Sami Sirviö
Encyclopedia
Sami Sirviö is the lead guitar
ist of the Swedish
rock band Kent
.
in 1990 along with vocalist Joakim Berg
, bassist Martin Sköld, drummer Markus Mustonen and keyboardist Thomas Bergqvist. The band originally called themselfes Jones & Giftet before changing their name first to Havsänglar and later Kent. By that time Bergqvist had been fired from the band and replaced by Martin Roos. After the release of the bands selftitled debut album
Roos quit the band to focus on a career at BMG, the band soon recruited Harri Mänty
as a replacement. The band continued to release several critically and commercially successful albums with that line-up intact until 2006 when rhythm guitarist Harri Mänty left the band. Instead of recruiting a permanent replacement Sirviö along with Jocke Berg recorded guitars for their 2007 release Tillbaka till samtiden
. For live performances the band has since brought along Max Brandt as a non official guitarist. Besides his role in Kent Sirviö has also appeared on Lisa Miskovsky
's 2006 album Changes
as well as produce a number of records for Swedish and Finnish
artists.
In 2005 Sirviö married his girlfriend of six years Jennie Persson, at the Maria Magdalena Church
in Stockholm.
models with the original humbuckers replaced with P-94
single coil
pickups during recording and live performances, however for the recording of Tillbaks till samtiden Sirviö primarily used a 1967 Fender Telecaster Custom
. Occasionlly Sirviö uses a e-bow
on his guitar, often combined with a delay pedal
. Sirviös main amplifer for the recording were a 1963 Vox AC30
but a 1954 Fender Concert
and a 1964 Hiwatt Custom 100
was also used. For live performances Sirviö uses a new Hiwatt
amplifer with a 4x12 cabinet.
As a producer
As a guest musician
Lead guitar
Lead guitar is a guitar part which plays melody lines, instrumental fill passages, guitar solos, and occasionally, some riffs within a song structure...
ist of the Swedish
Sweden
Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....
rock band Kent
Kent (band)
Kent is a Swedish alternative rock band founded in Eskilstuna in 1990, with the name Coca-Cola Kids, later Jones & Giftet , and Havsänglar...
.
Biography
Sirviö formed KentKent (band)
Kent is a Swedish alternative rock band founded in Eskilstuna in 1990, with the name Coca-Cola Kids, later Jones & Giftet , and Havsänglar...
in 1990 along with vocalist Joakim Berg
Joakim Berg
Herbert Joakim "Jocke" Berg is a Swedish singer, songwriter and musician, best known as the lead singer of Swedish alternative rock band Kent, which was founded in 1990.-Biography:...
, bassist Martin Sköld, drummer Markus Mustonen and keyboardist Thomas Bergqvist. The band originally called themselfes Jones & Giftet before changing their name first to Havsänglar and later Kent. By that time Bergqvist had been fired from the band and replaced by Martin Roos. After the release of the bands selftitled debut album
Kent (album)
Kent is the debut album by the Swedish band Kent, released in 1995.-Track listing:#"Blåjeans" – 2:58#"Som vatten" – 2:54#"Ingenting någonsin" – 4:02...
Roos quit the band to focus on a career at BMG, the band soon recruited Harri Mänty
Harri Mänty
Harri Mänty is a Swedish musician, brought up in Finland, who was a member of the Swedish pop-rock band Kent between 1996 and 2006. He joined the band after Martin Roos left. In the band, he played guitar and percussion. Harri Mänty is a music graduate.Before he joined Kent, he was the vocalist...
as a replacement. The band continued to release several critically and commercially successful albums with that line-up intact until 2006 when rhythm guitarist Harri Mänty left the band. Instead of recruiting a permanent replacement Sirviö along with Jocke Berg recorded guitars for their 2007 release Tillbaka till samtiden
Tillbaka till samtiden
Tillbaka till samtiden is the seventh studio album by Swedish alternative rock band Kent. It was released on 17 October 2007. The album is produced with Danish producer Joshua. The title means "Back to the Present", a pun on the Swedish translated title of Back to the Future...
. For live performances the band has since brought along Max Brandt as a non official guitarist. Besides his role in Kent Sirviö has also appeared on Lisa Miskovsky
Lisa Miskovsky
Lisa Miskovsky is a Swedish musician. Her mother is Finnish and her father is from the Czech Republic.-Biography:...
