Jäätyneitä laulujais the second solo album

Solo album

A solo album, in popular music, is an album headlined by a current or former member of a band. A solo album may feature simply one person performing all instruments, but typically features the work of other collaborators; rather, it may be made with different collaborators than the artist is...

 by Ismo Alanko

Ismo Alanko

Ismo Kullervo Alanko 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....

, released in 1993. The album has electronic music

Electronic music

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 influence, making heavy use of drum loops

Music loop

In electroacoustic music, a loop is a repeating section of sound material. Short sections of material can be repeated to create ostinato patterns...

 and modern studio technology.

Jäätyneitä lauluja is the first Ismo Alanko album that has Alanko's lyrics printed on the album sleeve. Alanko has said that the lyrics were printed on the demand of cover art

Cover art

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ist Stefan Lindfors.

Track listing

All tracks by Ismo Alanko, except where noted.

1. "Pornografiaa" -- 5:47
2. "Laboratorion lapset" (Alanko, Mitro) -- 4:58
3. "Kuolemalla on monet kasvot" (Alanko, Izmo) -- 5:22
4. "Extaasiin" (Alanko, Izmo, Mitro, Riku Mattila) -- 4:42
5. "Demokratiaa (mutta vain tietyillä ehdoilla)" (Alanko, Mitro) -- 5:45
6. "Rakkautta ja hölynpölyä" -- 3:57
7. "Kolme pientä sanaa" -- 3:54
8. "Autolounas huoltamon tapaan" (Alanko, Mattila) -- 4:52
9. "Miljonäärien yö" -- 5:02

Personnel

• Ismo Alanko
  Ismo Alanko
  Ismo Kullervo Alanko 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....
  
   -- vocals, guitar
  Guitar
  The guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...
  
  , sequencer
  Music sequencer
  The music sequencer is a device or computer software to record, edit, play back the music, by handling note and performance information in several forms, typically :...
  
  
• Ilkka Alanko -- backing vocals
  Backing vocalist
  A backing vocalist or backing singer is a singer who provides vocal harmony with the lead vocalist or other backing vocalists...
  
  
• Veeti—backing vocals
• Anssi Nykänen -- drum loops
  Music loop
  In electroacoustic music, a loop is a repeating section of sound material. Short sections of material can be repeated to create ostinato patterns...
  
  
• Janne Haavisto—drum loops
• Riku Mattila—guitar
• Izmo -- synthesizer
  Synthesizer
  A synthesizer is an electronic instrument capable of producing sounds by generating electrical signals of different frequencies. These electrical signals are played through a loudspeaker or set of headphones...