Wimme Saari (also known as just Wimme, b. 1959, Kelottijärvi, Enontekiö) is one of the best known Sami yoikers from Finland. Wimme Saari combines traditional Sami singing with his own improvisations, usually to a techno-ambient accompaniment by members of Finnish electronic group RinneRadio. Wimme has also appeared on the albums of other bands or musicians, for instance Hedningarna, Nits or Hector Zazou.

Partial discography

Related Wimme Recordings

Nits - alankomaat (1998)

Hedningarna - Hippjokk (1997)

Hedningarna - Trä (1994)

RinneRadio - Joik Aani (1992)

Wimme recordings

''Wimme'' (1995)

''Gierran'' (1997)

''Cugu'' (2000)

''Bárru'' (2003)

''Gapmu / Instinct'' (2003) - (entirely a cappella)

''Mun'' (2009)

Also appears on

''Beginner's Guide to Scandinavia'' 3CD set (2011)

External links

Official Bio

Category:1959 births Category:Living people Category:Sami musicians Category:Finnish singers

de:Wimme eu:Wimme Saari no:Wimme Saari ru:Вимме se:Wimme Saari fi:Wimme Saari sv:Wimme Saari

{{infobox australian place | type	region
name	Wimmera
state	vic
lga	Shire of Buloke, Rural City of Horsham, Shire of Northern Grampians, Shire of West Wimmera, Shire of Hindmarsh, Shire of Yarriambiack
pop	48,443
pop footnotes
stategov	Ripon, Lowan
fedgov	Mallee }}

The Wimmera is a region in the west of the Australian state of Victoria.

It covers the dryland farming area south of the range of Mallee scrub, east of the South Australia border and north of the Great Dividing Range. It can also be defined as the land within the social catchment of Horsham, its main settlement.

Most of the Wimmera is very flat, with only the Grampians and Mount Arapiles rising above vast plains and the low plateaux that form the Great Divide in this part of Victoria. The Grampians are very rugged and tilted, with many sheer sandstone cliffs on their eastern sides, but gentle slopes on the west.

At the 2006 census, the Wimmera statistical division had a population of 48,443.

Towns

The area contains a number of important towns, such as Horsham, Warracknabeal, Dimboola, Stawell and Nhill. Almost all of these are largely dependent on the grain and sheep industries, and are usually dominated by flour mills and grain storage silos. The smaller towns in the area are dying due to the constantly declining value of the primary products that dominate the region's economy: modern farm technology allows individual farmers to stay viable by farming more land, but the lower population and better transport make smaller service centres less and less viable.

Climate

The climate is semi-arid to sub-humid, with annual rainfall ranging generally from 380 millimetres (15 inches) in the north to 580 millimetres (23 inches) in the south. In the Grampians, annual precipitation can be as high as 1150 millimetres (46 inches) and snowfalls are not uncommon. Most rain falls in winter, though heavy summer falls can occur, the most famous of which was the thunderstorm that dumped 133.2 millimetres on Nhill in mid-January 1974.

Temperatures are hot in summer, ranging typically from a maximum of 30°C (86°F) to a minimum of 14°C (57°F), whilst extremes can be as high as 44°C (111°F). In the winter, maximums are 15°C (59°F), but mornings can be cold, averaging at Horsham only 4°C (40°F).

Soils

Most of the soils are very infertile and many are sandy; however in a narrow belt between Nhill and Warracknabeal there are heavy grey Vertisols, that, although still deficient in phosphorus, are otherwise free of major nutrient deficiencies and are able to hold water very well. These grey soils are the principle wheat soils of Victoria. Red-brown earths are also used for wheat but do not give as high yields and require more fertilisation.

Rivers

The Wimmera River flows from the Grampians towards Lake Hindmarsh. Many streams in the region flow only after sustained heavy rainfall and are often dry for long spells. In fact, in recent years Rocklands Reservoir, the main water storage of the district, has become almost unviable due to a succession of dry years.

Natural Heritage

The Wimmera is renowned for its natural heritage.

