Favourite Prog from Finland!
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Topic: Favourite Prog from Finland!
Posted By: Eria Tarka
Subject: Favourite Prog from Finland!
Date Posted: April 27 2012 at 22:26
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Simple topic everybody, so whats your favourite prog from Finland. Mine is Haikara (just an amazing band). Looking forward to responses!! Thanks
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Posted By: Mellotron Storm
Date Posted: April 27 2012 at 23:09
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I love Haikara as well.
Bands at the top of the list for me besides Haikara would be Kingston Wall, Hoyry-Kone, Wigwam and Silent Voices. I'm probably forgetting some but that's an impressive top five in my opinion. ------------- "The wind is slowly tearing her apart" "Sad Rain" ANEKDOTEN |
Posted By: Finnforest
Date Posted: April 27 2012 at 23:20
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Posted By: Triceratopsoil
Date Posted: April 27 2012 at 23:23
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Posted By: frippism
Date Posted: April 27 2012 at 23:34
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Deep Turtle... I'll remember more later. ------------- There be dragons |
Posted By: Logan
Date Posted: April 27 2012 at 23:43
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Sepi Kuu (doesn't seem to be in PA,) currently. Also Astro Can Caravan, Hoyry-Kone and Alamaailman Vasarat.... |
Posted By: frippism
Date Posted: April 27 2012 at 23:49
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Oh yeah Hory-Kone is awesome too. ------------- There be dragons |
Posted By: NecronCommander
Date Posted: April 30 2012 at 11:47
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Definitely Circle. There's nothing those crazy Finns won't put to tape. Otherwise Callisto are pretty awesome. I've only sampled Hoyry-Kone in the past but I've enjoyed what I've heard. Ooh, I think Scorch Trio are from Finland as well. They're pretty excellent. -------------  
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Posted By: colorofmoney91
Date Posted: April 30 2012 at 11:49
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Hmmmm, maybe Barren Earth or Ghost Brigade or Vompatti. ------------- http://hanashukketsu.bandcamp.com" rel="nofollow - Hanashukketsu |
Posted By: harmonium.ro
Date Posted: April 30 2012 at 16:06
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Posted By: Vompatti
Date Posted: April 30 2012 at 16:34
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colorofmoney91 wrote:Posted By: colorofmoney91
Date Posted: April 30 2012 at 16:39
------------- http://hanashukketsu.bandcamp.com" rel="nofollow - Hanashukketsu |
Posted By: Nogbad_The_Bad
Date Posted: April 30 2012 at 20:13
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Pekka Pohjola Alamaailman Vasarat Hidria Spacefolk Damn I didn't even realize I had albums by 3 Finnish bands until I checked. |
Posted By: Guldbamsen
Date Posted: May 04 2012 at 10:54
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Damn, there's a lot of Finnish acts that I really adore. Here are some fusion/Canterbury ones - to start out with. Tasavallan Presidentti: WigWam: Pekka Pohjola: ------------- “The Guide says there is an art to flying or rather a knack. The knack lies in learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss.” - Douglas Adams |
Posted By: Junges
Date Posted: May 04 2012 at 12:54
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Pekka Pohjola. ------------- 
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Posted By: colorofmoney91
Date Posted: May 04 2012 at 14:10
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nvm, Swedish. ------------- http://hanashukketsu.bandcamp.com" rel="nofollow - Hanashukketsu |
Posted By: The Cassini Projekt
Date Posted: May 24 2012 at 13:54
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I think Orne are pretty good, very melancholy yet stoic. |
Posted By: Guldbamsen
Date Posted: May 24 2012 at 14:14
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I'm currently on a Finnish kick and will be reviewing some albums from the country. Some I like more than others though - that last one I did by Temples is one of those meh records, and frankly I'd rather listen to a Neurosis album... But hey - if you want some inspiring new fusion that will blow your socks off, then have a listen to Astro Can Caravan: Modern Sun Ra. Highly recommended. One of my current faves
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Posted By: Rivertree
Date Posted: May 24 2012 at 16:17
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I'd suggest MOONWAGON first of all .. as they are more unknown but prolific nevertheless ------------- https://awesomeprog.com/users/Rivertree" rel="nofollow">  |
Posted By: tszirmay
Date Posted: May 24 2012 at 16:24
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Posted By: rushfan4
Date Posted: May 24 2012 at 16:37
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Posted By: wilmon91
Date Posted: May 24 2012 at 17:35
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Höyry-Kone! Yeah they have been mentioned a few times, but...very cool band. Saw them live in -98.
