Tony Kakko on Polaris?

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Tony Kakko on Polaris?

Post by SentineLEX » Thu Nov 05, 2015 8:08 pm

It says he did background vocals on Polaris but I'm never able to find his voice on those songs. Any of you know what parts of the album he sings on?

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Post by Southern_Cross » Thu Nov 05, 2015 10:41 pm

SentineLEX wrote:It says he did background vocals on Polaris but I'm never able to find his voice on those songs. Any of you know what parts of the album he sings on?
Nope, that's news to me

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Re: Tony Kakko on Polaris?

Post by SentineLEX » Thu Nov 05, 2015 11:31 pm

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SentineLEX wrote:It says he did background vocals on Polaris but I'm never able to find his voice on those songs. Any of you know what parts of the album he sings on?
Nope, that's news to me
Yup. From the Wikipedia article:
Additional credits[edit]
Seppo Rautasuo – strings (track 11)
Heikki Hämäläinen – strings (track 11)
Heikki Vehmanen – strings (track 11)
Kari Lindstedt – strings (track 11)
Perttu Vänskä – strings arrangement (tracks 1, 8), strings programming (tracks 1, 8), engineering (acoustic guitar; track 11), additional Pro Tools editing
Pessi Levanto – strings arrangement (track 11)
Alexi Parviainen – background vocals
Marko Waara – background vocals
Tipe Johnson – background vocals
Tony Kakko – background vocals
Tommi Vainikainen – engineering (strings; track 11)
Mikko Karmila – mixing
Mikko Raita – mixing (track 11)
Svante Forsbäck – mastering
And then Timo came to Sonata a second time to do backing vocals on tracks 1/2/5/6 as well, but that's audible. He's basically in every chorus on those songs doubling Tony's voice. Tony I can't hear on Polaris at all.

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Re: Tony Kakko on Polaris?

Post by Motha-faka » Thu Nov 05, 2015 11:47 pm

:shock: no joke... all thee guys to do a SIMPLE ALBUM!! really looks simple, polaris. i mean, one of the most simple albums of the new stratovarius :x

why im so fucking insane then! :x


haaaa!!! i forgot!! im a fucking genius, damme!!!!! :x

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Post by rikkertje » Fri Nov 06, 2015 11:14 am

SentineLEX wrote:It says he did background vocals on Polaris but I'm never able to find his voice on those songs. Any of you know what parts of the album he sings on?
I guess he's merged into backing choirs like on the chorus of Deep Unknown.

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Post by HinatAArcticA » Wed Nov 25, 2015 7:27 am

Tony's vocals??
They are on Winter Skies, in the chorus after the solo... Of this info I'm 100% sure, but they are as noticeable as Kotipelto in I Have a Right (SGHN)

Oh yeah, he was there :)

But I find it somewhat useless when they have each other as guests in the far distant background where you can't even tell it's them :?
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Post by Alicja » Wed Nov 25, 2015 11:22 pm

HinatAArcticA wrote:Tony's vocals??
They are on Winter Skies, in the chorus after the solo... Of this info I'm 100% sure, but they are as noticeable as Kotipelto in I Have a Right (SGHN)

Oh yeah, he was there :)

But I find it somewhat useless when they have each other as guests in the far distant background where you can't even tell it's them :?
Thanks for the info, I would have never thought Timo sings "I have a right", I thought it's all Tony's voice. It's really hard (or even impossible) to divide their voices in this song :o
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Re: Tony Kakko on Polaris?

Post by Motha-faka » Thu Nov 26, 2015 1:36 am

SentineLEX wrote:
Southern_Cross wrote:
SentineLEX wrote:It says he did background vocals on Polaris but I'm never able to find his voice on those songs. Any of you know what parts of the album he sings on?
Nope, that's news to me
Yup. From the Wikipedia article:
Additional credits[edit]
Seppo Rautasuo – strings (track 11)
Heikki Hämäläinen – strings (track 11)
Heikki Vehmanen – strings (track 11)
Kari Lindstedt – strings (track 11)
Perttu Vänskä – strings arrangement (tracks 1, 8), strings programming (tracks 1, 8), engineering (acoustic guitar; track 11), additional Pro Tools editing
Pessi Levanto – strings arrangement (track 11)
Alexi Parviainen – background vocals
Marko Waara – background vocals
Tipe Johnson – background vocals
Tony Kakko – background vocals
Tommi Vainikainen – engineering (strings; track 11)
Mikko Karmila – mixing
Mikko Raita – mixing (track 11)
Svante Forsbäck – mastering
And then Timo came to Sonata a second time to do backing vocals on tracks 1/2/5/6 as well, but that's audible. He's basically in every chorus on those songs doubling Tony's voice. Tony I can't hear on Polaris at all.
LOL and this is one fucking scandal....


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WHY HUGE BANDS HAVE A TON OF ENGINEERS IF WHEN YOURSELF LISTEN THE ALBUM ALL SOUND THE SAME??

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Really i don't have the fucking idea why stratovarius do all this.....


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Post by Southern_Cross » Thu Nov 26, 2015 2:35 am

Alicja wrote:
HinatAArcticA wrote:Tony's vocals??
They are on Winter Skies, in the chorus after the solo... Of this info I'm 100% sure, but they are as noticeable as Kotipelto in I Have a Right (SGHN)

Oh yeah, he was there :)

But I find it somewhat useless when they have each other as guests in the far distant background where you can't even tell it's them :?
Thanks for the info, I would have never thought Timo sings "I have a right", I thought it's all Tony's voice. It's really hard (or even impossible) to divide their voices in this song :o
I didn't notice it on I Have A Right. I'll have to go back and listen again.

