Jori Hulkkonen - Don't Believe In Happiness (2017)

Posted By: aasana
Date: Nov. 28, 2017

Jori Hulkkonen - Don't Believe In Happiness (2017)
Experimental/Electronic | 1:19:17 | WEB FLAC (tracks) | 501 MB
Label: My Favorite Robot Canada

Finnish tech-house legend Jori Hulkkonen appears next for Torontonian imprint My Favorite Robot. The man otherwise known as Zyntherius' relationship with the label reaches back to 2012 - when they released his eighth studio album under the Third Culture guise. He's now onto his third full length for the crew in the form of the brand new (and charmingly titled!) Don't Believe In Happiness ?LP. It's a collection of modern synthpop anthems that give a respectful nod back to the '80s. Track titles such as "We Will Tear Love Apart Again" should give you a hint at where he's coming from - this bittersweet moment powered by nothing more than an arpeggio and Hulkkonen's gothic baritone and it is pure genius. Despite the po-faced song titles, they're not all doom and gloom - take the bubblegum cinematics of "Sometimes You Win, But Not Very Often" for instance which wouldn't have been out of place on the Drive soundtrack. Elsewhere, there's some sexy and slinky dancefloor energy more typical of Hulkkonen on the electro-house groove "Breen Fantasy" and even some straight up techno to approach the peak time on the rather hypnotic "Moon Is Real". A cohesive effort all in all.

Tracklist:
01. Jori Hulkkonen - Tintan Terdel
02. Jori Hulkkonen - Don't Believe In Happiness
03. Jori Hulkkonen - We Will Tear Love Apart Again
04. Jori Hulkkonen - Lowlife Crises
05. Jori Hulkkonen - Reach Out To China
06. Jori Hulkkonen - I Think About Your Car When I Drive Mine
07. Jori Hulkkonen - Sometimes You Win, But Not Very Often
08. Jori Hulkkonen - Breen Fantasy
09. Jori Hulkkonen - I Am The Night
10. Jori Hulkkonen - Water Wars 2021-2027
11. Jori Hulkkonen - Moon Is Real
12. Jori Hulkkonen - I'm Just A Phase I'm Going Through
13. Jori Hulkkonen - New Ideologies

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Track: 05. Jori Hulkkonen - Reach Out To China
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Track: 06. Jori Hulkkonen - I Think About Your Car When I Drive Mine
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Track: 07. Jori Hulkkonen - Sometimes You Win, But Not Very Often
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Track: 08. Jori Hulkkonen - Breen Fantasy
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Track: 09. Jori Hulkkonen - I Am The Night
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Track: 10. Jori Hulkkonen - Water Wars 2021-2027
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Track: 11. Jori Hulkkonen - Moon Is Real
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Track: 12. Jori Hulkkonen - I'm Just A Phase I'm Going Through
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Track: 13. Jori Hulkkonen - New Ideologies
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