Nest at the Shelter - First awakening (Live performance 6th of June 2014)

[@manfrombritain6816]

Finnish people have a genetic gift for music i swear, especially this sort of ethereal or epic sound

[@TuomiOrava]

Thank you very much. I do try my best trying to capture the ethereal feel.

[@pookoos]

Yup...best metal bands on the planet too.

[@JvanEdits]

​@@pookoosagreed

[@zoebaggins90]

There's something so magical in a kantele. Love from Greece!

[@TuomiOrava]

Thank you very much. I'm glad you see the magic in the kantele.

[@formerblueberet5621]

There is a vast number of Finnish people in Canada and U.S, We are trying to keep our heritage still, I really appreciate you bringing this page kantele is a very unique instrument sound and otherwise. Keep on playing my friend ! Kiitos !

[@normoloid]

But could you canadians please stop raping our land with mining, you are only destroying your own reputation by using our outdated mining laws, while stealing from us!

[@pohjantuulet247]

@@normoloid Samaa mieltä. Canadians, alongside other foreign mining industries are exploiting our lands for their own personal gain. And its safe to say that our leaders are just fine with it, as long as they get their cut of the profits. This makes me sick.

[@Krabadaque]

@@pohjantuulet247 on the other hand it's probably not the Finnish -Canadian kantele players who do this!

[@travellingengineer4509]

I listened to Nest at a very young age. Their music was describing greatly the image of Finland in my mind. I grew up loving kantele and these images and asthe years flew by, Finland felt like home. Now that the situation is getting back to normal I have to visit Finland. Explore the country while listening to this kind of music. Bring my soul to it's Dreamland.

[@TuomiOrava]

That's great to hear. It is very humbling that our music has had such an effect on your existence. If you make it to Finland, I heartily recommend you visit the more interesting places in nature here. Lapland is a great choise, of course. If you're traveling to cities, Nuuksio near Helsinki is great, as is Isojärvi near Tampere. Just search for national parks in Finland and you'll find plenty of astounding places.

[@user-dl3re7ig2n]

Благодарю. Слушала с величайшим удовольствием.

[@nordwand4519]

What a great performance! I have been enjoying this very much. Kiitos paljon

[@TuomiOrava]

Thank you very much. It was one of the first times I tried this purely acoustic arrangement for live. Even though somewhat different from the album versions, I'm quite pleased with how well it worked.

[@nordwand4519]

@@TuomiOrava do you have an album of your kantele songs? If so, where can I buy it? 👀

[@TuomiOrava]

@@nordwand4519 You can get all my kantele based albums with my projects digitally from the bandcamp pages of my projects below: - Nest - nestfin.bandcamp.com - Syven - syven.bandcamp.com Physical copies of albums are a bit harder to find. The 'Nest - Within a decade' 3CD DigiBook that compiles all of Nest's studio albums is still available through the label Infinite Fog Productions​ and through some shops/distros. Discogs also has some copies for sale: - infinitefog.ru/shop/cd/nest-within-a-decade-3cd-digibook.html?lang=en - www.discogs.com/Nest-Within-A-Decade/release/5697395 Physical Syven copies can be found on Discogs: www.discogs.com/sell/list?artist_id=2006851

[@hossamfahmy6094]

love from Egypt

[@YakovNizhnik]

Bravo! You're a wizard! Almost Väinämöinen. If somebody wants to go down (or up) into his/her soul, or just to think, or just to relax, listen quietly to Tuomi Orava's KANTELE.

[@HipnikDragomir]

"Almost Väinämöinen" needs to be an acctual phrase if it isn't already.

[@TuomiOrava]

What a nice thing to say, and what a splendid picture it paints of the sound of this instrument. Thank you very much, good sir.

[@robinlundqvist2565]

Soulfully played Tuomi. Really Good. Warm greetings from Sweden

[@TuomiOrava]

Thank you very much. I appreciate such a kind sentiment. Even though I was a bit rusty in these performances :)

[@ernestbonde]

​@@TuomiOravaRusty enough to make all the living beings cry before this beauty and the sun and moon to stop for a while and listen. Greetings from Dalarna, Sweden.

[@TuomiOrava]

@@ernestbonde Thank you very much for such nice words. Hail to my brothers and sisters in Sweden.