Magyar Posse was a nice post-rock band that I saw live two years ago.
This Empty Flow. Fantastic obscure band, dark shoegazer, not exactly classified as prog. But if Sigur Ros is called prog...then, well... They aren't around anymore, but there's a sort of new incarnation of the band called Magenta Skycode, and is much more extroverted, pop oriented but the songwriting is at a high level, and I really like them.
Tenhi. Not exactly categorized as prog either, more instrumental neo-folk. ------------- http://www.lastfm.se/user/wilmon91" rel="nofollow - last.fm |
Posted By: gerdtheater
Date Posted: May 27 2012 at 17:25
Nightwish! Specially with Tarja Turunen  ------------- Playing a three-hour Rush show is like running a marathon while solving equations. Neil Peart |
Posted By: Mortte
Date Posted: February 02 2018 at 22:20
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Took this old thread, because there have been also Swedish & Norwegian prog threads. If there isn´t yet Danish, will you do it David? Also somebody for Icelandic then we have all the nordic countries here! My additions: from the 60-70ties: Blues Section - Not prog, but the only protoprogband in Finland and first band in Finland, who put only their own stuff into album. It´s kind of pre-Wigwam, Pembroke on vocals, Österberg on drums and Groundstroem on bass. Their debut from the 1967 (!) is highly recommended for all psych and protoprogfans and naturylly Wigwam-fans! Nova - made only Atlantis-album. Great, have some Pink Floyd influences Nimbus - also made only Obus-album. Like this one too, maybe some Colosseum and Zappa influences. Tabula Rasa - made two albums, really melodic. Guitarist Heikki Silvennoinen has been in S.F. Blues later, also a comedyman in Kummeli Make Lievonen - musician, made one album in the seventies, it´s fusion. Matti Järvinen - also musician making one album in the seventies, ecclectic and melodic Scapa Flow - also one great album "Uuteen Aikaan". really melodic, there is a great female vocalist who also played flute Royals - not full blooded progband, but has progelements specially their Out-album. Albert Järvinen was the greatest guitarist in Finland and he play in a very great style that album. Pekka Streng - not really prog, but many proglisteners really respect this Finnish "Donovan" made two albums Sperm & Pekka Airaksinen - truly unique avant & experimental music Pihasoittajat - folk band, but their "Kontaten Kotia" has also progelements and is really great! Piirpauke - one of the first world music bands in Finland, lots of jazz influences, their two first albums is highly recommended. 80-90:ties 80ties was quite bad time as I think everywhere else in Finnish prog, so most here are from nineties Jukka Gustavson - started his solo career already in the seventies, made only one album in the eighties but since nineties has regulary recorded albums. All his albums are at least good. His two first solos from seventies and also eighties solo is must to Wigwam fans. YUP - not mostly prog band, but their "Toppatakkeja ja Toledon Terästä" & "Homo Sapiens" are really prog albums to recommend for example Zappa & Tull fans. Kind of progpunk. Keuhkot: One man avantproject. If you like Pekka Airaksinen, Nurse With Wound etc. you will love Keuhkot too Absoluuttinen Nollapiste - a great, very seventies Finnish prog spirit band. Some of their albums are quite pop, but Muovi Antaa Periksi, Suljettu & Pisara ja Lammas 1 & 2 is highly recommended to all prog fans Moon Fog Prophet/ Kuusumun Profeetta - very personal, maybe ecclectic prog. If you like Mika Rättös vocals in Circle, you will love this too. 2000: Liekki - somebodies don´t think this prog at all, but anyway the band has lots of seventies Finnish prog influences. It was also really popular in the begin of 2000. Kalliot Leikkaa is the most prog album. Sammal - melodic, old seventies heavy styled prog. Coming new album this year. Kurki - Melodic prog, made only one album. Uzva - Instrumental, quite jazzy prog Malady - melodic prog, just released new album. Rauta - made only one "Haudanmaa"-album. Mixing folk and metal (there is fiddle & accordion). Really great, really underrated and not find popularity it would have deserved. Eleanoora Rosenholm - maybe not absolutely prog, but really love their "Hyväile Minua Pimeä Tähti"-album, it´s kind of concept-album. Noora Tommila has really great voice. Mika Rättö is also with this band, composing and do some parts also in albums. I think there are lot more, specially in neoprog, but someone else put them because they´re not my cup of tea at all.
