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Monday 8 February 2010
Check out Orrenmaa Band's MySpace page for a video from the record publishing gig in Helsinki 2009!
From left to right: Rob Dominis keyboards, Billy Cobham drums, Tuppu Orrenmaa gtr, Jukka Korpela bass and Timo Pratskin keyboards. 1st solo Timo, 2nd solo Tuppu, 3rd solo Rob and 4th Billy



Wednesday 13 May 2009
Now you can listen to Timo's music at IMRadio

Saturday 4 April 2009
Check out H.A.R.P.´s YOUTUBE videos.

Sunday 1 March 2009
GIG WITH ORRENMAA BAND FEATURING BILLY COBHAM!!!
Thursday 5 March 2009
Orrenmaa Band live at Virgin Oil. Mannerheimintie 5, Helsinki / Finland
Line-up:Billy Cobham, Tuppu Orrenmaa, Rob Dominis, Timo Pratskin, Jukka Korpela, Verneri Pohjola, Ilmari Pohjola and Marko Portin.
ORRENMAA BAND’S RECORD PUBLISHING GIG!!!

Thursday 22 January 2009
H.A.R.P.

Thursday 4 September 2008
In August Timo did some overdubs for Tuppu Orrenmaa's forthcoming CD. He played a few organ tracks without solos on pieces that had otherwise been recorded earlier this year, during the spring and the summer. The line-up playing on Orrenmaa's CD is: Tuppu Orrenmaa, Billy Cobham , Tower of Power, Pekka Pohjola, Rob Dominis and Timo Pratskin.

Friday 11 July 2008
H.A.R.P.'s new line-up (2008) is Jyrki Tomminen voc / harp, Harri Rantanen bs / voc, Timo Pratskin keys, Jarmo Nikku gtr and Harry Ala-Kojola drs. The band will start throwing gigs during the forthcoming fall. More updates coming soon…
For more info regarding H.A.R.P.,check out H.A.R.P.´s MySpace page.

Monday 10 March 2008
H.A.R.P. has now ended its long silence and the band has decided to start throwing gigs again and to compose new music. At the moment H.A.R.P. is searching for a new member or members for the band. Current line-up (2008) is Timo Pratskin keys, Jarmo Nikku gtr, Harry Ala-Kojola drs, Harri Rantanen bs. Updated info coming up soon…
For more info regarding H.A.R.P.,check out H.A.R.P.´s MySpace page.

Tuesday 18 September 2007
Now you can purchase FISSIO´s music from the following sites:
CD Baby and iTunes. For more info regarding Fissio, click here, here and here.

Thursday 17 May 2007
Check out H.A.R.P.´s MySpace page.
www.myspace.com/harpfinland

Tuesday 20 February 2007
Pekka " Rekku " Rechardt´s solo CD will be released on Wednesday 14 March. For more info, check www.wolfgangrecords.com. Timo played keyboards for the album and he will also participate in the band's forthcoming gigs. " Rekku " is a guitarist of the legendary Finnish band called Wigwam.

Saturday 6 January 2007
Check out Timo Pratskin's Myspace page.
www.myspace.com/timopratskin

Saturday 20 May 2006
Umo big band & Pepe Ahlqvist have recorded two pieces composed by Timo on their CD to be published in June 2006. These two pieces, namely " Heal me with the blues " and " No more affection ", have previously been recorded by Pepe Ahlqvist & H.A.R.P., and are included in Rocks and Water (1994) and Honey Hush (1992).

Monday 27 February 2006
31.03.06 Dr.Helander & His Medicine Men's CD " Freedom Music " to be published. Timo has produced this CD with Esa Kuloniemi and also plays on it. The promo single of this cd, High Fever / Shakin´ Chills (www.myspace.com/drhelander) , has been composed by Dr.Helander and Timo.

Friday 25 February 2005
The song " Path " from the CD update is being included on Billboard's "Japan collection". Musex is in charge of the compilation which is going to be distributed with the Asian-pasific issue of Billboard magazine. 500 subscribers are going to receive the compilation.

Friday 3 September 2004
Timo Pratskin's new CD update is ready. The CD has been fully composed by Timo. Alongside him on the new disc perform Anssi Nykänen drums (Pekka Pohjola band, Jukka Linkola EQ), Varre Vartiainen guitar (Jim Beard, Leningrad Cowboys), Jaan Wessman bass (Mike Keneally, Marco Minnemann) and Leevi Leppänen percussion (Arlen Roth, Pekka Pohjola band). The new disc was released on Friday 3 September 2004 and is distributed by Rubato Music / Emi Finland.
The CD was recorded and mixed by Dan Tigerstedt and mastered by Svante Forsbäck.