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Goldielocks: Music is more than just sound

The Finnish-born, Berlin-based Goldielocks has toured packed halls in Germany, Italy, and Iceland. Her first EP,...
Joni Kling, 7.10.2024
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Electrojazz pioneer Tapani Rinne: Big bands, DJ scratches and yoga soundtracks

Saxophonist Tapani Rinne has blazed an electronic jazz trail with his group RinneRadio, whose next album...
Wif Stenger, 10.6.2024
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Creating significance: The uplifting modern rock of Moon Shot

Moon Shot’s inception in 2019 raised a lot of eyebrows among the rock community. Consisting of...
Vilho Rajala, 25.4.2024
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Pearly Drops: Finnish nature imagery and DIY indie hits

Indie duo Pearly Drops was born when two experienced musicians and producers, Juuso Malin and Sandra...
Joni Kling, 26.2.2024
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Breaking the ice: Virta’s cross-genre journey from Nordic jazz to ambient electronics

Honing its playing over a decade, this trio from Eastern Finland aims to create genre-free music...
Joni Kling, 23.10.2023
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Knife Girl: Looking for a reason to live

22-year-old musician Knife Girl has found fanbases in Los Angeles and London in addition to her...
Jukka Hätinen, 18.11.2022
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Pioneers: Jori Hulkkonen – Starting from the top, going with the flow

Jori Hulkkonen describes his career spanning over three decades as "going with the flow". The pioneering...
Jukka Hätinen, 23.6.2022
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Pioneers: Hitmaker Jaakko Salovaara shaped the sound of the new millennium

October 1999 was a spectacular month for Finnish music and club music overall: Darude's "Sandstorm" and...
Jukka Hätinen, 21.4.2022
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Emotional relatability: Marko Nyberg expresses his feelings through music

With his internationally praised indie pop group Husky Rescue dormant for almost a decade, bandleader Marko...
Jukka Hätinen, 2.2.2022
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New and upcoming albums for winter and spring 2022

Again, there is an impressive amount of Finnish albums to be released before the summer. Let's...
Music Finland, Teemu Fiilin, 21.1.2022
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Pioneers: Inside the weird world of Circle

One of the most idiosyncratic Finnish rock bands from the past decades, Circle turned 30 years...
Jukka Hätinen, 22.12.2021
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Dust Mountain: Bonded by blood and obscure sounds of the 70s

Dust Mountain's debut album is a mature work of psychedelic and progressive art which takes the...
Jukka Hätinen, 17.11.2021