 9:02 AM
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20 : See you on the other side w/ Emma Salokoski & Petteri Sariola
(Released Apr 30th 2020)

Cousin Petteri sent me a folksy guitar riff that somehow transformed into this late 90s 4heroesque jazzy dnb track.
See you on the other side (w/ Emma Salokoski, Petteri Sariola), by Tuomo
track by Tuomo
tuomo.bandcamp.com
April 30, 2025 at 7:25 AM
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19 : Just another saturday
(released Apr 24th 2020)

This is my biggest "guilty pleasure" track from the project. I love making bass-heavy electronic beats for fun, even though I'm not really a club goer. I'd love to hear this from a proper sound system one day.
Just another Saturday, by Tuomo
track by Tuomo
tuomo.bandcamp.com
April 24, 2025 at 9:44 AM
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18 : Did you forget to be afraid today? w/Aarne Riikonen
(rel. Apr 20 2020)

I remember walking to my studio one morning, feeling the sun on my face - there's this certain feeling when, after a long winter...
Did you forget to be afraid today? (feat. Aarne Riikonen), by Tuomo
from the album Quarantine Music 1
tuomo.bandcamp.com
April 20, 2025 at 1:49 PM
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17 : Invisible
(released Apr 16th 2020)

This is one of the best songs I wrote for the Quarantine Music project. I still like to play it live. It's about "essential workers" and the respect they deserve but rarely get.
Invisible, by Tuomo
from the album Quarantine Music 1
tuomo.bandcamp.com
April 16, 2025 at 2:13 PM
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16: Cute Baristas w/Tommy Lindgren
(rel. Apr 14th 2020)

This was a banger. I’d had this silly rap verse & hook about my coffee habit lying around for years and I thought I’d probably never use it for anything, since a) I am not a rapper and b) I’m often a bit stingy…
Cute Baristas 2020 (feat. Tommy Lindgren), by Tuomo
from the album Quarantine Music 1
tuomo.bandcamp.com
April 14, 2025 at 7:30 AM
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15 : Omnipresent (w/ Lauri Porra, Jarmo Saari, Eero Johannes)
(Rel Apr 9th 2020)

This was one of the more experimental tracks in the lot. I think I was going for an ”Aphex Twin doing Minneapolis Funk”-vibe or something. Wonderful contributions from the featured musicians.
Omnipresent (w/ Lauri Porra, Jarmo Saari, Eero Johannes), by Tuomo
track by Tuomo
tuomo.bandcamp.com
April 9, 2025 at 8:48 AM
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14 : Monday afternoon
(Released Apr 6th 2020)

Here’s another song that I included on the EP and has also become one I love to play live.
Monday Afternoon, by Tuomo
from the album Quarantine Music 1
tuomo.bandcamp.com
April 6, 2025 at 2:13 PM
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13 : Antibody (w/Jarmo Saari)
(released 4.4.2020)

We're getting into what I think was the creative peak of the Quarantine music project. 3 weeks and 13 songs deep, I was taking it a bit more seriously but still having a lot of fun with it.
Antibody (feat. Jarmo Saari), by Tuomo
from the album Quarantine Music 1
tuomo.bandcamp.com
April 3, 2025 at 9:56 PM
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12: Aamuyö (w/ Jutta Rahmel, Heidi Paju )
(released Apr 2nd 2020)
This was one of those strange collaborative tracks that almost certainly wouldn't have happened under any other circumstances.
Aamuyö (w/ Jutta Rahmel, Heidi Paju), by Tuomo
track by Tuomo
tuomo.bandcamp.com
April 2, 2025 at 8:55 AM
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11: Solicitedly

Another song about touch or the lack thereof. I really really like the synths on this one.
Solicitedly, by Tuomo
track by Tuomo
tuomo.bandcamp.com
March 30, 2025 at 11:18 AM
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10 : Saturday night w/Mikko Pettinen

This started from a simple groove that I asked my old bandmate, trumpet master Mikko Pettinen to play on. The groove had an early 2000s neo soul vibe to it and Mikko brought a Roy Hargrovesque vibe to it.
Saturday night (w/ Mikko Pettinen), by Tuomo
track by Tuomo
tuomo.bandcamp.com
March 28, 2025 at 11:57 AM
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9: Mood Swings (w/ André Sumelius)

One of the most inspiring things about the Quarantine Music project was the spontaneous collabos. This was a fun one - the drummer André Sumelius, who lives in SF, said he has a drum recording set up in his home studio and he...
Mood Swings (w/ André Sumelius), by Tuomo
track by Tuomo
tuomo.bandcamp.com
March 27, 2025 at 12:45 PM
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8 : Lil' Break feat. Bentality

After the deep-end melancholy of 'Isolation' I went pretty much to the opposite end with this uplifting boogie track with nods to George Clinton and the Tom Tom Club. Also had a little De La-vibe.
Lil' Break feat. Bentality, by Tuomo
track by Tuomo
tuomo.bandcamp.com
March 25, 2025 at 11:08 AM
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7 : Isolation

This melancholy piece was based on a beat I'd made on the MPC earlier, chopping up some acoustic guitar i sampled off an old prog rock record. It has a trip hop vibe and a lot of Moog One moodiness.
Isolation, by Tuomo
track by Tuomo
tuomo.bandcamp.com
March 24, 2025 at 8:43 AM
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6 : Space Virus

This was the first collaborative effort in the Quarantine Music series. The incomparable Jazz Kuramatto aka Jussi Miettola sent me a bunch of weird recordings of him jamming on the drums with some circuit bent keyboards.
Space Virus (w/ Jazz Kuramatto), by Tuomo
track by Tuomo
tuomo.bandcamp.com
March 21, 2025 at 1:06 PM
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5 : Fear Not

Another old song with a title that felt newly relevant in 2020. At this point my Quarantine music project was really picking up speed and I was recording and mixing a song a day at best. It's weird how fast you can work if you focus on it completely.
Fear Not, by Tuomo
track by Tuomo
tuomo.bandcamp.com
March 18, 2025 at 10:18 PM
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4 : A Touch Is a Promise

After the Bruce-cover I decided to go vault digging through my own songs and recovered this little funky ditty I'd written somewhere back in 2010 maybe. It felt thematically appropriate, since it also has the word 'touch' in the title.
A Touch Is a Promise, by Tuomo
track by Tuomo
tuomo.bandcamp.com
March 18, 2025 at 8:08 AM
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3 : Human touch

The strangeness of social distancing had me thinking a lot about the importance of the proximity of other people. This Bruce Springsteen song popped into my head.
Human touch, by Tuomo
track by Tuomo
tuomo.bandcamp.com
March 16, 2025 at 12:03 PM
1/3 By the time I released this 2nd song (2 days after I'd uploaded the 1st one), the basic concept of the Quarantine music project was pretty much fully formed - I would write and record music in whatever style I feel like that day, do a quick mix and release it when it's done.
The Floor is Lava, by Tuomo
track by Tuomo
tuomo.bandcamp.com
March 14, 2025 at 7:32 AM
1/3 #QuarantineMusicThrowback Exactly 5 years ago, as the world shut down and tours were cancelled I hunkered down in the studio, started a bandcamp page and decided to upload this simple synth jam I had just recorded.
Sex/No guarantees, by Tuomo
track by Tuomo
tuomo.bandcamp.com
March 13, 2025 at 7:41 AM