Matti HäyryOrkid - A Fantasy Prog-Rock Opera in Two Acts Visitors from Bellatrix - Bonnie Parker = Orkid the Queen, Bass - Phil Baker = Philotheos the High Priest, Guitar - Denny Colt = Trahaldur the Bard, Guitar - Harri Väyrynen = Thiamer the Wizard, Guitar - Johanna Ahola-Launonen = People, Herald, Keyboards - Mikaela Mansikkala = People, Herald - Maria Hänninen = People, Violin - Natasha Jane Julian = People - Jan Rechberger = Drums, Effects Story and direction by Matti Häyry Music and lyrics by Matti Häyry, Tuija Takala, and Lee Kerslake Musical producer Lasse Väyrynen Video Sai Sahill Sahni at Golden Cafe YouTube thumbnail photo Sakari Ahola Co-executive producer Tuija Takala Executive producer Matti Häyry Lyrics, story, background, reviews, and more at: www.orkidrocks.com (c) Polite Bystander Productions
ORKID Premiere Whole Show (80 minutes)Matti Häyry2019-09-02 | Orkid - A Fantasy Prog-Rock Opera in Two Acts Visitors from Bellatrix - Bonnie Parker = Orkid the Queen, Bass - Phil Baker = Philotheos the High Priest, Guitar - Denny Colt = Trahaldur the Bard, Guitar - Harri Väyrynen = Thiamer the Wizard, Guitar - Johanna Ahola-Launonen = People, Herald, Keyboards - Mikaela Mansikkala = People, Herald - Maria Hänninen = People, Violin - Natasha Jane Julian = People - Jan Rechberger = Drums, Effects Story and direction by Matti Häyry Music and lyrics by Matti Häyry, Tuija Takala, and Lee Kerslake Musical producer Lasse Väyrynen Video Sai Sahill Sahni at Golden Cafe YouTube thumbnail photo Sakari Ahola Co-executive producer Tuija Takala Executive producer Matti Häyry Lyrics, story, background, reviews, and more at: www.orkidrocks.com (c) Polite Bystander Productions01 Eettisen kestävyyden arviointi Osa 1: Seuraukset, vaikuttavuus ja uskottavuusMatti Häyry2021-05-04 | ...2020 BioFuture 2025 Final Seminar BioEcoJust (3 min)Matti Häyry2020-12-10 | This is the presentation of the Bioeconomy and Justice (BioEcoJust) consortium at the Final Seminar of the Academy of Finland's research programme BioFuture 2025 on 15 December 2020. Four years of academic work presented in three minutes. Featuring a 90-second history of global capitalism. ;)
Video by Matti Häyry and Polite Bystander Productions.Silent Night (Demo)Matti Häyry2020-12-03 | Silent Night is the 24th song of the rock-opera trilogy that started with Orkid (2017) and continues with J and I (Silent Night is the 8th song on that) and finally Luci (both in the works). The song will, eventually, be performed by the entire cast of the Visitors from Bellatrix. On this demonstration track, it is performed by a mini-Visitors ensemble. Music, lyrics, arrangement, most studio engineering, production, male vocals and all instrumental and other audio elements Matti Häyry, female vocals Maarit Laihonen, some studio engineering by Lacce Väyrynen, and visual elements by Matti Häyry and Gustave Doré. Storyline: J breaks out of the triangle of Visitors formed by J and I. I is still in the original Bellatrix form, hence both female and male. J descends on Earth to save humanity, with well-narrated consequences in the European cultural tradition. I is/are left alone to ponder their loneliness. Copyright Matti Häyry & Polite Bystander ProductionsGlobal Capitalism in 100 Seconds with Raphael AngelsMatti Häyry2020-04-09 | Text and images by Matti Häyry 2020 @MattiHäyryEEAAEA (Official)Matti Häyry2019-11-29 | EEAAEA song & lyrics: Matti Häyry Video: Sai Sahill Sahni Performed by: VVibeTrix - Mikaela Mansikkala - Johanna Ahola-Launonen - Satu Haiko - Maarit Laihonen - Matti Häyry Arrangement and production: Matti Häyry & Lacce Väyrynen
Studio engineering: Lacce Väyrynen Thanks to Taiteen Sulattamo ry for the location (c) Polite Bystander Productions For more information contact: ordidrocks@gmail.com17 Orkid Golden CreditsMatti Häyry2018-06-04 | Video: Sai Sahill Sahni / Harri Haanpää / Dreammill Productions 19-20 January 2018, Golden Classics Cafe & Bar, Helsinki, Finland
Music: “Orkid - A Fantasy Prog-Rock Opera in Two Acts” by Visitors from Bellatrix, 2017
