Articles

Interviews

One MC, One World

Nöjesguiden 5/2003

Antti Isokangas

"Our music may be categorised as hip hop, but some of our listeners are quite clearly people who would never admit to liking hip hop..."

Don Johnson Big Band Keeps Shining unto People

Rumba 09/2003

Antti Lähde

"And for Cosmopolitan, her most important merit was that she'd been partying in Paris at the same night clubs with royalty..."

Don Johnson Big Band: This Is Damn Sweet

Mesta.net

Jouni Hirn

"Whatever the place, the event or the size of the audience may be, the band must always try and play the best gig possible..."

Our New Stuff Doesn’t Sound Too Commercial, Does It?

Soundi 4/2003

Petri Silas

"A few days earlier yours truly received an unfinished CDR version with a special request from Tommy: 'Do not distribute or else – violence'..."

Don Johnson Big Band: Interview

Jazz.scene.lt

Indrė Viltrakytė

"We take inspiration from many different styles of music, even country - which is a secret passion for everyone in the band [laughs]..."

Don Johnson Big Band Presents: The Johnson Concept

Ärsyke 3/2000

Aleksi Salokannel

"The lights of a Neste gas station by the zoo illuminate the dark autumn night of Helsinki.
Inside, cabbies enjoying a break accompany..."

Reviews

Breaking Daylight: Finnomenal!

Evolver.at

"Daß wir das noch erleben dürfen! Ausgerechnet ein Quartett aus Helsinki sprengt alle Erwartungen modernen Sprechgesangs..."

Die kleinste Big Band der Welt

Musicchannel.cc

"Die ganze finnische Undergroundszene spricht von einer Band, die in ihren Anfängen in Eigenregie gerade mal 500 Kopien ihres Debutalbums presst, und diese hand-to-hand verkauft..."

Breaking Daylight

Imperiumi metal e-zine

"Don Johnson Big Band's second album hits you like a million volts. Even if I wanted to, I couldn't come up with any minuses about Breaking Daylight..."

Breaking Daylight

Letsmakesomenoise.com

"Don Johnson Big Band’s music is a superb mixture of almost all things possible. Absolutely one of the best albums of the year..."

Breaking Daylight

Nöjesguiden 3/2003

"Musically DJBB’s beatbox rhythms, imaginative sampling techniques and especially rich combination of wind instruments are absolutely unparalleled..."

Breaking Daylight

Etelä-Suomen Sanomat

"There’s such variety in their music that labeling them as hip-hop masters just doesn’t do them justice..."