''Irti'' (

Finnish Finnish may refer to: * Something or someone from, or related to Finland * Culture of Finland * Finnish people or Finns, the primary ethnic group in Finland * Finnish language, the national language of the Finnish people * Finnish cuisine See also ...

for "Off" or "Loose") is the fourth

solo album An album is a collection of audio recordings issued on compact disc (CD), vinyl, audio tape, or another medium such as digital distribution. Albums of recorded sound were developed in the early 20th century as individual 78 rpm records co ...

Ismo Alanko Ismo Kullervo Alanko (; born November 12, 1960) is a Finnish musician. He is known as the frontman of several bands, most famously Hassisen Kone, Sielun Veljet and Ismo Alanko Säätiö, as well as a successful solo artist. Alanko is known f ...

, released in 1996. According to Alanko, he and his band gave themselves two weeks time to compose and record the album from scratch. The result is an

improvisation Improvisation is the activity of making or doing something not planned beforehand, using whatever can be found. Improvisation in the performing arts is a very spontaneous performance without specific or scripted preparation. The skills of impr ...

-based, more freely-played album than the preceding ''

Taiteilijaelämää ''Taiteilijaelämää'' ( Finnish for "An Artist's Life") is the third solo album of Ismo Alanko, released in 1995. Alanko later used the same title for his 2006 DVD ''Taiteilijaelämää vuosilta 1989-2006''. Track listing Music and lyrics by I ...

''.

Track listing

Music and lyrics by Ismo Alanko. # "Piste"—5:04 # "Kriisistä kriisiin"—5:28 # "Elämä on hauras"—5:18 # "Häpeä ja kateus"—2:57 # "Aika kuolla"—6:33 # "Mitä se mulle kuuluu mitä mä teen"—5:12 # "Rakkauden tila"—3:47 # "Rokin kreivi"—3:19 # "Miespaholainen"—3:50 # "Lokki"—3:57 # "Lasten laulu"—3:50

Personnel

vocals Singing is the act of creating musical sounds with the voice. A person who sings is called a singer, artist or vocalist (in jazz and/or popular music). Singers perform music (arias, recitatives, songs, etc.) that can be sung with or witho ...

guitar The guitar is a fretted musical instrument that typically has six strings. It is usually held flat against the player's body and played by strumming or plucking the strings with the dominant hand, while simultaneously pressing selected string ...

cello The cello ( ; plural ''celli'' or ''cellos'') or violoncello ( ; ) is a Bow (music), bowed (sometimes pizzicato, plucked and occasionally col legno, hit) string instrument of the violin family. Its four strings are usually intonation (music), t ...

* Jouko Hohko --

bass Bass or Basses may refer to: Fish * Bass (fish), various saltwater and freshwater species Music * Bass (sound), describing low-frequency sound or one of several instruments in the bass range: ** Bass (instrument), including: ** Acoustic bass gu ...

, vocals * Ismo "Ippe" Kätkä --

drums A drum kit (also called a drum set, trap set, or simply drums) is a collection of drums, cymbals, and other auxiliary percussion instruments set up to be played by one person. The player (drummer) typically holds a pair of matching drumsticks ...

percussion A percussion instrument is a musical instrument that is sounded by being struck or scraped by a beater including attached or enclosed beaters or rattles struck, scraped or rubbed by hand or struck against another similar instrument. Exc ...

* Riku Mattila—guitar * Teho Majamäki --

marimba The marimba () is a musical instrument in the percussion family that consists of wooden bars that are struck by mallets. Below each bar is a resonator pipe that amplifies particular harmonics of its sound. Compared to the xylophone, the timbr ...

vibraphone The vibraphone is a percussion instrument in the metallophone family. It consists of tuned metal bars and is typically played by using mallets to strike the bars. A person who plays the vibraphone is called a ''vibraphonist,'' ''vibraharpist, ...

, keyboards, percussion * Ismo "Izmo" Heikkilä --

synthesizer A synthesizer (also spelled synthesiser) is an electronic musical instrument that generates audio signals. Synthesizers typically create sounds by generating waveforms through methods including subtractive synthesis, additive synthesis ...

References

{{Authority control 1996 albums Ismo Alanko albums