[@yidneth]

I love it... I play kantele but as self taught also play from lowest to highest I love the delay and all it sounds beautiful. For me kantele is such a heavenly instrument. I am Spanish but I recently shared a song in Finnish and I include the sound in many of my songs.

[@TuomiOrava]

thank you. I'm also self taught and play with the lowest string towards me. I just can't wrap my head around playing it the opposite way. And wouldn't you know it, it still produces a good sound this way too. I'm glad to hear there are people outside of Finlandia interested in the kantele and playing it too. Cheers!

[@PackRatSupreme]

Absolutely wonderful. I wish more people knew about the existence of such a beautiful instrument and its talented performers.

[@TuomiOrava]

Thank you very much. such gracious words. I agree wholeheartedly. It would please me greatly if the kantele (and its cousins) was more known and appreciated. By the way. I also made this one, and the other ones I play. Like the kantele players of old used to do. It used to be a rite of passage of sorts.

[@northwind9505]

Very well done!

[@TuomiOrava]

Thank you.

[@formerblueberet5621]

Awesome music Tuomi I was born in Finland and immigrated to Canada in -78 this is new way to play kantele and shows the great versatility of the instrument in the hands of a master musician ! All the Best !

[@TuomiOrava]

Thank you, good sir. I appreciate such good words very much. Does one come across kantele music in Canada? I hear there's a good number of people of Finnish roots in Canada, especially in the northwest side of the American continent.

[@user-cc6th6cz9r]

Прекрасно звучит инструмент, и играет с большим мастерством. Спасибо за красивую музыку.

[@TuomiOrava]

Thank you, good sir.

[@garrisonstanleigh6146]

I never heard of a Kantele before I watched this video and it is FANTASTIC . Then I read your comments to other people and found out you made your Kantele and a website on how to build one and the tuning you use . This is the mark of a true master . THANK YOU VERY MUCH . I have built a solid body electric Guitar (years ago) and was trying to guess the dimensions of your Kantele but now thanks to your help I don't have to . I have just finished ordering my tuners and pick ups and will get my wood tomorrow and get started . THANK YOU AGAIN ...YOU ARE FANTASTIC ...

[@TuomiOrava]

Sorry about my late reply. I'm overjoyed to hear that my humble explorations in music and instrument building have inspired you to try your hand in building a kantele. I hope it goes well. I love building these things. It's a pleasant marriage between art and engineering, where I get to design something functional as well as express creativity in shaping the instrument. I'm actually currently designing a completely new model that has 18 strings and a bunch of other new ideas. I'll reveal it when I get around to finishing it and seeing how well it turns out.

[@SannaM76]

So did you finish your kantele?

[@TuomiOrava]

@@SannaM76 I did finish it indeed. It turned out the best I've made so far. Will be integral to future musical endeavours-

[@josemanosalvas4041]

@@TuomiOrava can't wait to listen!

[@ernestbonde]

​@@josemanosalvas4041Same, I can feel it in the air: whispering, weaving threads of its dreams - dreams that show more of what is really out there, more so then any human sense can ever hope to manifest...

[@shiftaiignmoving4588]

Incredible. I'm captured within the first moments and held by the enchantment.

[@TuomiOrava]

Thank ye, very much. I hope it was as enjoyable as it was for me when I was playing.

[@Sarke2]

Calming the universe !!!

[@TuomiOrava]

I do hope I can play a small part in making that happen.

[@WilleyGHD3]

Touched my Heart..........and then went DEEPER:)!

[@TuomiOrava]

Thank you very much

[@karolinatomala7062]

Dziękuję Panu Za tak wspaniałą muzykę i miłą dla mojego ucha Będę wracać do tej muzyki

[@ryuk2784]

Sounds so good, I feel I can remember forgotten times of the past

[@AK.__]

For long time familiar with Nest' music, but never heard about kantele. Beautiful and impressive. Thank you.

[@TuomiOrava]

Thank you for the comment. I hope it's interesting to see what the kantele looks like, and how it's played. My technique is a bit different from what's usually used for smaller kanteles like this. Still works, and produces an acceptable result.

[@ofermashiach4519]

It's like watching a very good magician. What a cool instrument!

[@JulioEvola-ih7tp]

Magical, dreamy & transcendental!

[@karolinatomala7062]

A więc tu jest magia w tym magicznym instrumecie

[@AthreanSon]

I listen this after a long week carving stone, all my body hurt but this song heal my soul, thank you.

