So what’s “Arctic” doing in the title? I don’t really know. Maybe it is to indicate that Finland is close to Arctic? But I can’t honestly say I hear anything specifically Finnish or Nordic here. If somebody played it to me and said that it is a 1970s recording of an obscure American band, I would probably believe it. The keyboards definitely sound vintage 1970s. As it happens, Afro-American-Arctic is a 2007 album by an obscure (but great nonetheless) Finnish band. And, as far as my (not very thorough) research shows, it is the only album recorded by Rhythm Funk Masters. Which is a bloomin’ shame, because after listening to it for half a dozen times, I want more of them! Just listen, and you’ll want too.
I post here the complete credits: funk should know its heroes.
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- Mikko Pöyhönen: drums
Jarkko Toivanen-Myllärniemi: bass
Mikko Kosonen: guitar
Jukka Heikkinen: keyboards
Aleksi Ahoniemi: tenor sax, soprano sax, flute
Timo Lassy: baritone sax, flutes (7)
Mikko Pettinen: trumpet
Jay Kortehisto: trombone
Tero Rantanen: percussion, conga solo (5)
Aarne Riikonen: percussion
Juuso Hannukainen: percussion, tama solo (9), djembe solo (2)
- Fernando Da Silva: the voice (1)
Aleksi Oksanen: djembe (1, 2, 4)
Terhi Valmala: kenkeni, sangban, dundunba (1, 2, 4)
Jukka Uljas: tenor sax solo (2)
Teijo Jämsä: drums (7)
Abdissa Assefa: percussion (7)
Eero Savela: flugelhorn (7)
Tapani Rinne: bass clarinet (10)
- Composed by Jukka Heikkinen except 1 by Jukka Heikkinen / Jarkko Toivanen-Myllärniemi and 3 by Jukka Heikkinen / Sami Saari
Recorded at Sumo, Helsinki by T-Mu Korpipää and Jukka Heikkinen
Mixed at Sumo by T-Mu Korpipää except 7 by Jukka Heikkinen
Mastered at Finnvox by Pauli Saastamoinen
Artwork and photo by Jani Tolin at Alfons Helsinki
Produced by Jukka Heikkinen
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