Musiikki & Media starts today!

Musiikki & Media will celebrate its 20th anniversary this weekend in Tampere, Finland. Music Export Finland has invited 70 international guests to meet the local industry and see dozens of showcasing artists that play Lost in Music, Musiikki & Media's showcase festival.
The honorary guests of Musiikki & Media this year are Terry McBride from Nettwerk and Tom Silverman of legendaric Tommy Boy Records (home of De La Soul, Digital Underground, House of Pain etc...).
Wish you all were here!

RUBIK ON A NORTH AMERICAN TOUR

Dada Bandits gets rave reviews in tastemaker media

"it’s brilliant, album-of-the-year type material ... to listen to Dada Bandits is to hear as good a summation of modern indie rock as you’re likely to hear." (Popmatters, USA)

Indie rock band RUBIK started their North American tour yesterday September 24 at Victoria, BC’s Rifflandia. The month long tour consists of over 20 gigs in Canada and The US, and ends in CMJ, New York, where the band plays the last gig of the tour as a part of the Arts & Crafts and Friends showcase at Brooklyn’s Union Pool.

Rubik’s sophomore album “Dada Bandits” was released in Canada and The US on September 15 and the album is out now in Finland, Sweden, Germany, Holland and Belgium among other territories.
Rubik North America tour dates:

Sept 24 Canada, Vancouver, Rifflandia
Sept 28 Canada, Vancouver, The Biltmore
Sept 30 Canada, Kelowna, Habitat
Oct 01 Canada, Edmonton, Brixx
Oct 02 Canada, Calgary, Palomino
Oct 03 Canada, Saskatoon, Amigo's
Oct 05 Canada, Winnipeg, The Lo Pub
Oct 06 Canada, St. Paul, Turf Club
Oct 07 USA, Chicago, The Dark Room
Oct 08 USA, Pittsburgh, Garfield Artworks
Oct 09 USA, Brooklyn, Union Hall
Oct 10 USA, New York City, Pianos
Oct 11 USA, Boston, Great Scott
Oct 13 Canada, London, Black Shire
Oct 14 Canada, Peterborough, The Montreal House
Oct 15 Canada, Toronto, Horseshoe Tavern
Oct 16 Canada, Montreal The Green Room
Oct 17 Canada, Ottawa, Café Dekcuf
Oct 19 USA, New York City, KEXP radio live
Oct 20 USA, New Jersey, Wonder Bar
Oct 22 USA, New York City, Brooklyn, Union Pool (Arts & Crafts and Friends CMJ Showcase)

Helsinki will be back in Berlin again! Next week brings six bands from Finland to the Frannz-club in Kulturbrauerei. Wednesday 16th Sept you'll get Phoenix Effect, Indica and The Souls, Thursday 17th Rubik, Astrid Swan and Murmansk.

Also, remember the Nordic Revelations nights by Live Nation at Magnet on the same nights with the following Finnish acts: Rödsögården, My First Band, Major Label and Vanity Beach, together with Swedish and Danish acts.

To the Helsinki in Berlin Myspace.

Vuk to support Fever Ray on the 2009 US Tour

Finland's lovely VUK will be the support act for Sweden's Fever Ray on their 2009 US Tour. The tour starts on September 28 in New York's Webster Hall. VUK's second album "The Plains" is out in Scandinavia by the label Pyramid.
Now that's what we call Nordic cooperation!

Acid Symphony Orchestra is here!

Acid Symphony Orchestra - Diamonds Of The Night is here! Acid Symphony Orchestra, run by mighty Jori Hulkkonen, features 10 Roland TB-303 bassline synthesizers, one TR-707 or a TR-808 drummachine and personnel to operate them.
"Diamonds Of The Night" is taken from the forthcoming Acid Symphony Orchestra 12" on Turbo recordings featuring live recordings of ASO shows.
Acid Symphony Orchestra will support Kraftwerk next week at the Flow Festival in Helsinki.

GO MGI GO!

Young Finnish producer/songwriter MGI (Henri Lanz) hits the top 10 of Billboard's album chart with "On Top" on Twista's "Category F5". MGI has the production and co-write credits in "On Top", which will also be the next single from the album.
Congratulations, Henri!

Regina remix Moto Boy

The song "Young Love" from Swedish artist Moto Boy has been remixed by the lovely Regina. Go and listen to it here!