Säkkijärven Polkka Remix

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The latest track for my Whiskey Tango Foxtrot album, a techno remix of the traditional Finnish song, Säkkijärven Polkka. This track was partially inspired by recently getting into Girls Und Panzer as well as my long-standing interest in history, particularly the era from WWI-WWII.

Fun fact: During the Continuation War, the Finns discovered that the Soviets had left numerous radio-detonated mines around the city of Vilpuri after they retreated, and the Finnish army radio experts determined that they could jam the mines by playing the Säkkijärven Polkka 24/7 on the same radio frequency used by the mines until their ordnance disposal teams could clear them all out. Therefore, this song isn't just polka, but military-grade polka.

Image uses is a public domain pic of some Finnish soldiers manning a Maxim MG position during the Winter War found here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winter_War#/media/File:A_Finnish_Maxim_M-32_machine_gun_nest_during_the_Winter_War.jpg

And this remix is based on this creative commons public domain arrangement found here:
https://musescore.com/user/1524641/scores/1155511