Shine 2009: Realism
This summer’s Finnish indie phenomenon will undoubtedly be the debut album from the Shine 2009 duo. While the sounds point to the Hacienda club in Manchester, the songs work better on the couch at home.
Text Teemu Fiilin
A Shiny Diamond
Shine 2009 makes dance pop with emotion and logic.
Text Teemu Fiilin
Photos Kaarle Hurtig
Shine 2009: Associates EP
Shine 2009 combines the spirit of Gothenburg’s balearic pop bands like with the wild years of Ibiza and the Madchester mania.
Text Teemu Fiilin
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
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