The Grampians

One of the key preservation areas is contained within the Grampians National Park, which possesses many unusual wildflowers and the greatest diversity of flora and fauna in Victoria west of the Snowy River. The Grampians also possess many important Aboriginal artifacts. A local aboriginal name ''Gariwerd'' was adopted by the National Park in 1991 in recognition of this fact, however this change was soon reversed after a change of state government in 1992.

Little Desert

The (misnamed) Little Desert National Park, south of Nhill and west of Dimboola, is a large wilderness area of sand dunes that were too infertile for productive farming even with superphosphate and trace elements.

References

Category:IBRA subregions Category:Regions of Victoria (Australia) Category:Australian Aboriginal placenames

fr:Wimmera zh:维么拉

Saari (literally ''Island'') is a former municipality of Finland.

It was located in the province of Southern Finland and is part of the South Karelia region. The municipality had a population of 1,411 (2003) and covered an area of 183.08 km² of which 15.70 km² is water. The population density was 8.4 inhabitants per km².

The municipality was unilingually Finnish.

Saari was annexed to Parikkala and Uukuniemi municipalities on 1 January 2005. The new municipality was named Parikkala.

External links

Parikkala, Saari and Uukuniemi

Category:Populated places disestablished in 2005 Category:Former municipalities of Finland

nl:Saari (gemeente) no:Saari ro:Saari fi:Saari (kunta) sv:Saari

name	Tapani Rinne
background	non_performing_personnel
born	1962 Pori, Finland
genre	jazz, techno, ambient
occupation	Composer, producer
years active	1981 - present
label	Aani Records, Rockadillo Records
website	http://www.tapanirinne.com }}

Tapani Rinne (born 1962) is a Finnish musician, composer and record producer, who is known for his experimental and innovative style with the clarinet and saxophone.

Career

Tapani Rinne, one of the best-known and respected contemporary jazz musicians and composers in Finland, studied music at the prestigious Sibelius Academy between 1981 and 1986. As an alumnus of the famed Edward Vesala's Sound & Fury workshops, he continued to experiment with jazz and became one of leading figures in Finland's contemporary jazz scene. Close collaboration eventually lead Edvard Vesala and Rinne to start a new group called RinneRadio and to release the eponymous debut in 1988.

RinneRadio's reputation as something radically new was cemented with following albums Dance and Visions (1990), Joik (1992), Unik (1994) and Rok (1996) when Rinne took over Vesala's role as the composer and pushed the ever-evolving group into fervent exploration of new soundscapes beyond jazz, drum & bass, ambient and even techno - well before these kinds of mash-ups became trendy a few years later.

Unik brought the group the Emma award for best jazz album of the year in 1994, equivalent to the Grammy in Finland. In 1992 Rinne had also received a personal accolade in the form of Yrjö award for the best jazz musician of the year, given by the Jazz Federation of Finland. RinneRadio released their 14th album, On, in 2007. In 2008 RinneRadio released a compilation album titled "20" to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the band. The album was compiled by asking radio and club DJ's to list tracks for their dream RinneRadio album. In 2009 it was time for a new material in the form of album Pole Stars.

Despite the fact that RinneRadio was and still is a major part of Rinne's artistic legacy, he has sought new collaborations outside RinneRadio. In 1991 he joined Jimi Tenor, another saxophone experimentalist and produced an album called Suburban Sax. Rinne also worked closely with the Sami yoik singer Wimme on his four albums, produced the accordionist Kimmo Pohjonen's albums Kielo and Kluster and composed music for numerous television series, documentaries, films, dance pieces, and circus shows.

In 1999 he embarked on a new journey, his first solo album, which was based on the music he composed for the Swedish television series Insider. The minimalistic, almost glacial music was a distinct departure from RinneRadio's beat driven sound. He continued solo excursions in 2002 with Nectic, and in 2005 with the Silent Night, which featured new interpretations of traditional Christmas carols.

