The album re-imagines the imagery (and especially soundtracks) of 1970s and 80s hilarious trash horror and sci-fi films, but also has elements of Vangelis’ and Jean-Michel Jarre’s slightly deeper sounds and even progressive rock.
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Uusi Fantasia moves effortlessly from moody electro to trash jazz to rubbery disco to shady pop to cosmic funk and all the way back.
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Shotgun Club takes minimalistic post-punk bass runs and overdramatic wailing, adds some garage rock flakiness, and sinks the whole thing in a marsh of reverb.
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Delay Trees melts together shoegazing walls, melancholy dream pop, cool art rock and 90s indie sounds.
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Islaja’s fifth album is still no sing-along album; the dreamy music requires concentration, but when you dive into it, you easily lose track of your surroundings.
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With his second album, Raappana shows off his pleasant sound, combining modern singjay and traditional reggae vocals.
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Architect Tuomas Toivonen has understood that designing houses and making house music aren’t all that different.
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SlowHill relies on the same sound as on their previous albums: meditative woodwinds, tranquil trip hop beats, gentle keyboard harmonies and jazzy guitars.
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Kap Kap gets most of its influences from 1960s–1970s hypnotic krautrock, but the final product contains also traces of Ennio Morricone’s epic movie themes, Giorgio Moroder’s synth sounds and Primal Scream rock mysticism.
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Named after the rapper-singer-producer-songwriter Superjanne’s native Helsinki district, Munkkisaari is a down-to-earth record that doesn’t beat around the bush.
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Shine 2009 combines the spirit of Gothenburg’s balearic pop bands like with the wild years of Ibiza and the Madchester mania.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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The debut ep of Koobra is a combination of Italo disco, eighties’ synth pop sound and Balearic house with female vocal samples, in true nineties’ handbag house spirit.
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Seili is filled with etheric yet catchy electro pop tunes blown up just enough to hit radio and the charts.
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A long-haired man drives a Helsinki tram by day and plays almost every instrument on his records himself.
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Hailing from the small town of Harjavalta, this power trio has grown from a bunch of Placebo-copying amateurs into some of Finland’s most original rockers in just a few years.
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The debut album of synth pop duo Villa Nah will surely be near the top when this year’s best Finnish releases are tallied.
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Machinepop duo TV OFF has slowly built up some hype in the last couple of years. The title track of their debut EP is simply perfect for radio play and MTV rotation.
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Cinematic rhythm jazz hasn’t been plentiful since the 1990s and the golden age of acid jazz. This fictitious soundtrack transforms the instruments into actors.
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Yona’s solo debut contains beautiful singer pop with hints of jazz, folk and even old schlager. Every now and then reggae and hip hop-esque rhythms raise their head.
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This ominous and unapologetic 30-minute blast of static old groove doesn’t even contain actual songs – nor give the listener a chance to catch their breath.
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No Shame has put together a number of powerful tracks that combine their basic elements: rageful old-school punk, catchy choruses, melancholy melodies and socially aware lyrics.
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IWATSW’s electronica is joined by early 90’s dreampop chords, modern indie and analogue industrial sounds. Most of the tracks were recorded with a live drummer using old synths and samplers.
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Clear 
20X0 – A Journey into the Future
8. October 2011
Heureka – The Finnish Science Centre
Seven Connections – Finnish Architecture Abroad
11. January 2012
Museum of Finnish Architecture
Yellow City – Illustrated Stories from Helsinki
16. January 2012
All around the city
20. January 2012
Kiasma – Museum of Contemporary Art
DesignWorld – Designing the New World
27. January 2012
Design Museum
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