[@TuomiOrava]

I'm glad my music can be of assistance in your recuperation. Thank you for the kind sentiment.

[@annablondie6146]

Gusli sound/ Love it/ thank you/ nice

[@kathykearns953]

Well now an hour later - here I still sit and it is beautiful! I wish I could meet the group - I love Finland (not been there) but love the aspects.

[@user-mj9fu3gz1h]

tää soittaa kun itse vaka vanha Vänämöinen totahan soittoa luontokin pysähtyy kuuntelemaan ja itkee ja nauraa samaan aikaan liikutuksesta. Uutta väinämöisen soittoa aivan mahtavaa.

[@TuomiOrava]

Kiitos kaunis. Tähän pyrin, ja iloitsen kun siinä onnistun.

[@nahtblis]

Years ago you sent me some autographed cds. Even before you worked with agalloch . Still have them and still listen

[@TuomiOrava]

That's awesome. I'm glad you still listen to them. Such a small world.

[@lshreddeuse4689]

kaunis ! kiitos paljon , terveisiä Ranskasta

[@TuomiOrava]

Merci beaucoup.

[@lyndi2392]

Kaunista! Ajattelin opetella soittamaan kanteletta.

[@TuomiOrava]

Kiitos paljon. Kannatan ja suosittelen ehdottomasti kanteleen soittoon ryhtymistä. Onnea tulevaan soitteluun.

[@tprice1963]

Very inspiring music, I recently visited Finland and hope to return!!

[@radomirfitness]

I love your music! Amazing...

[@current81]

Listening to Nest always takes me to a far away land.

[@CountBeetle]

Been listening to these two performances since they surfaced....great and some of the best ever

[@h.denisovan8900]

Great work. As many have observed , a very thematic music.

[@lucasfernandes9425]

Only their bests

[@wolframtichy1777]

Fantastisk!

[@hellbenthornball1153]

Watching you in a live performance is a revelation, magical. Thank you for offering this gift to us.

[@TuomiOrava]

Thank you very much, good sir. I'll be posting all live recordings of my poerformances I get my hands on here on this channel.

[@finnessence]

Very Nice! Glad I searched kantele music on KZbin and found this. Nice style 🎶

[@saorimcmanus5725]

So beautiful ❤️

[@hillavaarala7986]

Tän videon ansiosta päätin hankkia kanteleen. Kiitos!

[@TuomiOrava]

Kiitoksia. Ja hienoa, että päätit hankkia kanteleen. On minulle kunnia-asia, että olen ollut osallisena innoittamaan tähän päätökseen.

[@RoyRRJ]

Perfect! Täydellistä. Big fan of your playing!

[@bebbcorpharpery7331]

This is beyond gnarly.

[@mystickpunk]

Beyond everything

[@pietroaligischiavi6951]

Great!!! I enjoy your music, and performance!!! Thank you, you gave me joy!

[@TuomiOrava]

Thank you

[@pietroaligischiavi6951]

Yiou're great performer. I love Kantele

[@TuomiOrava]

+pietro aligi Schiavi Thank ye again. I love the kantele too. It's the one instrument that keeps me coming back to play it constantly. I play other instruments too, but the kantele is my main one, and the one I enjoy the most by a wide margin.

[@skygazer9475]

WE NEED MORE

[@kevinr2261]

Excellent job, good music to start the day with

[@TuomiOrava]

Thank ye

[@Cenotaff]

This is amazing. I remember listening to Nest in some really dark times in my life and it really helped me through. For some reason I assumed the guy from Nest was the guy from October Falls (Marras October Falls, not that mainstream rubbish that shows up when I search for them). I could easily imagine a Kantele playing along with some October Falls.

[@TuomiOrava]

Thank you, good sir. I'm delighted that my humble music has been of assistance in darker times. Music serves that invaluable function for me as well - both making it and listening to the plethora of fine music crafted by others. Heh. I am not the guy from October Falls. I have spoken with him a couple of times - when he was making the first couple acoustic albums.

[@liviamelo5050]

Amazing!

[@renep9837]

Great music and for more than one hour.

[@user-nb6in3jt7m]

Музыка... восхитительно, чарующе, умиротворяюще!

[@alisaholainen6334]

Sounds magic. Kiitos. I enjoyed it a lot.

[@paolograscelli8578]

epic and magical

[@PogonaPrincess94]

Beautiful sounds. This may be great for when you're doing yoga stretches.

