NEWS

2011
K-18 played new material inspired by films of David Lynch on a tour in Finland in November 2010. This material will be recorded and come out in winter 2011/2012 at the TUM Records. K-18 will be performing at the Jazz Ahead in Bremen in 30.4.2011

Kalle Kalima is part of theater production at the Berliner Schaubühne. The director David Marton is doing a version of Monteverdi´s Ulysses. The premiere of "Heimkehr des Odysseus" was on the 22.1.2011. NDR Big Band played Kalle Kalima´s "Dance Suite for Domestic Animals" in Hamburg on the 17.2.2011. Jimi Tenor´s Big Band project and Electric Guitar Concerto written by Eero Hämeenniemi was played in January/February. Touring with the Bands Rowk and Jazzanova Live in 2011. Kalle Kalima is working on new material for Pentasonic Solo Project. A Piece for Pentasonic is comissioned by Akademie der Künste in Berlin and will be ready in December 2011. A piece for UMO Big Band is also comissioned and will be played by Umo in Helsinki in October 2011.

Klima Kalima will be touring in Finland and Russia in the Fall 2011 sponsored by the Goethe Institute.

spring 2010
Johnny La Marama was touring in Middle America, Iran and Japan in 2010. The reactions were positive and we had great time. The Workshop and concert in Iran were unique and since Chris´Visa was denied we really thought our music is powerful, since some goverments are afraid of it. Speciality in Japan was the films made by VJ Hero.

Klima Kalimas new Cd Loru came out and got good reviews. Klima was touring in Germany and Finland. Loru is one of the five nominees for Finnish Jazz "Grammy" Emma 2010.

spring 2010
Johnny La Marama will be touring in Germany, Middle – America and Asia in 2010. The new Klima Kalima CD „Loru“ will come out in February 2010 and touring will follow. There are concerts planned also for Kalle Kalima Pentasonic in Germany. The Cd of Heinilä – Kalima duo (Flute – Acoustic Guitar) will come out in 2010.

spring 2009
In January 2009 Klima Kalima toured in Finland and Estonia for almost two weeks.
In 2009 Johnny La Marama played the new „Bicycle Revolution“ program in South America, Japan, Romania and Poland. Kalle Kalima Pentasonic had Concerts in Berlin and Jazz Festival in Dortmund. Kalle Kalima´s Debut for Big Band „Dance Suite for Domestic Animals“ was played by the UMO Big Band in Helsinki, 25.9.2009 and recorded by the Finnish National radio, YLE. The reviews were very positive. More Concerts with this program are being planned. The Debut album of K-18 „Some Kubricks of Blood“ had also positive feedback.

Johnny La Marama´s new album “Bicycle revolution” just came out in April 2009. Kalle´s Solo-CD (Kalle Kalima Pentasonic: “Iris in Trance) came out in January 2009. In this project the guitar sound is processed and sampled and will be sent in surround system over 5 amps. The first album of K-18 "Some Kubricks of Blood" will come out in summer 2009 at TUM Records. Klima Kalima is getting new songs together for a release in early 2010 featuring Jimi tenor on few Tracks. Kalle is working on a Big Band piece that will played by the Finnish UMO Jazz Orchestra in September 2009. Eero Hämeenniemi´s Guitar Concerto for Kalle will be performed in January 2011.

The highlight of year 2007 for Kalle Kalima was Berlin Jazz Festival where he is featured with four Bands, K-18 1.11, Klima Kalima 2.11, Soi 3.11 and Johnny La Marama 4.11. All concerts took place in A-Trane Jazz Club.

Klima Kalima won the new German Jazz Prize (Der neuer deutscher Jazz Preis) in Mannheim 16.2.2008.

Klima Kalima heißt die Siegerband beim "Neuen Deutschen Jazzpreis". Das Trio des in Berlin lebenden finnischen Gittaristen Kalle Kalima war der große Abräumer dieses von der IG Jazz Rhein- Neckar augerichteten und in der Alten Feuerwache über die Bühne gegangenen Folgeveranstaltung der Mannheimer Jazztage.
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„Der skurrile, derbe Witz, der den in Berlin lebenden finnische Gitarrist (Johnna La Marama, Carlos Bica, Chris Dahlgren) sonst aufzeichnet, hält auf seinem Solo-Album „Chasing Yellow“ über weite Strecken zurück. Humorfrei bleibt sein Werk natürlich dennoch nicht (man höre etwa das furiose Titelstück). Uns ansatzweise verrückt ist es auch („Balkanismus“). Im Trio mit dem Bassisten Oliver Potratz (Carsten Daerr Trio, Berlin Calling) und dem Schlagzeuger Oliver Steidle (Der Rote Bereich, Aki Takase) entwickelt Kalle Kalima dichte, kompakte Stücke, die mal auf Funk, mal auf Tango, auf Rock oder Country basieren. Mit ungeschönten Gitarrensound und einer Vorliebe für abgedämpfte Saiten, wuselt sich der Finne konsequent und stilbewusst durch seine melodisch aufreizenden Eigenkompositionen – bis zum charmanten Finish.“
(swp, Jazzthing 71, 2008)

"Als ob es seinen Juroren zeigen wollte, was ein spektakulärer Einstieg ist, legt sich danach das Berliner Trio Klima Kalima um den finnischen Gitarristen Kalle Kalima ins Zeug. Schräg im Outfit, schrill im Sound und in jeder Hinsicht laut, fegt Kalima sämtliche Klischees über skandinavische Bedächtigkeit von der Bühne. Mit dem gleichermaßen unorthodox wie in allen erdenklichen Tempi und Metren stets präzise trommelnden Olli Steidle und Oliver Podratz am Bass lässt Kalima alle Fesseln fallen. Ob mit herkömmlichen Bottleneck-Gitarrensounds oder einem elektrischen Milchschäumer an den Saiten, schwingen sich Klima Kalima zu den Herren über ein wohlorganisiertes Klangchaos auf, dessen arrangierte Komplexität kaum zu toppen ist. Mit seiner kompromisslosen Performance jenseits aller musikalischen Hörgewohnheiten katapultiert sich das Trio bereits nach zwei Stücken in eine Favoritenposition."
(Andreas Ahlemann, Mannheimer Morgen, 18.2.2008)

spring 2008
Johnny La Marama is working on the new album that is going to come out in February 2009. Kalle Kalima is working on the mixing of the new solo guitar album "SoloSurround". In this project the guitar sound is processed and sampled and will be sent in surround system over 5 amps. The recordings were made in Summer 2007 at the studios of the label La Lune. The first album of K-18 "Some Kubricks of Blood" will come out in 2008 at TUM Records. Klima Kalima is getting new songs together for a release in 2009. Klima Kalima will tour in Germany in November 2008 and in Finland January 2009.