”I have hundreds of songs in the drawer, but right now I have at least three or four really good tracks that I want to publish post haste. The new material will be deeper and more techno than my previous club tracks”, says music producer Ercola.
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.
“The color of music is now quite white, and new artists and albums are flowing out of the indie rock-folk-electro field, maybe even too much”, says Tuomas Kallio, musician and artistic director of Flow Festival and Pori Jazz.
Kiki Pau has been labeled an over-trendy indie group from Helsinki’s Punavuori, but the band is in fact as organic as a rock group can be in today’s world.
Founded by Juha Kyyrö, record company Fullsteam records will only take an act on if every employee likes it. Kyyrö also does a lot of work behind the scenes. He’s brought an impressive bunch of indie artists to Finland: Wilco, Lily Allen, Band of Horses, Billy Talent… the list goes on.
Based on looks alone, it would be easy to label Vanity Beach as yet another goth band afraid of daylight. However, under the surface lies a modern rock band that knows how to utilize electronic instruments and pop melodies.
Architects Ville Haimala and Martti Kalliala are setting up house all over the world with music project Renaissance Man.
Overcast 
21 August–10 October 2010
Kunsthalle Helsinki, Helsinki
September 9, 2010
Rajasaari, Helsinki
October 7–27, 2010
The Finnish National Theater, Helsinki
September 9- October 2, 2010
Cable Factory, Helsinki
September 19, 2010
Cable Factory, Helsinki
September 19, 2010
Savoy theatre, Helsinki
September 16–26, 2010
Movie theatres, Helsinki
September 14- December 10, 2010
Studio Pasila, Helsinki
September 14, 2010
Nosturi, Helsinki
