Tanssitauti Explained

Tanssitauti
Type:	EP
Artist:	CMX
Cover:	Tanssitauti.jpg
Released:	Autumn 1990
Genre:	Hardcore
Length:	9:47
Label:	Bad Vugum
Producer:	CMX

Tanssitauti is an EP by CMX released in 1990. The band had released their debut album Kolmikärki earlier the same year with a different lineup. Tanssitauti is the first CMX recording to feature guitarist Janne Halmkrona, who appears on all of the band's albums from this point on.

"Tanssitauti", literally "Dance Disease", is Finnish and is used to refer to Huntington's disease.

Track listing

All tracks written by A. W. Yrjänä.^[1]

1. "Matti" (orig." ...") -- 0:27
2. "Tanssin jumala"—2:31
3. "Hän on tullut"—0:55
4. "Pimeä maa"—3:41
5. "Pornogeneraattori"—2:13

First track was originally unnamed and referred with "...". At first band did not intend it to be published but publisher Bad Vugum convinced them to release it. Since then it has become known as "Matti" and live performance specialty.^{[2] [3]} The name comes from lyrics.

A live version of "Pimeä maa" appears on the 1997 compilation album Cloaca Maxima.

Personnel

• A. W. Yrjänä -- vocals, bass
• Janne Halmkrona - guitar
• Pasi Isometsä—guitar
• Pekka Kanniainen -- drums^[4]

See also

• CMX discography

Notes and References

1. http://www.aanitearkisto.fi/firs2/levymerkki.php?Id=Bad+vugum+bad+15 - Retrieved March 6, 2008
2. http://www.noise.fi/levyarvostelut/?id=476 Noise.fi : CMX - Veljeskunta Gold -arvostelu
3. http://www.discogs.com/release/822867 CMX – Tanssitauti
4. http://www.finnmusic.net/main.php?62575f55480775535112 CMX: TANSSITAUTI / finnmusic.net