Electrified
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.
Text Teemu Fiilin
Photos Johannes Ekholm
Zebra and Snake: The Colours (single)
Zebra and Snake’s single combines Joy Division’s iconic new wave sounds with trendy synth pop.
Text Teemu Fiilin
Electric da Vinci
Architects Ville Haimala and Martti Kalliala are setting up house all over the world with music project Renaissance Man.
Text Teemu Fiilin
Photos Juliana Harkki
Second Hand Chic(k)s
Le Corps Mince Françoise dig the blue Leonardo Di Caprio from the end of Titanic. This Helsinki-based electro-pop trio has a British manager, pr-agency and booking agent, and their tour calendar features gigs in the UK, France, Germany, Belgium, The Netherlands as well as back home in Finland.
Text Heini Lehtinen
Photos LCMDF
Heartfelt techno
Running an indie record company with its own terms and own policy might seem like an easy job to an outsider. It’s not, however – ask the founders of New Judas, a Helsinki-based label that focuses on electronic club music.
Text Teemu Fiilin
Photos Kai Kuusisto
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