In 2002, Rinne formed SlowHill with the well-known Finnish DJ Slow (Producer & DJ), a former member of the band Pepe Deluxe. Their band fused jazz sounds with electronic beats and got their first album Finndisc released on Blue Note Records.

In 2005 SlowHill released their second album Fennika on Plastinka Records. Rinne also composed the score with Slow (Producer & DJ) for the Finnish movie Koti-ikävä, which was nominated for the Finnish equivalent of the Oscar, the Jussi Award. Summer 2010 saw the release of the third SlowHill album, called Muzak via Universal Music Finland.

In 2011 he collaborated with the percussionist Teho Majamäki and they released together an instrumental album Inside the Temple, which was recorded in entirely in temples in India's Maharashtra.

Discography

Albums (as composer/producer)

Tapani Rinne:

Silent Night (2005), Nectic (2002), Insider (1999)

Tapani Rinne & Teho Majamäki:

Inside the Temple (2011)

RinneRadio:

Pole Stars (2009), 20 (2008), On (2007), + (2006), Pan (2004), Lumix (2003), Nao (2001), B (1999), G (1998), pfft (1997), Rok (1996), Unik (1994), Joik (1992), Dance And Vision (1990), RinneRadio (1988)

Wimme:

Mun (2009), Cugu (2000), Gierran (1997), Wimme (1995)

SlowHill:

Muzak (2010), Fennika (2005), Finndisc (2002)

Jimi Tenor and Tapani Rinne:

Suburban Sax (1991)

References

External links

Official website of Tapani Rinne

RinneRadio’s official website

RinneRadio’s page on MySpace

RinneRadio review on All About Jazz

Rinne & Majamäki review on All About Jazz

Category:1962 births Category:Living people Category:Finnish jazz musicians Category:Finnish electronic musicians Category:Experimental musicians

fi:Tapani Rinne

name	Looptroop
landscape	yes
background	group_or_band
years active	1991–present
origin	Västerås, Sweden
genre	Hip hop
label	David Vs GoliathBurning Heart RecordsBad Taste Records
website	Official website
current members	PromoeSupremeEmbeeCos.M.I.C }}

Looptroop Rockers is a hip hop group from Västerås, Sweden. The members are rappers Promoe (Mårten Edh), Supreme (Mathias Lundh-Isen), DJ/Producer Embee (Magnus Bergkvist) and CosM.I.C (Tommy Isacsson). In February 2007 CosM.I.C, who had been a member of the group since the beginning in 1993, decided to focus on designing and maintaining looptrooprockers.com and not to be an active member of the group. He however rejoined the group in 2010 as Promoe announced at a concert in Helsinki on May 19, it was officially announced on their website on May 21. On their fourth album, Good Things, the group changed its name from Looptroop to Looptroop Rockers, a name they've used unofficially for some years prior to the change.

Biography

Looptroop was formed in 1991 by Promoe and Embee. The two had met while attending school in Västerås and were still in their teens at the time of the group's inception. Cos.M.I.C joined shortly thereafter and in 1993 the group independently released their cassette-only debut EP ''Superstars'', which was followed in 1995 by ''Threesicksteez''. By the time they released their third cassette, ''From The Wax Cabinet'' (1996), long-time associate and frequent collaborator Supreme had become a permanent member of the group. It was in the pre-DVSG time when Promoe and Cos.M.I.C were also part of a group of graffiti writers called the "BIF" (Babylon Is Falling) crew in Västerås.

In 1998, Looptroop started their own record label, David Vs. Goliath (commonly referred to as DVSG), and with distribution handled by the Swedish punkrock label Burning Heart Records they released their full-length debut album ''Modern Day City Symphony'' in 2000. The album managed to sell reasonably well despite limited media exposure and spawned the underground hit single "Long Arm of the Law," which took a critical stance towards the Swedish police force and has since become one of Looptroop's signature songs.

In 2001, Promoe became the first member of the group to launch a solo career, with his debut solo album, ''Government Music''. In 2002 Looptroop released their second album ''The Struggle Continues''.

