Nyt näkyi Pohjosen kotisivulla maininta
April 7: Helsinki, Fin - Nosturi (Kluster TU).

In November 2002, a few months after mixing the King Crimson TPTB CD, Trey and I absconded to Matt Chamberlains loft studio in Seattle with engineer, Bill Munyon. Being Seattle (a city that drinks a lot of coffee), we formed a daily habit
of drinking strong coffee which was immediately followed by more coffee and
then jam. Later, we would drink more coffee, organize the jam into a form,
and drink more coffee and jam again. By the end of the day, which was
really the beginning of the next day, we would pause for coffee and Absinthe while Bill
would do a rough mix. After some sleep followed by coffee, we would repeat
the process allowing the muse to take us where she willed, which was usually for more coffee and jam (except for that one day with smoked salmon and coffee). After 10 days of this we had 90% of what is now called TU. The last 8% required calander breaks and still more coffee. The remaining TU% are divided evenly between chocolate chip scones and orange cranberry muffins.

Mahdettiinkohan tuota keikkaa äänittää?

22:00-22:45 Jazz is Happening: KTU

Tampere Jazz Happening 2005:ssä taltioidun konserttimateriaalin ohessa artistit puhuvat muun muassa kommunikaatiosta, improvisaatiosta ja syvimmän musiikillisen kokemuksen hetkestä. Ohjaus Vesa Lehko.

Had Trey Gunn here in my studio for a couple days of song writing for KTU.. . looking like KTU will do a few gigs in North America this coming March, but as a trio (because Samuli has other gigs booked with MUM) so i have been preparing to cover his parts, KTU just booked a few Finlandish gigs in January to test the KTU trio water.

Helvetin hyvä homma, toivottavasti pääsen keikalle!

Mastelotton mukaan KTU äänittää vielä tänä vuonna studiolevyn.

Onko tuosta uudesta studiolevystä muuten kuulunut mitään?

Onko tuosta uudesta studiolevystä muuten kuulunut mitään?

Kova keikka jälleen ja porukkaakin oli yllättävän hyvin etenkin siihen nähden että ns. progeporukkaa (Palasokerissa & Progolforumisa) ei tunnu kauheesti kiinnostavan. Ilmeisesti tarvittaisiin lisää Mellotroneja tai ainakin Genesis-covereita lavalle.

a day later we flew to mockba (moscow). we had many many laughs in moscow. with characters like eddie jobson, p@t and tony, that was inevitable. but the one who made me laugh the most was the outrageous Finnish man kimmo, (pronounced like chemotherapy). he is the centerpiece accordian player for KTU. I have never known a more ridiculous person in my life. perpetually downing shots of wadka, unfaltering in his quest to be absurd, he was a spectacle just coming down in the glass elevator to the hotel bar and mooning the entire clientele. or sneaking up on his male buddies in the bathroom as they stand doing their duty at the urinal, and then grabbing them in a bear hug and pulling them backwards, causing them to wet themselves.

imagine a grown man with a stocky build sporting a mohawk, wearing a kilt (a dress basically) and playing an accordian. that's kimmo. like a big seven-year-old Finn. he saved his best trick for last though.

immediately after our big show in moscow we worked our way through a backstage filled with adoring fans wanting pictures and autographs. they crowded the hallway around our dressing room. everyone drinking and laughing; great happy people. knowing I had at best 4 hours of sleep available before we had to leave for the airport and the 20-hour journey home, I slipped quietly into the dressing room to begin packing my things. suddenly the door burst open and there was kimmo shouting and cursing at how much he loved us. he grabbed me in a bear hug and threw me down on the couch. he literally had me pinned down; I couldn't move. I thought I would suffocate. all the while telling me how much he loved me, he sucked on my neck for what seemed like eternity. yes! kimmo gave me a huge hickey!

once he let me up I bound out the door into the crowded hallway and began screaming, "look what kimmo did to me! he gave me a huge hickey! and I have to go home to my wife in four hours!"

now martha loves me and trusts me, but even I had a difficult time picturing how I might explain my shiney new hickey to her. "well, sweetheart, there was this finnish accordian player and he forced me down on the couch and sucked on my neck!"...yeah, right.

Jan 6: New KTU album released this month
KTU's second album entitled Quiver is released in Europe in February 2009 by Rockadillo/Westpark. Disk Union will release Quiver in Japan in March 2009. American release to be confirmed.
KTU (pronounced "K2") is now a trio (Trey Gunn, Kimmo Pohjonen, Pat Mastelotto) following the departure of Samuli Kosminen in 2007. The new album Quiver was recorded at The Zone studios, Dripping Springs, Texas in 2007 and 2008, produced by KTU. Additional recordings were made in Seattle and Helsinki. The album was mixed by KTU and Petri Majuri at Seawolf Studios, Helsinki in autumn 2008 with additional mixes of three pieces by Steven Wilson (of Porcupine Tree) at No Man's Land Studios, UK. All music was composed by the various band members and arranged by KTU. Samuli Kosminen provided additional percussives and sounds.

KTU:n uusi levy ilmestyy helmikuussa.

KTU Tavastialla 20.10.2009.