Experimental Folk of Finland
2005.10.28
There was some months ago an article about Finnish experimental underground music in The Wire (number 250). Most of the bands that were talked about were from a small record company from Tampere, Fonal Records. This is what they write on Fonal.com:
“ABOUT FONAL
Fonal Records is a Finnish independent record label established by Sami Sänpäkkilä in 1995. There has been around 40 releases so far varying from ambient, experimental, naive pop to semi-acoustic psychedelic folk. We are currently based in Tampere, Finland.”
They used to have some mp3’s on the site, but I couldn’t find them anymore. At least there are some videos and something called Radio Fonal sessions. Check it out if you’re interested in Finnish underground experimental folk music.
Another connection to the experimental folk scene (and Fonal bands) would be an solo artist called Lau Nau (vocalist in Kiila). She released her debut, “Kuutarha”, on Locust Music, and it has got some quite nice reviews in the international press. (Read Pitchforkmedia review.)
And for the Swedish people to know:
“ISLAJA ON SVT2
A thirty minute Islaja special made for MTV’s This Is Our Music series will be broadcast on swedens SVT2 channel on 7th of November at 23.00 swedish time. Please check it out if the channel is available to you!” (from Fonal.com)
Fonal Records
Lau Nau at Locust Music
Mp3’s:
Lau Nau – Kuula
Lau Nau – Puuportti rautaportilta
Lau Nau – Johdattaja-Joleen
November 1st, 2005 - 00:39
you can find mp3s by browsing the shop, but here’s a directory listing for all mp3s they’ve got:
http://fonal.com/audio/
also exciting news they’ll be releasing a promo compilation “summer and smiles of finland” later this year featuring a bunch of their artists w/ new material. yay for that!
December 29th, 2005 - 23:58
A new supercool Jukebox has just been put up. Check it out at http://www.fonal.com/jukebox
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