Deep Turtle

Deep Turtle (a pun on the Deep Purple name) was a Finnish band, active 1990–1996 and 2002–2003. Formed in 1990, Deep Turtle was a product of the burgeoning underground music culture of the city of Pori, Finland. Deep Turtle's music fused the energy of hardcore punk, the harmonies of jazz, latin rhythms, and the experimentalism of progressive rock into a style, which was sometimes dubbed jazzcore by listeners and reviewers. Signature elements of the band's music were an abundance of uncommon time signatures; frantic and abrupt mood changes between soft jazz tones and blistering punk assault; nimble bass guitar work providing a counterpoint to the guitar attack; and often indecipherable lyrics delivered both in Spanish and in English. Deep Turtle broke up in 1996 but reformed again in 2002, only to disband again in 2004 due to the drummer's insurmountable difficulties with tinnitus, which forced him to quit the band.

Links To Peel
Deep Turtle made Finnish music history by being the first Finnish band to be invited to do a John Peel session in 1994. Contrary to public belief, Peel was not present at the studio, and he never managed to meet the band in person.

Sessions
Deep Turtle one and only session. Available on the John Peel Session EP (1995, 7" EP/CD, Bad Vugum)

1. Recorded: 1994-10-09. Broadcast: 11 November 1994
 * Tun Go / Nohand / Hedless / Gnulf / Ratua / Toothpaste Tastebred

Other Shows Played
1992 1993
 * 02 October 1992: Arbean (7” EP – Snake Fish) Bad Vugum
 * 04 October 1993 (Ö3): 'Resalia (7" EP-Satanus Uranus Tetanus)' (Bad Vugum)
 * 08 October 1993 (BFBS): Resalia (7" - Satanus Uranus Tetanus) Bad Vugum

1994 1995 1998
 * 15 October 1993: unknown (2x7"-Riva!)' (Fossil / Happy Bone)
 * 12 November 1993: ‘Mr Coctail (2x7 inch – Riva!)’ (Fossil Records)
 * Best Of Peel Vol 64: 'Mr. Coctail (2x7"-Riva!)' (Fossil/Happy Bone)
 * 11 February 1994: ‘Mini (2x7 inch – Riva!)’ ( Fossil Records / Happy Bone Records)
 * 01 December 1995: 'Hedless (EP-John Peel Session)' (Bad Vugum)
 * 25 February 1998: La Polquita (LP - Angels Of Life In A Psychic Wasteland) Eerie Materials