Copyright: Polite Bystander Productions 2017 and 201816 Here comes the dark (with live video from the 2018 World Premiere at Golden)Matti Häyry2018-06-04 | Video: Sai Sahill Sahni / Harri Haanpää / Dreammill Productions 19-20 January 2018, Golden Classics Cafe & Bar, Helsinki, Finland
Music: “Orkid - A Fantasy Prog-Rock Opera in Two Acts” by Visitors from Bellatrix, 2017
Copyright: Polite Bystander Productions 2017 and 201815 Identities (with live video from the 2018 World Premiere at Golden)Matti Häyry2018-06-04 | Video: Sai Sahill Sahni / Harri Haanpää / Dreammill Productions 19-20 January 2018, Golden Classics Cafe & Bar, Helsinki, Finland
Music: “Orkid - A Fantasy Prog-Rock Opera in Two Acts” by Visitors from Bellatrix, 2017
Copyright: Polite Bystander Productions 2017 and 201814 Final push (with live video from the 2018 World Premiere at Golden)Matti Häyry2018-06-04 | Video: Sai Sahill Sahni / Harri Haanpää / Dreammill Productions 19-20 January 2018, Golden Classics Cafe & Bar, Helsinki, Finland
Music: “Orkid - A Fantasy Prog-Rock Opera in Two Acts” by Visitors from Bellatrix, 2017
Copyright: Polite Bystander Productions 2017 and 201813 Presence (with live video from the 2018 World Premiere at Golden)Matti Häyry2018-06-04 | Video: Sai Sahill Sahni / Harri Haanpää / Dreammill Productions 19-20 January 2018, Golden Classics Cafe & Bar, Helsinki, Finland
Music: “Orkid - A Fantasy Prog-Rock Opera in Two Acts” by Visitors from Bellatrix, 2017
Copyright: Polite Bystander Productions 2017 and 201812 Through the black country (with live video from the 2018 World Premiere at Golden)Matti Häyry2018-06-03 | Video: Sai Sahill Sahni / Harri Haanpää / Dreammill Productions 19-20 January 2018, Golden Classics Cafe & Bar, Helsinki, Finland
Music: “Orkid - A Fantasy Prog-Rock Opera in Two Acts” by Visitors from Bellatrix, 2017
Copyright: Polite Bystander Productions 2017 and 201811 Covenant (with live video from the 2018 World Premiere at Golden)Matti Häyry2018-05-29 | Video: Sai Sahill Sahni / Harri Haanpää / Dreammill Productions 19-20 January 2018, Golden Classics Cafe & Bar, Helsinki, Finland
Music: “Orkid - A Fantasy Prog-Rock Opera in Two Acts” by Visitors from Bellatrix, 2017
More at: www.orkidrocks.com10 Behold your people (with live video from the 2018 World Premiere at Golden)Matti Häyry2018-05-28 | Video: Sai Sahill Sahni / Harri Haanpää / Dreammill Productions 19-20 January 2018, Golden Classics Cafe & Bar, Helsinki, Finland
Music: “Orkid - A Fantasy Prog-Rock Opera in Two Acts” by Visitors from Bellatrix, 2017
Copyright: Polite Bystander Productions 2017 and 201809 Give me a break (with live video from the 2018 World Premiere at Golden)Matti Häyry2018-05-28 | Video: Sai Sahill Sahni / Harri Haanpää / Dreammill Productions 19-20 January 2018, Golden Classics Cafe & Bar, Helsinki, Finland
Music: “Orkid - A Fantasy Prog-Rock Opera in Two Acts” by Visitors from Bellatrix, 2017
Copyright: Polite Bystander Productions 2017 and 201808 Dreamless night (with live video from the 2018 World Premiere at Golden)Matti Häyry2018-05-26 | Video: Sai Sahill Sahni / Harri Haanpää / Dreammill Productions 19-20 January 2018, Golden Classics Cafe & Bar, Helsinki, Finland
Music: “Orkid - A Fantasy Prog-Rock Opera in Two Acts” by Visitors from Bellatrix, 2017
Copyright: Polite Bystander Productions 2017 and 201806 After battle calm (with live video from the 2018 World Premiere at Golden)Matti Häyry2018-05-19 | Video: Sai Sahill Sahni / Harri Haanpää / Dreammill Productions 19-20 January 2018, Golden Classics Cafe & Bar, Helsinki, Finland
Music: “Orkid - A Fantasy Prog-Rock Opera in Two Acts” by Visitors from Bellatrix, 2017
Copyright: Polite Bystander Productions 2017 and 201805 1000 years (with live video from the 2018 World Premiere at Golden)Matti Häyry2018-05-06 | Video: Sai Sahill Sahni / Harri Haanpää / Dreammill Productions 19-20 January 2018, Golden Classics Cafe & Bar, Helsinki, Finland
Music: “Orkid - A Fantasy Prog-Rock Opera in Two Acts” by Visitors from Bellatrix, 2017
Copyright: Polite Bystander Productions 2017 and 201807 Ceremony of death (with live video from the 2018 World Premiere at Golden)Matti Häyry2018-05-02 | Video: Sai Sahill Sahni / Harri Haanpää / Dreammill Productions 19-20 January 2018, Golden Classics Cafe & Bar, Helsinki, Finland