Embee's solo album ''Tellings From Solitaria'' was released in 2004 and featured contributions from several notable Swedish artists, including José González, Timbuktu and Daniel Lemma. The album was critically acclaimed and won a Swedish grammy award for best hiphop/soul in 2004.

Their third full-length studio album, ''Fort Europa'', was released in 2005. On the track "Fort Europa," the group takes a particularly critical tone towards their country's immigration policy. In the video, an image of a TV screen reading "Welcome SWE" is smashed by a golf club as the beat drops. In the first verse, Promoe compares immigration policy to the Berlin Wall.

On February 9, 2007 Cos.M.I.C announced that he was leaving the group indefinitely. He stated that there had been no falling-out between him and the rest of the group and mentioned that the group's busy schedule, which prevented him from spending time with his family, prompted this decision. Cos.M.I.C then contributed to two songs on the group's 2008 album "Good Things". After Cos.M.I.C left the group, they have also officially changed the group name from Looptroop to Looptroop Rockers.

They recently finished their new album in English entitled ''Good Things''. Cos.M.I.C is set to feature on two of the tracks on the album. The album was released 23 April 2008, also the same year that DVSG is celebrating their 10th anniversary. Looptroop have worked with artists like Rakaa Iriscience of the Dilated Peoples, Cunninglynguists, Timbuktu and Adam Tensta for this album.

The group is currently working on a new album as announced on their website on May 21, 2010, Promoe said it to be slated for a February 2011 release at a gig in Helsinki on May 19. On the same occasion it was announced that Cos.M.I.C. rejoined the group as a full member working on the new album.

In march 2011 the group released their fifth album "Professional Dreamers"

Discography

Looptroop

Main Albums

''Superstars'' (1993)

''Threesicksteez'' (1995)

''From the Waxcabinet'' (1996)

''Punx Not Dead'' (1998)

''Modern Day City Symphony'' (2000)

''The Struggle Continues'' (2002)

''Fort Europa'' (2005)

''Good Things'' (2008)

''Professional Dreamers'' (2011)

Singles

Fort Europa/Looptroop Radio (2005)

Naive /w Timbuktu (2008)

Professional Dreamers (2011)

12" vinyl

''Ambush in the night'' (1999)

Long arm of the law (2000)

''Fly Away'' (2002)

''Looptroopland'' (2002)

''Don't Hate The Player'' (2003)

Fort Europa.(2005)

The Building" (2008)

EP's

''From the Wax Cabinet EP (1996)

''Fuck A Record Deal'' (Looptroop/Headtag) (1996)

''Unsigned Hype'' (1997)

From beyond K-line (With Kashal Tee & Dj Erase) (1998)

''Heads or Tails EP'' (1998)

''Schlook From Birth'' (1998)

''Sedlighetsroteln'' (2000)

''TBA (2011)

Solo Albums and Side Projects

Promoe

''Off the Record (single) b/w It's Promoe/Poor Lonesome Homeboy'' (1999)

''Government Music'' (2001)

''The Long Distance Runner'' (2004)

''White Man's Burden'' (2006)

''Standard Bearer'' (2007)

''Kråksången'' (2009)

''Bondfångeri'' (2009)

''Never Follow [EP]'' (2010)

Embee

''From The Way Beyond Mixtape'' (1998)

''Embeetious Art EP'' (2000)

''Tellings From Solitaria'' (2004)

''Mash Hits'' (2006)

''The Mellow Turning Moment'' (2010)

The Casual Brothers (Embee and Cos.M.I.C)

''The Casual Brothers'' (2001)

''Customer's Choice'' (2003)

See also

Swedish hip hop

Hip hop music

References

External links

Official website

Looptroop Rockers On Reapet Album:Professional Dreamers 2011

Looptroop

bg:Looptroop ca:Looptroop da:Looptroop Rockers de:Looptroop es:LoopTroop no:Looptroop pl:Looptroop fi:Looptroop Rockers sv:Looptroop Rockers