Tenhi is a Finnish neofolk band formed in 1996. The music of Tenhi is minimalistic and dark. Usually, the rhythm instrument lines follow the customs of modern rock music. The melodical instruments and vocals are however very heavily folk-influenced. The basic instrumentarium of the band consists of acoustic guitar, bass and drums. Frequent additional instruments include piano, violin, viola and flute and less frequent didgeridoo, mouth harp, harmonium, cello, udu and synthesizer. Members Current members Tyko Saarikko – vocals, piano, harmonium, synth, guitar, percussions, didgeridoo, Jew's harp, udu (1996–present) Ilmari Issakainen – drums, piano, guitar, bass, percussions, backing vocals (1998–present) Inka Eerola – violin (2000–2007, ?–present) Jaakko Hilppö – backing vocals, bass, acoustic guitar (2002–present) Tuukka Tolvanen – vocals, backing vocals, guitar, acoustic guitar (2002–present) Former members Ilkka Salminen – vocals, guitar, bass, harmonium, percussions (1997–2008) Eleonora Lundell – violin (1998–2000), viola (2000–2001) Veera Partanen – flute (1999–2000) Janina Lehto – flute (2000–2007) Paula Lehtomäki – viola (2008–2011) Former live/session members Jaakko Hilppö – backing vocals, bass (on "Väre" (2002)) Kirsikka Wiik – cello (on "Väre" (2002)) Paula Rantamäki – violin (2007) Jussi Lehtinen – piano (?–2007, 2015), backing vocals (on "Saivo" (2011)) Raimo Kovalainen – drums (?–2007, 2015) Janina Lehto – flute (on "Saivo" (2011)) Heikki Hannikainen – contrabass (on "Saivo" (2011)) Elisa Ollikainen – cello (on "Saivo" (2011)) Inka Eerola – violin (2015) Thomas "Inve" Riesner – violin (2015) Jochen "Evíga" Stock – acoustic guitar (2015) Discography Kertomuksia (demo, 1997) Hallavedet (mcd, 1998) Kauan (CD, 1999) Airut:ciwi (mcd, 2000) Väre (CD, 2002) Maaäet (CD, 2006) Airut:aamujen (CD, 2006) Folk Aesthetic 1996-2006 (3CD in book format, 2007) Whom the Moon a Nightsong Sings (compilation, 2010) (V/A) Saivo (CD, 2011) References External links Tenhi at MySpace.com Utustudio Prophecy Productions (Tenhi's label) Interviews Tenhi Interview 2004 at Heathen Harvest Tenhi Interview II 2006 at Heathen Harvest Finnish musical groups Neofolk music groups