
Mia Simanainen -laulu
Kari Heinilä -tenorisaksofoni, huilut
Kari Ikonen -piano
Ville Herrala -kontrabasso
Mika Kallio -rummut

Mia Simanainen & Ahava

Mia Simanainen, voice
Kari Heinilä, flute/alto flute
Kari Ikonen, Moog-synthesizer
Mikko Perkola, viola da gamba

Quartet Ajaton 2014

It's me alone ...with some fantastic sound artists & musicians. Leading myself and music, making fast intuitive decisions, responding to unexpected turns, feeling open and free.

Mia Simanainen Solo

AHAVA
Mia Simanainen -voice
Kari "Sonny" Heinilä -flutes & saxophones
Kari Ikonen -piano
Mika Kallio -drums

'Usvan neito' is a track of Ahava's debut album, released 2001. Composed by Mia Simanainen. Poem in Finnish: Juuso Happonen, poem in Swedish: Karin Boye

Usvan neito

Lilya (comp. & text by Mia Simanainen)

Ahava:
Mia Simanainen, voc
Kari Heinilä, ten.sax &flutes
Kari Ikonen, rhodes-piano
Mika Kallio, drums

Released on album Ahava, Fiasko Records 2001

Lilya (This beautiful moment)

Weep you no more sad fountains (comp. John Dowland 1563-1626, arr. Mia Simanainen & Ajaton)

Ajaton-quartet:
Mia Simanainen, voc
Kari Heinilä, flutes
Kari Ikonen, Moog synthesizer
Mikko Perkola, viola da gamba

Live at Camerata-hall (Music Centre), Helsinki, Finland, Jan 2014 

Weep you no more sad fountains

Luna 17 B (comp. Kari Ikonen)

Ajaton-quartet:
Mia Simanainen, voc
Kari Heinilä, flutes
Kari Ikonen, Moog synthesizer
Mikko Perkola, viola da gamba

Live at Camerata-hall (Music Centre), Helsinki, Finland, Jan 2014


Luna 17 B

Aparani par (Armenian trad. dance)

Ajaton-quartet:
Mia Simanainen, voc
Kari Heinilä, flutes
Kari Ikonen, Moog-synthesizer
Mikko Perkola, viola da gamba

Live at Camerata-hall (Music Centre), Helsinki, Finland, Jan 2014

Aparani par

The Self-banish'd (comp. John Blow 1649-1708, poem by Edmund Waller, arr. Mia Simanainen)

Ajaton-quartet:
Mia Simanainen, voc
Kari Heinilä, flutes
Kari Ikonen, Moog-synthesizer
Mikko Perkola, viola da gamba

Live at Camerata-hall (Music Centre), Helsinki, Finland, Jan 2014

The Self-banish'd

Mia Simanainen's solo voice improvisation, Mikael Agricola Church, 2014. 
Sound art by Jaakko Kulomaa.

Solo Mia

Fado (comp. Mikko Perkola) performed by Quartet Ajaton:

Mia Simanainen, voice
Kari Heinilä, flutes
Kari Ikonen, Moog-synthesizer
Mikko Perkola, viola da gamba

Live at Camerata-hall (Music Centre), Helsinki, Finland, Jan 2014

Fado

Mia Simanainen & Ahava:

Lumottu kevät (comp. Mia Simanainen 2011, poem by Helvi Juvonen 1949, arr. Kari Ikonen)

"Suddenly I became aware of the miraculous spring all around" 

Released on album Mia Simanainen & Ahava: Matka by Eclipse Music, 2012 

Lumottu kevät

Kieloniityllä (comp. Mia Simanainen 2004, poem by Saima Harmaja 1935, arr. Kari Ikonen)

"Lily of the valley, nature's consolation to my sorrow-burdened soul"

Ahava:
Mia Simanainen, voc
Kari Heinilä, flute
Kari Ikonen, piano
Mika Kallio, drs
+
String quartet: Hannu Vasara, Elina Viitasaari, Laura Kajander-Fiestas, Juho Laitinen

Live 2008 at Kanneltalo, Helsinki, Finland



Kieloniityllä

Composition & vocals: Mia Simanainen
Poem: Helvi Juvonen (Fin 1919-59)
Piano: Kari Ikonen
Bass: Sebastién Boisseau
This version was recorded at home, and it was used as an "echo of memories" in the 2nd track of my solo album "Soi Helvi Juvonen", released March 2020. (The photo by Tanja Ahola)

Nauru

Quartet Ajaton transforms 'Early Music' to 'Contemporary Music'

Now, O Now, I Needs Must Part

Come Again

Awake, Sweet Love

Excerpts from the 2nd album by Quartet Ajaton. Album release October 28th, Alba Records. Cover image: 'Kvartetti' by Juha Tammenpää.

QUARTET AJATON is Mia Simanainen (voice) Kari Ikonen (moog synthesizer) Henrik Sandås (bandoneón) & Mikko Perkola (viola da gamba).

More info: 
www.miasimanainen.info
https://www.facebook.com/quartetajaton/?ref=bookmarks

Now, O Now, I Needs Must Part (John Dowland)

When I Am Laid In Earth (Henry Purcell)

Excerpts from the 2nd album by Quartet Ajaton. Album release October 28th, Alba Records. Cover image: 'Kvartetti' by Juha Tammenpää.

QUARTET AJATON is Mia Simanainen (voice) Kari Ikonen (moog synthesizer) Henrik Sandås (bandoneón) & Mikko Perkola (viola da gamba) + on this particular track Abdissa Assefa (percussion). 

More info: 
www.miasimanainen.info
https://www.facebook.com/quartetajaton/?ref=bookmarks

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