Herakles

Vinyl Releases

BIG FANTASY
12 Inch 03.04.17
nicole willis & collaborator jimi tenor, (known solo artist) with electric bass player jonathan maron (maxwell-ascension, norah jones, etc). disco ep or lp with old school radio edit, original & instumental versions of the two songs: disco/funk -big fantasy (for me) disco anthem tear it down
HRKL006LP
Herakles Records
in stock
9.82 EUR *
HAUNTED BY HALLUCINATIONS (LP)
12 Inch LP 18.03.14
jimi tenor and nicole willis sublime herakles label returns with haunted by hallucinations, the new bandproject from petri tokkannenm mastermind of the fabolous finish soul investigators group. guitarist petri toikkanen, who graces the liner notes of nearly all the soul investigators (home cooking, keep reachin up) releases, as one of the formidable composers of the musical group, makes the debut on this self titled new bands album.
HRKL-002LP
Herakles Records

also available as:
CD (EUR 15.59)
Last Copy!
5.24 EUR *
13.10 EUR
60% Discount
MYSTERIUM MAGNUM (LP)
12 Inch 08.09.15
jimi tenor has made an instrumental album mysterium magnum with the finnish national jazz orchestra, umo. umo is a professional 16 piece orchestra. specialized in jazz and contemporary rhythm music. throughout it s history umo has had a focus on finnish composers and has performed hundreds of compositions that were made especially for umo.
HRKL-004LP
Herakles Records

also available as:
CD (EUR 15.59)
out of stock
16.80 EUR *
I GIVE YOU MY LOVE AND DEVOTION (LP)
12 Inch 01.07.14
the album is featuring their production as well as compositions. with instrumentations by tenor and beats procured from the vintage gear of jori hulkkonen in his turku studio, alppihouz by willis, the album has a warm feeling and yet sufficiently exciting for the electronic house heads. there are plenty of string pads, flutes and flute pads, etc to prick up your ears. cola&jimmu once again capture the genuine, old school sound.
HRKL-003LP
Herakles Records

also available as:
CD (EUR 15.59)
out of stock
13.07 EUR *
ENIGMATIC (LP)
12 Inch LP 09.07.13
recording artists jimi tenor & nicole willis who are life partners as well as past collaborators, reunite for their new project, artist name cola&jimmu, cola, a kind of pseudonym of nicole and jimmu, associated with the legend of the first emperor of japan, jimnu tenno. both tenor and willis have fronted their own projects over the past decade, willis most recently working with helsinki - based group the soul investigators, for their albums tortured soul & keep reachin up, timmion records 2005, 2013
HRKL-001LP
Herakles Records

also available as:
CD (EUR 14.61)
out of stock
13.10 EUR *

Releases on CD / DVD

SAXENTRIC (CD)
CD 17.10.16
jimi tenor has compiled a selection of afro jazz tracks that he has written and performed over the years with musicians icelandic drummer, helgi svavar helgason, helsinki based guitarist/bassist and journalist ilkka mattila, legendary drummer tony allen, cuban & berlin based trumpeter daniel allen oberto, ethiopian/finnish & helsinki based percussionist abdissa ÔmambaÕ assefa (itetune), nigerian/german & berlin based percussionist akinola famson, helsinki based percussionist mongo aaltonen, american & paris based spoken word artist/singer & painter allonymous, helsinki based flŸgelhornist tero lindberg, finnish & berlin based guitarist kalle kalima, polish & berlin based bassist patrick frankowski, british trombonist hilary jeffery and ghanaian/german & berlin based drummer ekow alabi savage. jimi tenor, born lassi osmo tapio lehto in lahti, finland, who has been releasing recorded music for 30 years, plays several instruments as is his usual practice. he is credited for playing on the upcoming release saxentric, acoustic guitar, acoustic piano, background vocals, bass kalimba, drums, drum programming, electric guitar, electric piano, flute, hammond organ, korg ms-20, korg polysix, log-o-phone, moog, organ, percussion, photophone, plastic bongos, programming, shaker, synthesizers, tambourine, tenor saxophone, vocals and walton organ.
HRKL-005CD
Herakles Records