's 2006 album Changes
Changes (Lisa Miskovsky album)
- Track listing :#"Little Bird"#"Acceptable Losses"#"Mary"#"Been Through This"#"Foxholes"#"California Heart"#"Sweet Misery"#"Last Year's Song"#"As Daylight Fades"#"Please"#"Once Gone, Always Missing"#"20th of December Madison Avenue"-External links:*...
as well as produce a number of records for Swedish and Finnish
Finland
Finland , officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden in the west, Norway in the north and Russia in the east, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland.Around 5.4 million people reside...
artists.
In 2005 Sirviö married his girlfriend of six years Jennie Persson, at the Maria Magdalena Church
Maria Magdalena Church
Maria Magdalena Church is a church on Södermalm in central Stockholm, Sweden.The church plan has a nave but no aisles. In its eastern end is a three-sided choir and the transept taking up three bays. In the corners of the crossing are enlargement from various periods, all serving liturgical...
in Stockholm.
Musical equipment
For long Sirviö used a variety of Gibson Les PaulGibson Les Paul
The Gibson Les Paul was the result of a design collaboration between Gibson Guitar Corporation and the late jazz guitarist and electronics inventor Les Paul. In 1950, with the introduction of the Fender Telecaster to the musical market, electric guitars became a public craze. In reaction, Gibson...
models with the original humbuckers replaced with P-94
P-90
The P-90 is a single coil electric guitar pickup produced by Gibson since 1946. Having a more complex architecture and larger dimensions than Fender's single coils, it is occasionally mistaken for a humbucker.- History :...
single coil
Single coil
A single coil pickup is a type of magnetic transducer, or pickup, for the electric guitar and the electric bass. It electromagnetically converts the vibration of the strings to an electric signal...
pickups during recording and live performances, however for the recording of Tillbaks till samtiden Sirviö primarily used a 1967 Fender Telecaster Custom
Fender Telecaster Custom
Fender Telecaster Custom is a model of electric guitar made by Fender. This model should not be confused with the "Fender Custom Telecaster" model manufactured between 1959 and 1968, which only differs from a standard Telecaster in having a bound body...
. Occasionlly Sirviö uses a e-bow
E-Bow
The EBow or ebow is a hand-held, battery-powered electronic device for playing the electric guitar, invented by Greg Heet in 1969...
on his guitar, often combined with a delay pedal
Delay (audio effect)
Delay is an audio effect which records an input signal to an audio storage medium, and then plays it back after a period of time. The delayed signal may either be played back multiple times, or played back into the recording again, to create the sound of a repeating, decaying echo.-Early delay...
. Sirviös main amplifer for the recording were a 1963 Vox AC30
Vox AC30
The Vox AC30 is a guitar amplifier manufactured by Vox and known for its "jangly" high-end sound. First introduced in 1958 due to the growing demand for higher-wattage amplifiers, it became an iconic amplifier for British musicians and soon for others....
but a 1954 Fender Concert
Fender Concert
The Fender Concert was an guitar amplifier made by Fender. It was introduced in 1960 and it was discontinued in 1967, at which time a typical Fender Concert was priced at $315, about as much as a Martin D-28 at the time...
and a 1964 Hiwatt Custom 100
Hiwatt
Hiwatt was a British company that manufactured amplifiers for electric guitars and electric basses. Starting in the late 1960s, together with Marshall and Vox, the company contributed to the sonic image popularly termed "British sound"....
was also used. For live performances Sirviö uses a new Hiwatt
Hiwatt
Hiwatt was a British company that manufactured amplifiers for electric guitars and electric basses. Starting in the late 1960s, together with Marshall and Vox, the company contributed to the sonic image popularly termed "British sound"....
amplifer with a 4x12 cabinet.
Discography
With KentKent discography
The discography of the Swedish alternative rock band Kent consists of eight studio albums , one compilation album, one box set, one EP, twenty-eight Swedish and six English singles....
- KentKent (album)Kent is the debut album by the Swedish band Kent, released in 1995.-Track listing:#"Blåjeans" – 2:58#"Som vatten" – 2:54#"Ingenting någonsin" – 4:02...
(1995) - VerkligenVerkligenVerkligen by the Swedish band Kent is their second album released in 1996. It was released exactly one year after their debut album.-Track listing:#"Avtryck"...