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Post by SatanicSmile » Thu Nov 26, 2015 2:45 am

Motha-faka wrote:PAyME TO ME, I WILL MASTERING, EDITING, MIX YOU AND ALL EXTRA AWESOME!! the most supreme post production of the universe!! :x :D
You should do that with next Sonata album :lol:

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Post by Southern_Cross » Thu Nov 26, 2015 3:18 am

SatanicSmile wrote:
Motha-faka wrote:PAyME TO ME, I WILL MASTERING, EDITING, MIX YOU AND ALL EXTRA AWESOME!! the most supreme post production of the universe!! :x :D
You should do that with next Sonata album :lol:
Seeing as how they're not doing so well lately, it's not like they have too much to lose, so why not

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Re: Tony Kakko on Polaris?

Post by fuck » Thu Nov 26, 2015 3:47 am

Don't encourage him. :lol:

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Re: Tony Kakko on Polaris?

Post by SentineLEX » Thu Nov 26, 2015 3:53 am

Southern_Cross wrote:
SatanicSmile wrote:
Motha-faka wrote:PAyME TO ME, I WILL MASTERING, EDITING, MIX YOU AND ALL EXTRA AWESOME!! the most supreme post production of the universe!! :x :D
You should do that with next Sonata album :lol:
Seeing as how they're not doing so well lately, it's not like they have too much to lose, so why not
Better than Pasi probably. I loved Pariah's child but the production was quite ass.

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Post by Southern_Cross » Thu Nov 26, 2015 4:25 am

SentineLEX wrote:
Southern_Cross wrote:
SatanicSmile wrote:
Motha-faka wrote:PAyME TO ME, I WILL MASTERING, EDITING, MIX YOU AND ALL EXTRA AWESOME!! the most supreme post production of the universe!! :x :D
You should do that with next Sonata album :lol:
Seeing as how they're not doing so well lately, it's not like they have too much to lose, so why not
Better than Pasi probably. I loved Pariah's child but the production was quite ass.
Agreed

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Re: Tony Kakko on Polaris?

Post by Motha-faka » Thu Nov 26, 2015 5:07 am

SatanicSmile wrote:
Motha-faka wrote:PAyME TO ME, I WILL MASTERING, EDITING, MIX YOU AND ALL EXTRA AWESOME!! the most supreme post production of the universe!! :x :D
You should do that with next Sonata album :lol:
i take your word, i will happy to build a supreme sonata artica in post production

well, i need admit, sonata artica is a good band, stratovarius too. Bud the sound is a lot to one band

including, you can have a tons of variations to build extra material based in sound jobs, live sounds and extra versions.

I'M OPEN!! I CAN GOT YOUR VISION TO YOUR MUSIC AND WORK!! :D

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Post by SatanicSmile » Thu Nov 26, 2015 5:51 am

Motha-faka wrote:
SatanicSmile wrote:
Motha-faka wrote:PAyME TO ME, I WILL MASTERING, EDITING, MIX YOU AND ALL EXTRA AWESOME!! the most supreme post production of the universe!! :x :D
You should do that with next Sonata album :lol:
i take your word, i will happy to build a supreme sonata artica in post production

well, i need admit, sonata artica is a good band, stratovarius too. Bud the sound is a lot to one band

including, you can have a tons of variations to build extra material based in sound jobs, live sounds and extra versions.

I'M OPEN!! I CAN GOT YOUR VISION TO YOUR MUSIC AND WORK!! :D
Awesome :D

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Post by NeverendingAbyss » Thu Nov 26, 2015 5:52 am

Love what Avantasia does. Everyone has a chance to sing. If only Strato and SA do the same for each other....

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Post by robocop656 » Thu Nov 26, 2015 10:33 am

Next album : Flavio, farts and defecation, anal mixing.

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Post by Motha-faka » Thu Nov 26, 2015 12:27 pm

robocop656 wrote:Next album : Flavio, farts and defecation, anal mixing.
LOL, why no just mix, master and maybe effects touches according the artist vision?

Robo, is very hard defecate one complete multitrack and PC! :lol:

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Re: Tony Kakko on Polaris?

Post by HinatAArcticA » Mon Feb 01, 2016 2:25 pm

Southern_Cross wrote:
Alicja wrote:
HinatAArcticA wrote:Tony's vocals??
They are on Winter Skies, in the chorus after the solo... Of this info I'm 100% sure, but they are as noticeable as Kotipelto in I Have a Right (SGHN)

Oh yeah, he was there :)

But I find it somewhat useless when they have each other as guests in the far distant background where you can't even tell it's them :?
Thanks for the info, I would have never thought Timo sings "I have a right", I thought it's all Tony's voice. It's really hard (or even impossible) to divide their voices in this song :o
I didn't notice it on I Have A Right. I'll have to go back and listen again.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3e-V_-WpxoE
Check min 4:07

But yeah, just as Tony in Winter Skies it'll be almost impossible to distinguish Timo during the chorus parts.

False News Travel Fast this ain't :)
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Re: Tony Kakko on Polaris?

Post by phoenix666 » Tue Feb 16, 2016 1:37 am

In False News travel Fast Timo has a little, but very remarkable part in the vocals! 8)

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