Music: “Orkid - A Fantasy Prog-Rock Opera in Two Acts” by Visitors from Bellatrix, 2017
Copyright: Polite Bystander Productions 2017 and 201804 The mirror is broken (with live video from the 2018 World Premiere at Golden)Matti Häyry2018-04-27 | Video: Sai Sahill Sahni / Harri Haanpää / Dreammill Productions 19-20 January 2018, Golden Classics Cafe & Bar, Helsinki, Finland
Music: “Orkid - A Fantasy Prog-Rock Opera in Two Acts” by Visitors from Bellatrix, 2017
Copyright: Polite Bystander Productions 2017 and 201803 The one rule (with live video from the 2018 World Premiere at Golden)Matti Häyry2018-04-20 | Video: Sai Sahill Sahni / Harri Haanpää / Dreammill Productions 19-20 January 2018, Golden Classics Cafe & Bar, Helsinki, Finland
Music: “Orkid - A Fantasy Prog-Rock Opera in Two Acts” by Visitors from Bellatrix, 2017
Copyright: Polite Bystander Productions 2017 and 201802 Daughter to our queen (with live video from the 2018 World Premiere at Golden)Matti Häyry2018-04-14 | Video: Sai Sahill Sahni / Harri Haanpää / Dreammill Productions 19-20 January 2018, Golden Classics Cafe & Bar, Helsinki, Finland
Music: “Orkid - A Fantasy Prog-Rock Opera in Two Acts” by Visitors from Bellatrix, 2017
Copyright: Polite Bystander Productions 2017 and 201801 All in the theme (with live video from the 2018 World Premiere at Golden)Matti Häyry2018-04-07 | Video: Sai Sahill Sahni / Harri Haanpää / Dreammill Productions 19-20 January 2018, Golden Classics Cafe & Bar, Helsinki, Finland
Music: “Orkid - A Fantasy Prog-Rock Opera in Two Acts” by Visitors from Bellatrix, 2017
Copyright: Polite Bystander Productions 2017 and 2018Extra: Passification (TME 2010 - with lyrics and illustrations)Matti Häyry2018-02-23 | PASSIFICATION performed by TME
Hanna Paatero – Lead vocals Tuija Takala – Lead guitar Simo Vehmas – Drums Matti Häyry – Rhythm guitar, bass, backing vocals
Music and lyrics by Matti Häyry and Tuija Takala
Arrangement by Matti Häyry, Tuija Takala, Mika Väyrynen, and Lasse Väyrynen
Recording by Mika Väyrynen at the SeeHorse Studios, November-December 2010
Mixing, sound engineering, and studio magic by Lasse Väyrynen
Video images and collation by Matti Häyry
Copyright Polite Bystander Productions16 Here comes the dark (with lyrics and illustrations)Matti Häyry2017-12-30 | From: Orkid - A Fantasy Prog-Rock Opera in Two Acts
Copyright: Polite Bystander Productions 2017 (Except if you recognize your own images here and want them to be removed, or the source to be mentioned, please contact us and everything in our power will be done to rectify the situation: orkidrocks@gmail.com)15 Identities (with lyrics and illustrations)Matti Häyry2017-12-30 | From: Orkid - A Fantasy Prog-Rock Opera in Two Acts
Copyright: Polite Bystander Productions 2017 (Except if you recognize your own images here and want them to be removed, or the source to be mentioned, please contact us and everything in our power will be done to rectify the situation: orkidrocks@gmail.com)14 Final push (with lyrics and illustrations)Matti Häyry2017-12-30 | From: Orkid - A Fantasy Prog-Rock Opera in Two Acts
Copyright: Polite Bystander Productions 2017 (Except if you recognize your own images here and want them to be removed, or the source to be mentioned, please contact us and everything in our power will be done to rectify the situation: orkidrocks@gmail.com)12 Through the black country (with lyrics and illustrations)Matti Häyry2017-12-30 | From: Orkid - A Fantasy Prog-Rock Opera in Two Acts
Copyright: Polite Bystander Productions 2017 (Except if you recognize your own images here and want them to be removed, or the source to be mentioned, please contact us and everything in our power will be done to rectify the situation: orkidrocks@gmail.com)03 The one rule (with lyrics and illustrations)Matti Häyry2017-12-30 | From: Orkid - A Fantasy Prog-Rock Opera in Two Acts
Copyright: Polite Bystander Productions 2017 (Except if you recognize your own images here and want them to be removed, or the source to be mentioned, please contact us and everything in our power will be done to rectify the situation: orkidrocks@gmail.com)01 All in the theme (with lyrics and illustrations)Matti Häyry2017-12-30 | From: Orkid - A Fantasy Prog-Rock Opera in Two Acts By: Visitors from Bellatrix More at: www.orkidrocks.com