[@yaripedone217]

cold, intense, dark mood! it makes me take a trip to northern Europe. Congrats for the instrument construction and performance

[@TuomiOrava]

Thank you very much

[@felipemarques2157]

You don't know how much I have waited for this, it's a masterpiece, it's what our world needs today, thank you so much, stay with this job at the path of ligth.

[@TuomiOrava]

Thank you very much. I'm happy that my humble musical endeavors are held so dear by others than myself too.

[@Hyliea]

Nice set, the ambiance here is perfect with the candles and everything.

[@josemanosalvas4041]

I love Nest. I can almost recognize every song you have played here. My favorite one is the last one... Last Vestige of Old Joy, and By the Healing Waters. Regards from Ecuador.

[@TuomiOrava]

Thank you, good sir. I'm glad you like these versionss, and can recognize them. I wanted to play slightly different versions of the songs. Of course they end up different because they're arranged for solo kantele, without synths, drums, etc. At the same time I wanted to keep their essence intact, and the main themes recognizable.

[@chriswareham]

Terveisiä Lontoosta! I'm learning the five string kantele at the moment, but hope to move onto a larger instrument eventually. Your performance is an inspiration.

[@juliamarchowska6715]

Amazing. I especially like the variety of sounds you can get out of the instruments, not only the strings but the wooden parts too.

[@TuomiOrava]

Thank ye, thank ye. I love experimenting with such unusual sounds too. It provides a nice amount of added variety.

[@elizabethbrown6607]

Rakastan Suomea!!

[@solidmage]

dat wind efects

[@formatcforcortex2465]

dat ass

[@Gyrbae]

Wind machine is a vital part of any traditional instrument performance, it's like he's one with the nature or some shit.

[@Gorlung]

Behind every good musician there is a good sofa..

[@TuomiOrava]

That good sofa is living a happy life of retirement now. I shall raise a horn in its name.

[@Urdok123]

Tää on kaunista

[@TuomiOrava]

Kiitoksia paljon.

[@TheSonicDeviant]

Amazing! Thanks you!

[@TuomiOrava]

You're most welcome. And thank you too.

[@masakocross5305]

Breath taking! Beautiful sound!

[@gavhinds8190]

on my favourites.....

[@M6t6M]

Cheers mate.

[@grenaloca9149]

it's great! upload more!

[@TuomiOrava]

Thank ye. I will certainly upload more when I get more recorded.

[@user-nb6in3jt7m]

Greater art! Thanks!!!

[@TuomiOrava]

Thank you. Thank you.

[@rdysangelium3539]

It's lovely the way you convey your essence to music. Das ist hervorragend. ♥

[@NatriumSulfuricum]

Amazing

[@Hc-ih2uz]

this is so beautiful, thank you !

[@kathykearns953]

I have tried emailing "Nest" and no luck. I am totally mesmerized by the music that comes from the kantele and his expertise with it is magical. I am so glad there are these 'You Tube' presentations - I am hypnotized!! Thank you!

[@RageMisser]

I miss the ancient times so much. The times when live felt like this music, now it feels like pop music from the charts...

[@Blueswailer]

Da Woid What a strange thing to say. Isn't this video proof music can be like this still ? Music to me doesn't feel like pop music from the charts, because I don't put on the radio or listen to mainstream charts.

[@RageMisser]

Well, I think I meant life in generel, all aspects of life, not only music.

[@Blueswailer]

Da Woid I guess I get what you mean. I don't miss ancient times at all though(how could I miss something I never experienced, eh?). Disease was rife, murder rates were ridiculously high, ignorance reigned, slavery, forest banditry was an actual daily hazard, extreme minority of people could even read etc., you could be branded a witch just for having certain wild plants grow in your yard. Most people ate the slop they could scrounge up as opposed to having choices of food, hunting in the king's forest could be punished by beheading etc. That doesn't sound like something I'd miss.

