Pohjantahti
Pohjantahti arose from an urge of being culturally creative. The idea was to make a studio recording of music written and performed by Finnish Baha'is. Hence it was more a project than a band. This Finnish version is the sister album of the one in English, i.e. Star of the North.
Tell me about your history? How did you get where you are now?
Pekka Okkonen, electric and acoustic guitars, all male vocals
Tuula Kuitunen, all female vocals
Harri Peltola, producer, lyrics, voice on "Ylistys"
with help from the friends and session musicians
Have you performed live in front of an audience? Any special memories?
We have never performed live.
Your musical influences
The Dawn Breakers (Austria), Seals&Crofts (US), Windflower (Alaska), all bands that pioneered in making Baha'i music
What equipment do you use?
The album was recorded before the CD era on a 16 track tape recorder, and recently the original tapes were digitally remastered.
Anything else?
Learn some Finnish and enjoy the lyrics! Hyva Suomi!
