Man with a Video Camera is a new documentary film by Petri Hagner featuring Circle. Man with a Video Camera is essentially a companion piece for the previously released film Saturnus Reality, focusing mainly on the endeavours of director Esko Lönnberg and the making of said movie.
A new Circle t-shirt is now available from Ektro Records. The shirt is a strictly limited edition Leppästix special, featuring our favourite masked superhero drummer of rock'n'roll printed in three colours! Some precious Bruce Duff wisdom has been printed across the back: "Take care of your mask!"
In addition to these, four previously sold out Circle shirts have returned to the store as reprints. Ektro's special offers, which include some Circle albums, still continue too.
Special offers at Ektro
18.02.2010
Special limited time offers at Ektro Records include Circle's Taantumus, Tulikoira and Miljard, plus a lot of other interesting items with reduced prices.
The tour is over
22.12.2009
Circle would like to thank Isis, Keelhaul and the whole tour
organization for a tour that went very well. A very special thank you
goes to everyone who came to see the shows.
Circle in Groningen
Mika Rättö on stage with Isis in Berlin
The tour begins, new shirts available at concerts
27.11.2009
The tour begins tomorrow! In addition to the Soundcheck LP, three different Circle t-shirts are available at the concerts. See designs below:
Soundcheck LP
25.11.2009
Soundcheck is the latest instalment in Circle's ongoing stream of live albums. Recorded in Finland in October 2009, Soundcheck offers the most contemporary document possible of a Circle soundcheck / concert experience.
For this concert Circle was reinforced by the guitars of J. & P. Jääskeläinen, who may be familiar to some from the ranks of Circle's brother-in-arms Pharaoh Overlord. On the LP this expanded line-up explores the experimental possibilities of concert staples Virsi and Nopeuskuningas further than possibly ever before.
Soundcheck will be available in a couple of days on Full Contact, the vinyl-only imprint of Ektro Records.
You can also get your copy directly from the band on their European tour! Limited edition!
The new version has no bonus material compared to the original release, but comes with brand new slipcase packaging. Original 2005 artwork included inside.
This new release features two discs packaged in a special LP-style sleeve capturing Circle's 25th September 2007 session for USA's WFMU, the very same station that invited them for the session in 2006 that later became Arkades.
Out in October 2009.
Circle tours Europe in December
02.09.2009
This coming December Circle embarks on a week-long tour in Europe with ISIS and Keelhaul. See Concerts box on the left for details.
UPDATE (11.9.): Two concerts in Portugal added.
UPDATE (22.10.): Circle is going to appear at the Sinsal Festival in Vigo, Spain on November 30. Isis and Keelhaul won't be present at this event.
Taantumus re-issue out now
11.06.2009
Taantumus - a Circle album from 2001 which has gone out of print long ago - has been re-issued by Ektro Records and is now available directly from the label and other sources.
The new version of Taantumus has been remastered and comes with a new cover design plus Veitsi, a 9-minute bonus track not present on the original album.
Saturnus Reality DVD available
25.03.2009
Saturnus Reality, the full length documentary film about Circle previously shown at one film festival only, has now been released on DVD by No Quarter.
Mika Rättö: Tihkuluodon kuiskaajat
09.02.2009
Satukirja Tihkuluodon kuiskaajat on Mika Rätön esikoisteos, jonka Kustannusosakeyhtiö Teos julkaisee maaliskuussa. Teos kuvailee 176-sivuista taiteilijan itsensä kuvittamaa kirjaa seuraavasti:
"Mika Rätön esikoiskirja on tarina siitä, kuinka kiemurainen ja järjenvastainen tiemme toisinaan onkaan, ja kuinka eräskin hienkatkuinen ja hämärä päivä voi olla alku jollekin suurelle ja tärkeälle. Se on myös anarkistinen ja liikuttava satu oman elinpiirin tärkeydestä ja pelastamisesta."
In English: Circle's Mika Rättö makes his literary debut next month as his fairy tale book Tihkuluodon kuiskaajat gets published by Teos. The book is in Finnish and sports cover art and black and white illustrations by the author himself. The book will also be available through Ektro Records' webstore when it's published.
A rare screening of Mika Taanila's triptych film Pori (3x16mm) takes place at Finnish Film Archive's beautiful Cinema Orion in Helsinki, on January 17, 2009 at 18:45.
The silent film is accompanied by Circle's live gig. This show brings Circle on stage in their native country after a year's pause. The Pori film is a symphony of a small industrial town. It features steel bridges, element houses, a shipyard, robot cameras in sewer systems, water, antennas and other important elements of the band's hometown, as well as archival film footage portraying some brief moments in the history of Pori.
This film/music performance dates back to 1998, when it was commissioned by Kiasma The Museum of Contemporary Art in Helsinki. In the same screening the show starts with Taanila's film Futuro - A New Stance for Tomorrow (also from 1998), with a film score by Ektroverde.
Hollywood
02.10.2008
"Circle: No beginning and no end, and when you think you’ve come upon the conclusion you’re back at the start. Perhaps this describes Circle’s compositional work ethic more than anything."
"As has always been the case, Circle has presented itself yet again as being unwilling or unable to sit still or to be predictable, but their desire to present the best work possible is always a part of their program. As if in a screening room, dim the lights, hit the projector, and take in Hollywood."
HOLLYWOOD, Circle's upcoming new studio album, will be officially available in Europe on CD October 15 and as a double LP a couple of months after that. Hollywood will be available in the USA early 2009.
You can listen to some full songs from the album on MySpace.
If you're in a hurry to get your copy, it can be pre-ordered from Ektro Records until October 6th. More info on the label's website.
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