[@mimm4332]

fuck yes so glad this goes over an hour long. thank you 😊

[@user-em4fk7cx7h]

Молодец парнишка+++++++++++++Дай Бог тебе здоровья и творческих успехов

[@Noctis_et_Lux]

Truly touching and magnificent performance. I have had you on my TV, in the dimly lit corner of the room, just as the bards of old that you described. These two performances are playing on repeat, as I read 'Journeys in the Kali Yuga: A Pilgrimage from Esoteric India to Pagan Europe' by your fellow Finnish brethren Aki Cederberg. I found this by total coincidence one recent morning, in the dungeon synth forum on Facebook, just before I was planning to start my readings for the day. Thank you for this brilliant performance. I couldn't have asked for a better soundtrack to my reading. I will be delving deeply into your discography! Blessings and praise from the new world to your old world, across the vast sea! Kippis!!!

[@TuomiOrava]

Thank you very much for the comments. It is both touching and intriguing to learn how my humble music and performance has an impact on the lives of others. These performances are special acoustic arrangements of the more full bodied versions that you can find on the albums. Those have a plethora of other elements in the form of multiple synths, shaman drums, vocalizations, etc. It's interesting you noticed Nest at the Dungeon Synth forum on Facebook. Dungeon Synth Zine recently did an in-depth interview with me, and it is coming out on the latest issue #6. I also hope you noticed that you can download these performances for free from Nest's Bandcamp: nestfin.bandcamp.com/ Cheers.

[@Noctis_et_Lux]

@@TuomiOrava yes I’m looking forward to the interview and I’ve been delving into your albums! Great stuff, I struck treasure 😉

[@davidkellett4794]

Am I the only person that sees the prominently displayed (90s!) Dragonlance novel on the shelf?

[@TuomiOrava]

I see it too.

[@davidkellett4794]

THANK YOU.

[@user-or4lo2wu8q]

so nice video! mood...

[@ThePowerMaker]

Since the first time I heard Nest, I was expecting a live performance and I have to say WOW! This is deep.. I hope someday to have a Kantele just to feel this ethereal sounds when i touch the strings... Has someone feel that sensation when you buy a new guitar and you play it the very first time? Play this kantele has to be 20x better. Thank you A.T. for your fanstactic music that helps me to find the peace sometimes way to home, in bed, in the work.. I hope someday to see Call of the Wild (fav Nest song) live! Regards from Colombia.

[@violadude97]

I'm actually in the process of building a Kantele! Mine is a 10 string, his is 15. I am at the varnishing stage, next up is stringing. I bought it a harpkit.com if your interested!

[@Plangendum]

Thank you for uploading this. It was awesome to see you play :) Upeaa, tykkäsin!

[@yoink781]

This absolutely fantastic. Aivan huikeeta. Löysin vähän sattumalta ja ei voinut muuta kuin jäädä kuuntelemaan. Propsit.

[@Thorkan7]

Your music is enchanthing.. Great outfit btw!

[@Ranger797]

It's looks like NEST song. I really love Finnish music and I love Finland 🇮🇹❤️🇫🇮

[@TuomiOrava]

Indeed it is. Thank you for your nice words.

[@joycephipps4110]

This was absolutely marvelous -- listening to the beauty of the instrument and watching A.T play made me want to work even more on my limited kantele skills. Thank you for sharing this with the world! Kiitos paljon!

[@dikkipydes]

This was a huge inspiration to me. Thanks. Planning on building my own kantele and practise playing. :-)

[@OokySpooky1313]

How absolutely hauntingly beautiful

[@metalfolle]

you are epic. thanks for your magic music

[@TuomiOrava]

Thank you very much

[@Aryuna3200]

OMG, that sounds so cool!!

[@folker_85]

awesome set! Thanks!

[@jokkeseta1587]

Kaunista

[@pinkfreud62]

Many yrs ago, I used to date a guy who father was a carpenter & who also crafted/played dulcimers. He made the small ones & the larger hammer ones, but those probably sound too folky for this type of music, lol.

[@musicalea2239]

Ja paska pää! Kaunis.

[@Auenerkaty]

Enchanting! Thank you so much!

[@TuomiOrava]

Thank you, kindly.

[@adamemanuel]

To jest piękne, bracie!

[@brendahaus]

i love these performances so much, i keep listening them on repeat. will there be more?

[@TuomiOrava]

Thank you very much. I hope to do more performances in the future, but at the moment I don't know yet when that will happen. The performances will be posted on this youtube account when they happen, so you won't miss them.

[@CamerOneiric]

Yes!!!!!

[@bildahome]

Jezus, now I know where you’ve been all that time

[@TuomiOrava]

I've been keeping a low profile.

[@LekinhodeCristo]

It´s how to hear a dream...