also available as:
Last Copy!
13.10 EUR *
HAUNTED BY HALLUCINATIONS (CD)
CD 18.03.14
jimi tenor and nicole willis sublime herakles label returns with haunted by hallucinations, the new bandproject from petri tokkannenm mastermind of the fabolous finish soul investigators group. guitarist petri toikkanen, who graces the liner notes of nearly all the soul investigators (home cooking, keep reachin up) releases, as one of the formidable composers of the musical group, makes the debut on this self titled new bands album.
HRKL-002CD
Herakles Records

also available as:
Vinyl (EUR 15.59)
Last Copy!
13.10 EUR *
ENIGMATIC (CD)
CD 03.07.13
recording artists jimi tenor & nicole willis who are life partners as well as past collaborators, reunite for their new project, artist name cola&jimmu, cola, a kind of pseudonym of nicole and jimmu, associated with the legend of the first emperor of japan, jimnu tenno. both tenor and willis have fronted their own projects over the past decade, willis most recently working with helsinki - based group the soul investigators, for their albums tortured soul & keep reachin up, timmion records 2005, 2013
HRKL-001CD
Herakles Records

also available as:
Vinyl (EUR 15.59)
in stock
12.28 EUR *
SAXENTRIC (LP)
12 Inch LP 17.10.16
jimi tenor has compiled a selection of afro jazz tracks that he has written and performed over the years with musicians icelandic drummer, helgi svavar helgason, helsinki based guitarist/bassist and journalist ilkka mattila, legendary drummer tony allen, cuban & berlin based trumpeter daniel allen oberto, ethiopian/finnish & helsinki based percussionist abdissa mamba assefa (itetune),nigerian/german & berlin based percussionist akinola famson, helsinki based percussionist mongo aaltonen, american & paris based spoken word artist/singer & painter allonymous, helsinki based flügelhornist tero lindberg, finnish & berlin based guitarist kalle kalima, polish & berlin based bassist patrick frankowski, british trombonist hilary jeffery and ghanaian/german & berlin based drummer ekow alabi savage. jimi tenor, born lassi osmo tapio lehto in lahti, finland, who has been releasing recorded music for 30 years, plays several instruments as is his usual practice. he is credited for playing on the upcoming release saxentric, acoustic guitar, acoustic piano, background vocals, bass kalimba, drums, drum programming, electric guitar, electric piano, flute, hammond organ, korg ms-20, korg polysix, log-o-phone, moog, organ, percussion, photophone, plastic bongos, programming, shaker, synthesizers, tambourine, tenor saxophone, vocals and walton organ.
HRKL-005LP
Herakles Records

also available as:
out of stock
14.74 EUR *
MYSTERIUM MAGNUM (CD)
CD 30.09.15
jimi tenor has made an instrumental album mysterium magnum with the finnish national jazz orchestra, umo. umo is a professional 16 piece orchestra. specialized in jazz and contemporary rhythm music. throughout its history umo has had a focus on finnish composers and has performed hundreds of compositions that were made especially for umo.
HRKL-004CD
Herakles Records

also available as:
Vinyl (EUR 19.99)
out of stock
13.10 EUR *
I GIVE YOU MY LOVE AND DEVOTION (CD)
CD 01.07.14
recording artists jimi tenor & nicole willis, husband and wife team whom together brought you call of the wild on tenors out of nowhere, (warp, 2000), feeling free on willis keep reachin up, (timmion records, 2005), release their follow up album of project cola&jimmu, to album enigmatic, (herakles records, 2013).
HRKL-003CD
Herakles Records

also available as:
Vinyl (EUR 15.55)
out of stock
13.10 EUR *
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