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I Was A Teenage Satan Worshipper – Strange Lights

4 Feb

On their new album, I Was A Teenage Satan Worshipper (yes, that is the name of the band) achieve a solid combination of rock and electronica, with some good pop melodies on top. The result, entitled Strange Lights, is a pretty addictive, even for those who might be reluctant of the electronic bits, and it [...]

Q&A: Jesse

10 Dec

Electronic duo Jesse likes it retro: you won’t see them perfect looking at their laptop’s screen, but hitting old synths, instead. Their first album, ‘Kaikki’, was well-received and they quickly move to the front line of Finnish electronic music, appearing in several summer. Now the duo is back with the follow-up, Tum Tum Tum, in [...]

Le Corps Mince de Françoise – Something Golden

2 Dec

If you happen to be in Helsinki this Saturday, you might want to pass by Tavastia club and check some of the most thrilling electro-pop done in Finland. Girl trio Le Corps Mince de Françoise had a triumphant year and were all over Europe, generating an instant buzz everywhere they went. The trio wraps up [...]

New single from JESSE

22 Sep

Synthesizer superheroes Keke and Ana bring JESSE back with a new single that it is part Kraftwerk part AOR with a closing guitar solo which could be the soundtrack of any television hit from the eighties. “Slurps!” can already be heard on the duo’s myspace page and it will be released as a 12-inch maxisingle on [...]

Keramick & Lobo: The beat of cool

18 Aug

Producers Jussi Mikkonen and Visa Mäkinen, or for the record Keramick & Lobo, combine their downbeat electronic layers with a wide array of musicians for a perfect blend of machines and real instruments on their new album The Braille. 19 artists, including singers Eeppi Ursin and Teemu Tanner, participate on the duo’s compositions and provide [...]