Updated the songs on the side and added recent stuff to the CV

Demo reel for 2013 coming shortly.

Previews:

NZ

No Movement

You can download the whole album from:

Bandcamp

Or as a free download with 2 different sets of cover art from here (320kbps mp3)

If you do use the free download, please consider the possibility of clicking this ugly button:

A big up to Mog and Miska Närhi for the cover art and Peter van der Linde for the mastering.

-CK

The demo reel itself gives a solid view into my music, though lacking in some genres; I wanted to include my strong points into it, and all the different kinds of music I’ve made simply can’t be squeezed into less than ten minutes.  However, it should give a pretty good idea of what I like to make and what I’m good at.

So, without further ado:

The Demo Reel

(click to play, right click and “save as” to download).

Note that the demo reel is for 2011 (I’ll be updating it to 2013 eventually), for more recent works, check the songs on the right.

The Résumé:

Musical background:

• Played the piano from the age of seven until eleven. Started playing again in 2006 mainly with synths/keyboards.
• Studied in a musical class throughout comprehensive school.
• Played guitar since the age of ten, very actively during 2000-2005.
• Adequate knowledge of music theory.
• Started composing as a hobby in the late 90′s.
• Professional composer since 2007.
• Composed hundreds of songs in a vast number of different genres.

Specializes in:

• Ambiences
• Action music
• Electronic
• Heavy organic drums

Past and present audio work:

2013
Kai Moosmann – Quo Vadis: Inferi
Composer

2012
Pulse247 & Brink Helsinki – Mycashflow advertisement
Composer

2011
Ceekayed
Composed, produced and released Motionless EP

2010-2011
RogueDao Studios
Composer

2009
Fallout 3 Alternative Soundtrack (indie project)
Project Lead / Composer

2008
Obsidian Entertainment – NWN2: Storm of Zehir
Composer

2006-2008
RogueDao Studios – NWN2: Planescape Trilogy Purgatorio
Composer

Licensed a considerable amount of songs to various commercial and non-commercial projects.

Contact:

Sampo Närhi

Mail: sampo.narhi@gmail.com
Phone: +358-50-934 4182
IRC: Ceekayed@Espernet
Skype: Ceekayed
Web: http://www.ceekayed.com

The last year has been slow what’s come to music, thus the site also fell into a slumber. I’m currently working on a soundtrack to a disclosed project, I’ll let some sneak peeks out if I can get the permission from the devs.

Until then, cheerio.

-CK

Download links:
Download at fallout3nexus
Czech mirror
Torrent @ Thepiratebay
Digg it
NMA news post

To people asking “what’s wrong with the OST of Fallout 3, I think it was great!” – Yes, I think the OST was good aswell, but it wasn’t good for the Fallout world. Inon Zur is a very skilled composer, but with Fallout 3 they (Bethesda) made the mistake of thinking the whole world as Oblivion with guns, as far as the soundtrack is concerned. It’s just simply not hostile enough; there’s not enough violence or desperation – things that MAKE the whole post-apocalyptic concept so interesting.

So we took the dark ambient/industrial route and hopefully made the game sound more like Fallout 1 & 2, which, in my humble opinion, have one of the greatest original soundtracks ever, rather than Oblivion with guns. However, don’t expect anything that sounds exactly like the earlier titles. We’re talking about a fps and completely different artists here, afterall.

I hope you enjoy the soundtrack and appreciate the effort we’ve put into it.

Cheerio.
-CK

So, I just managed to start on the last battletrack of the Fallout 3 Alternative Soundtrack. That is the last complete track that is needed, so we should be closing in on the release.

Also, I wrapped up another D’n'B song yesterday;

Flats

Cheerio.

Cyanide

Cheers.

On another note, I’m learning to play keyboards again, which is harder than I realized. Just gotta keep on smashing the keys, maybe I’ll produce something melodic some day. At least I can play Song of Storms from Ocarina of Time already. Almost.

Then there’s that Fallout 3 Alternative Soundtrack, which is also going to be released about 3 months late. We’ve got most of stuff wrapped up now. Or should I say Claymore’s got most of the stuff wrapped up, I’ve been more or less slacking the whole time on the administrative side. I’ll see if I can make another combat theme or two during the next few days.

Oh, and tomorrow’s a fun night at the pub. There’s this bar called “PSK Kaupunni” just across the street and they have these Chambre Noir events in there, which means they’re playing dark ambient, noise and industrial the whole night, which is, obviously, beyond awesome.

More coffee and cigarettes. Adios.

The driving force, the motivation to finish every idea I have, is long gone now. Completing my ideas has become more or less superfluous to me now that I don’t desperately seek feedback to my work anymore. The actual composing is the fun part, afterall.

At least I have alot of skeletons of songs waiting for the final touch in my drawer. I know that some day I’ll finish each one of them. Or not.