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OT Räihälä 
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Joined: August 09 2005 Location: Finland Online Status: Offline Posts: 510 |
 Topic: Pekka Pohjola RIPPosted: November 27 2008 at 14:24 |
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One of the best bass players and composers of prog rock, Pekka Pohjola has died at 56.
Pohjola was an influential member of Wigwam and Mike Oldfield's group but is best known and most appreciated for his solo albums of the 1970's. This is a sad loss.
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Bj-1
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Zeuhl/RIO/Avant Team Joined: June 04 2005 Location: No(r)Way Online Status: Offline Posts: 31154 |
Posted: November 27 2008 at 14:29 |
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This is tragic news, and 56 is way too young!
Rest in Peace, Pekka!
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fuxi
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Joined: March 08 2006 Location: United Kingdom Online Status: Offline Posts: 2393 |
Posted: November 27 2008 at 14:33 |
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Oh no! This comes as a complete shock to me! For three decades, 'Pekka Pohjola' has been a magic name to me: I've loved THE MATHEMATICIAN'S AIR DISPLAY ever since it was released, but I've only just started exploring Wigwam...
In his music he lives on! |
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Dean
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Site Admin Joined: May 13 2007 Location: Albion Online Status: Online Posts: 29080 |
Posted: November 27 2008 at 14:33 |
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Kotro
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Joined: August 16 2004 Location: Portugal Online Status: Offline Posts: 2244 |
Posted: November 27 2008 at 14:39 |
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What a crappy year this is turning out...
R.I.P.
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Logan
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Joined: April 05 2006 Location: BC, bud Online Status: Offline Posts: 11565 |
Posted: November 27 2008 at 14:42 |
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A very sad loss.... :(
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Alberto Muñoz
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Joined: July 26 2006 Location: Mexico Online Status: Offline Posts: 3562 |
Posted: November 27 2008 at 14:50 |
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Jimbo
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Honorary Collaborator Joined: February 28 2005 Location: Helsinki Online Status: Offline Posts: 2821 |
Posted: November 27 2008 at 16:24 |
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What a terrible year. Esbjörn Svensson, Rick Wright, Pekka Pohjola...
 I'm struggling to find the right words. To me, he was a genius - a word I don't use very lightly.  RIP, Pekka. |
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Rainer Rein
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Joined: March 28 2006 Location: Estonia Online Status: Offline Posts: 19 |
Posted: November 27 2008 at 16:27 |
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Very sad news. He was absolute genius. I'll take my hat off...
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Syzygy
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Zeuhl/RIO Specialist Joined: December 16 2004 Location: United Kingdom Online Status: Offline Posts: 6387 |
Posted: November 27 2008 at 16:30 |
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Like Frank Zappa with stricter quality control - a longtime favourite of mine. I'll be revisiting Heavy Jazz this evening I think; an immensely sad loss coming hard on the heels of Esbjorn Svensson and Rick Wright, as Jimbo pointed out.
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'Like so many of you
I've got my doubts about how much to contribute to the already rich among us...' Robert Wyatt, Gloria Gloom |
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Atavachron
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Honorary Collaborator Joined: September 30 2006 Online Status: Offline Posts: 43481 |
Posted: November 27 2008 at 16:31 |
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oh no, that's awful, magnificent music.. 56, terrible
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pimpfest
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Joined: November 27 2008 Online Status: Offline Posts: 2 |
Posted: November 27 2008 at 17:22 |
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R.I.P.
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Pekka
Forum Senior Member
Joined: August 03 2006 Location: Espoo, Finland Online Status: Offline Posts: 5985 |
Posted: November 27 2008 at 18:40 |
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I was just at an Uzva gig, and after one song they said "this next song is for the memory of Pekka Pohjola" and played Metsonpeliä. I said "memory?!
 "out loud and the girl next to me explained that he had indeed just died... RIP, you great musician. |
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splyu
Forum Senior Member
Joined: September 06 2008 Location: Germany Online Status: Offline Posts: 317 |
Posted: November 27 2008 at 20:11 |
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Sad news indeed. Even though Mathematician's Air Display is the only album of his that I'm familiar with, I really like it a lot. I'm going to listen to it tomorrow.
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hemmetti
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Joined: May 14 2007 Location: Finland Online Status: Offline Posts: 10 |
Posted: November 28 2008 at 02:09 |
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Listening to "Hereilläkin uni jatkuu" fromHarakka Bialoipokku -lp. One of the greatest bass players gone... He was sick for some time before perishing, I've heard... Time has no mercy for anybody.
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Man Erg
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Honorary Collaborator Joined: August 26 2004 Location: Isle of Lucy Online Status: Offline Posts: 7381 |
Posted: November 28 2008 at 02:15 |
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Very sad news indeed.
R.I.P. |
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Stool Man
Forum Senior Member
Joined: January 30 2007 Location: Anti-Cool (anag Online Status: Offline Posts: 1134 |
Posted: November 28 2008 at 03:33 |
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RIP Pekka
In the late 70s my dad had a tape of Mathematician's Air Display, which I played over and over, without noting who it was by. Apart from Pink Floyd it was my first introduction to any of the music now featured on PA |
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Cesar Inca
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Honorary Collaborator / Heavy Prog Team Joined: May 19 2004 Location: Peru Online Status: Offline Posts: 4718 |
Posted: November 28 2008 at 08:17 |
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Yet another tragic loss in the world of prog. WIGWAM was a hell of a band while he was in it, and how can anyone deny that he provided a solid foundation for the ambitious pieces performed at Mike Oldfield's Exposed tour: he was precise, charismatic and original a a bass player, write and multi-instrumentalist.
THANK YOU FOR THE MUSIC, MASTER!!
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memowakeman
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Honorary Collaborator Joined: May 19 2005 Location: Mexico City Online Status: Offline Posts: 12346 |
Posted: November 28 2008 at 09:14 |
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One more
RIP
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Finnforest
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Honorary Collaborator / RPI Specialist Joined: February 03 2007 Location: 1950s Suburbia Online Status: Online Posts: 12142 |
Posted: November 28 2008 at 09:26 |
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Very talented guy, what a sad day for proggers.
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