(1996) - IsolaIsola (album)Isola is an album released in 1997 by the Swedish band Kent. It was followed in 1998 by an English version, for which a new song, "Velvet", was recorded. The album name comes from Ed McBains books about the 87:th police district and is a paraphrase for New York city, and Isola is mentioned in the...
(1997) - IsolaIsola (album)Isola is an album released in 1997 by the Swedish band Kent. It was followed in 1998 by an English version, for which a new song, "Velvet", was recorded. The album name comes from Ed McBains books about the 87:th police district and is a paraphrase for New York city, and Isola is mentioned in the...
(English) (1998) - Hagnesta HillHagnesta HillHagnesta Hill is an album by the Swedish band Kent, released in 1999 and 2000 . For the English version two new songs, "Quiet Heart" and "Just Like Money" were recorded, and "Ett tidsfördriv att dö för" and "Insekter" were left out...
(1999) - Hagnesta HillHagnesta HillHagnesta Hill is an album by the Swedish band Kent, released in 1999 and 2000 . For the English version two new songs, "Quiet Heart" and "Just Like Money" were recorded, and "Ett tidsfördriv att dö för" and "Insekter" were left out...
(English) (2000) - Vapen & ammunitionVapen & ammunitionVapen & ammunition is a 2002 album by the Swedish band Kent. Absent from this record is a long, mostly-instrumental song, rounding the album off, as had been a characteristic of the band ever since their second record Verkligen...
(2002) - Du & jag dödenDu & jag dödenDu & jag döden is the 2005 album by the Swedish band Kent. As the title implies, death is a major theme of the album which, before its release, was described by the band as dark and depressing; in keeping with this, the plastic album cover and the playable side of the CD are both black.The album...
(2005) - The hjärta & smärta EPThe hjärta & smärta EPThe hjärta & smärta EP is an EP made by Swedish rock band Kent, released in 2005. The production of the EP was kept secret and it was announced just one month before its release...
(2005) - Tillbaka till samtidenTillbaka till samtidenTillbaka till samtiden is the seventh studio album by Swedish alternative rock band Kent. It was released on 17 October 2007. The album is produced with Danish producer Joshua. The title means "Back to the Present", a pun on the Swedish translated title of Back to the Future...
(2007) - Box 1991–2008Box 1991–2008Box 1991–2008 is a summary of the Swedish rock group Kent's career. The Box contains almost everything the group has ever recorded between 1991 and 2008. It contains every B-side, many demo recordings and every studio album...
(2008) - RödRöd- Personnel :*Produced by Kent & Joshua*Recorded in Meistersaal, Berlin; Psykbunkern/Park Studio, Stockholm; The Bowery Hotel, New York; Hyltinge Church, Sparreholm and different living rooms*Track 4, 7, 8, 11: Mixed by Simon Nordberg...
(2009) - En plats i solenEn plats i solen- Personnel :*Joakim Berg – lyrics and music*Martin Sköld – music on track 1, 2, 4, 7, 8, 9*Kent – production*Stefan Boman – production and mixing*Joshua – production on track 2, 3, 5*Hoffe Stannow – mastering*Martin Brengesjö – instrument technician...
(2010)
As a producer
- Petrol - Record (1997)
- Mobile Homes - EP (2003)
- Jay Jay Johanson - Tell all the girls im back in town (Remix) (2004)
- Sapporo 72 - Business and Pleasure (2005)
- West End Girls - Goes PetshoppingGoes PetshoppingGoes Petshopping is the first album by West End Girls, the Pet Shop Boys tribute band. In Japan, the album is entitled We Love Pet Shop Boys!, and it features an exclusive bonus track.-Goes Petshopping:# "I'm not scared"# "Domino Dancing"...
(2006) - Disco - Vihaa, rakkautta vai jotain muuta (2006)
- Mobile Homes - Close (2008)
As a guest musician
- Lisa MiskovskyLisa MiskovskyLisa Miskovsky is a Swedish musician. Her mother is Finnish and her father is from the Czech Republic.-Biography:...
- ChangesChanges (Lisa Miskovsky album)- Track listing :#"Little Bird"#"Acceptable Losses"#"Mary"#"Been Through This"#"Foxholes"#"California Heart"#"Sweet Misery"#"Last Year's Song"#"As Daylight Fades"#"Please"#"Once Gone, Always Missing"#"20th of December Madison Avenue"-External links:*...
(2006)