i was introduced to this song by my friend nikolai rasimus and if i remember correctly he'd recieved the 2005 album "katso maiesmaa" ("look at the landscape") from his father or somesorts. the music on this cd wasn't completely in his taste but he'd listen to it once a while and he gave me a heads-up on "nyt on jo myöhäistä" ("it's too late"). nikolai knew that the music was more something that i would listen to and that i had no issues listening to anything in finnish.
the name of the game is 80's influenced electropop/dancepop with retro synth sound and tr-808 & tr-909 sounds. in general there is a load of quality songs on the album like first single "olisitko sittenkin halunnut palata" and "tokio" amongst others. "nyt on jo myöhäistä" starts out with a long intro with this jerky off beat sequenced melody and singer iisa pykari delivering the first & second verse in a lovely manner. the counter rhythms and the build up for the first chorus creates great tension as the synths, sounds and white noise slowly accelerates.
as the pykari sings the first words of the chorus and the housey like piano kicks in it goes into the meat end of the song with a sturdy tr-909 that grounds that sequencer sound from the beginning. the piano re-appears in the break and it's all a very festive feeling as the synthesized horns are blasting out over the keys and the conga drums.
what i love the most about "nyt on jo myöhäistä" is the fact that it's a breakup song and suits the theme in the moody and somewhat dissonant beginning. when the piano kicks in the first appearance of the chorus, song goes from sad to cheery even though pykari is singing about heartbrake.
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