Copyright: Polite Bystander Productions 2017 (Except if you recognize your own images here and want them to be removed, or the source to be mentioned, please contact us and everything in our power will be done to rectify the situation at: orkidrocks@gmail.com)05 1000 years (with lyrics and illustrations)Matti Häyry2017-11-18 | From: Orkid - A Fantasy Prog-Rock Opera in Two Acts By: Visitors from Bellatrix More at: www.orkidrocks.com
Copyright: Polite Bystander Productions 2017 (Except if you recognize your own images here and want them to be removed, or the source to be mentioned, please contact us and everything in our power will be done to rectify the situation: orkidrocks@gmail.com)09 Give me a break (with lyrics and illustrations)Matti Häyry2017-11-07 | From: Orkid - A Fantasy Prog-Rock Opera in Two Acts By: Visitors from Bellatrix More at: www.orkidrocks.com
Copyright: Polite Bystander Productions 2017 (Except if you recognize your own images here and want them to be removed, or the source to be mentioned, please contact us and everything in our power will be done to rectify the situation: orkidrocks@gmail.com)07 Ceremony of death (with lyrics and illustrations)Matti Häyry2017-11-04 | From: Orkid - A Fantasy Prog-Rock Opera in Two Acts By: Visitors from Bellatrix featuring Lee Kerslake More at: www.orkidrocks.com
Copyright: Polite Bystander Productions 2017 (Except if you recognize your own images here and want them to be removed, or the source to be mentioned, please contact us and everything in our power will be done to rectify the situation: orkidrocks@gmail.com)10 Behold your people (with lyrics and illustrations)Matti Häyry2017-10-31 | From: Orkid - A Fantasy Prog-Rock Opera in Two Acts By: Visitors from Bellatrix More at: www.orkidrocks.com
Copyright: Polite Bystander Productions 2017 (Except if you recognize your own images here and want them to be removed, or the source to be mentioned, please contact us and everything in our power will be done to rectify the situation: orkidrocks@gmail.com)13 Presence (with lyrics and illustrations)Matti Häyry2017-10-19 | From: Orkid - A Fantasy Prog-Rock Opera in Two Acts By: Visitors from Bellatrix Music and lyrics: Matti Häyry Images: Matti Häyry More information: www.orkidrocks.com08 Dreamless night (with lyrics and illustrations)Matti Häyry2017-09-20 | From: Orkid - A Fantasy Prog-Rock Opera in Two Acts
(Except if you recognize your own images here and want them to be removed, or the source to be mentioned, please contact us and everything in our power will be done to rectify the situation: orkidrocks@gmail.com)02 Daughter to our queen (with lyrics and illustrations)Matti Häyry2017-07-02 | From: Orkid - A Fantasy Prog-Rock Opera in Two Acts
(Except if you recognize your own images here and want them to be removed, or the source to be mentioned, please contact us and everything in our power will be done to rectify the situation: orkidrocks@gmail.com)06 After battle calm (with lyrics and illustrations)Matti Häyry2017-06-16 | From: Orkid - A Fantasy Prog-Rock Opera in Two Acts
(Except if you recognize your own images here and want them to be removed, or the source to be mentioned, please contact us and everything in our power will be done to rectify the situation: orkidrocks@gmail.com)11 Covenant (with lyrics and illustrations)Matti Häyry2017-06-03 | From: Orkid - A Fantasy Prog-Rock Opera in Two Acts
(Except if you recognize your own images here and want them to be removed, or the source to be mentioned, please contact us and everything in our power will be done to rectify the situation: orkidrocks@gmail.com)04 The mirror is broken (with lyrics and illustrations)Matti Häyry2017-06-02 | From: Orkid - A Fantasy Prog-Rock Opera in Two Acts
(Except if you recognize your own images here and want them to be removed, or the source to be mentioned, please contact us and everything in our power will be done to rectify the situation: orkidrocks@gmail.com)