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Stupido Shop is often seen as a near-legendary indie store. Stupido orders in almost everything that’s released in Finland, which is practically well over a hundred titles a week.
The electronic phenomenon − Stupido – ViiniTV – Tuomas Kallio – Kiki Pau – Neighbourhood sounds by OK Do – Portfolio by Eero Johannes – Column by Suvi Saloniemi – Helsinki Calendar – New music and movies – The best shops, restaurants and bars in Helsinki
Indie is the new mainstream, and electro is the new dance. In the early 2000s masses of artists fled to Barcelona. Now Berlin has become the unofficial second home of Finnish musicians.
We Are Helsinki will publish the official Helsinki Design Week Magazine 2010. The joint magazine will be published on August 20, 2010.

Helsinki’s minimal sounds are unique, but this uniqueness sometimes leaves you yearning for more variety, volume and spontaneity. Here we take the opportunity to think about how to design a more interesting Helsinki from the sonic point of view.
“Choosing typography and illustrations for a poster is kind of similar to piecing together drum sounds and beats and throwing in some samples.”
What do Helsinkians want for their city? “A trash bag vending machine for dog poo. ” “Free soda, and more soda machines.” “Designer bird houses in parks, so you could hear birds singing in the winter.”
Birdland Jazz Club in the centre of Helsinki is all about live jazz from Tuesdays to Saturdays.
Mannerheimintie 6, 00100 Helsinki
Restaurant Mange sud is a Mediterranean restaurant in the southern part of Helsinki.
Tehtaankatu 34 D 2, 00150 Helsinki
Motellet is a laid-back, easy-access bar with a focus on avoiding the stiff upper lip syndrome.
Annankatu 10, 00120 Helsinki

Stupido Shop is often seen as a near-legendary indie store. Stupido orders in almost everything that’s released in Finland, which is practically well over a hundred titles a week.
Helsinki’s minimal sounds are unique, but this uniqueness sometimes leaves you yearning for more variety, volume and spontaneity. Here we take the opportunity to think about how to design a more interesting Helsinki from the sonic point of view.
Indie is the new mainstream, and electro is the new dance. In the early 2000s masses of artists fled to Barcelona. Now Berlin has become the unofficial second home of Finnish musicians.
“Choosing typography and illustrations for a poster is kind of similar to piecing together drum sounds and beats and throwing in some samples.”
The main reference of hypnotic music of K-X-P is krautrock from 40 years back, but they do throw in a few afrobeat rhythms, ominously cinematic keyboard sound walls, hippy Middle Eastern melodies and some dancey pulse.
What do Helsinkians want for their city? “A trash bag vending machine for dog poo. ” “Free soda, and more soda machines.” “Designer bird houses in parks, so you could hear birds singing in the winter.”
”Finns are under the impression that wine should be sipped in a wine cellar wearing silk gloves, when actually the producers walk around their vineyards in tattered denim shorts smoking a joint.”
By Suvi Saloniemi
“I claim that Helsinki is one of the best places to play in the world. Helsinkians are at the same time the best audience and the best hosts. But why? We aren’t as suave, bold and numerous as many Central European audiences.”
Kemmuru’s hip hop is traditional while being modern, and loose and lazy while being impeccably skilled. Their rhymes merge realistic Average Joe stories with absurd surrealism.
The musicians of Ricky-Tick jazz label have succeeded in what few others have before: they have brought big-band swing-jazz credibly into the 21st century.