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 this year with the release of the single Something Golden and with a video shot in Los Angeles by Matt Amato. More
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 14 October. The song is also included on JESSE’s second album TUM TUM TUM that will be in stores in November to be followed by touring next year.
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 a smooth jazz beat with violins, trumpet, saxophone, percussion and a few other instruments. More
Three was the magic number for electro pop group Regina this year. Not only they are a trio, but they released their third album and they divided it in three parts, called it Puutarhatrilogia (‘Garden Trilogy’) and illustrated with three mysterious white spheres. What else can we do but present the band with the video for the the third track of the album?
Totuus minusta presents a smooth danceable bass beat, introducing the reiterative melody responded by growing background vocals. The song is a good representation of the elegant, delicate music done by Regina that is constructe with real instruments and vocals over electro pop templates. More
Once again, dance band Beats and Styles unveil a surprising collaboration. A few years ago, rocker Michael Monroe was enlisted for a couple of songs and now Finnish long jumper Tommi Evilä guests in the song Strength of Mind (GO!), providing a neat and heavy guitar solo. This is the theme song of the European Youth Olympic Festival 2009, which starts in Tampere on Sunday 19th. More