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Posted By: Mortte
Date Posted: February 02 2018 at 23:31
| Just listening new Malady "Toinen Toista"-album, I believe all old King Crimson and PFM-fans will like this. |
Posted By: Mascodagama
Date Posted: February 03 2018 at 02:10
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I posted a long list in a different thread recently, though much of it stuff that has been posted already here. Finland, how I love you! My favourite from 2017 is Ruination by Kairon; Irse! which is epic in a very good way: Parts of it sound like Yes circa 1972 on downers playing whilst submerged in a peat bog, other parts like Hawkwind glitterbombing your house on flying pink Harleys, but actually they have their own distinct voice. They are on PA as math/post, but this album is clearly heavy psychedelic symph spaceprog. Which is a totally valid sub-genre. ------------- Soldato of the Pan Head Mafia. We'll make you an offer you can't listen to. http://bandcamp.com/jpillbox" rel="nofollow - Bandcamp Profile |
Posted By: Mortte
Date Posted: February 03 2018 at 02:11
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I forgot Kalevala from seventies list that someone else also not mentioned. Their "People No Names" is really great although Harri Saksala´s rude vocals divide opinions. To me his voice is not problem, I like also Kalevala´s predecessor Apollo where Harri was also. Also I highly recommend all Haikara fans their later two albums Domino & Tuhkamaa. It´s shame those albums are not in spotify or youtube, but Ektro shop still has new Domino cd:s for sale in a few euros.
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Posted By: Mortte
Date Posted: February 03 2018 at 02:14
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Posted By: Mascodagama
Date Posted: February 03 2018 at 02:39
Are they in similar style to the first two? I'm certainly interested if so. ------------- Soldato of the Pan Head Mafia. We'll make you an offer you can't listen to. http://bandcamp.com/jpillbox" rel="nofollow - Bandcamp Profile |
Posted By: Mortte
Date Posted: February 03 2018 at 03:06
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Posted By: Mortte
Date Posted: February 03 2018 at 03:10
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One great piece from Tuhkamaa: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sKM27c3JaKk Another one from Domino (as a matter of fact this have something in common to Geafar): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=geDsqllNgmA
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Posted By: ProgMetaller2112
Date Posted: February 03 2018 at 03:18
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Remembah det Prog ken only bee bri-ish ------------- “War is peace. Freedom is slavery. Ignorance is strength.” ― George Orwell, Nineteen Eighty-Four "Ignorance and Prejudice and Fear walk Hand in Hand"- Neil Peart |
Posted By: Mascodagama
Date Posted: February 03 2018 at 03:18
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^^ Thanks Martti - checking them out! ------------- Soldato of the Pan Head Mafia. We'll make you an offer you can't listen to. http://bandcamp.com/jpillbox" rel="nofollow - Bandcamp Profile |
Posted By: Tom Ozric
Date Posted: February 03 2018 at 03:26
| Am I tripping to suggest Kurki and Kosmos ??? |
Posted By: PhideauxFan
Date Posted: February 03 2018 at 04:10
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From Finland, I've got albums of: -Overhead, -Hidria Spacefolk, -Moonwagon, -Taipuva Luotisuora.
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Posted By: noni
Date Posted: February 03 2018 at 06:12
Pekka Pohjola:
Just got a few of their albums, thanks for the heads up.. Great scores on PA site. Changing Waters, is one of those albums. |
Posted By: noni
Date Posted: February 03 2018 at 09:09
| I like the mixture of Classical, Jazz and Folk in Pekka Pohjola music...... |
Posted By: Mortte
Date Posted: February 03 2018 at 12:32
| Pohjola has composed also two symphonies, but only the first one is recorded so far. That´s one of my favourites along with Pewit and his 70ties albums! |
Posted By: noni
Date Posted: February 03 2018 at 12:55
Is this Sinfonia 1 by any chance?, great album!!. A friend just said that he passed away in 2008!...
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Posted By: Kingsnake
Date Posted: February 03 2018 at 13:47
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For me: - Uzva - Hidria Spacefolk - Taipuva Luotisuora - WigWam - Pekka Pohjola - Tasavallan Presidentti - Piirpauke - Jeavestone
And there are some that I don't like at all, but I won't name to keep this thread positive :D |
Posted By: Magnum Vaeltaja
Date Posted: February 03 2018 at 15:11
Plenty of fantastic music already listed in this thread, so there's only one other artist I can think to mention, which is Hadal Sherpa, who just put out their debut last year. Very easy-on-the-ears instrumental prog in the psychedelic vein, not unlike the Swedish band Agusa. http://hadalsherpa.bandcamp.com/releases" rel="nofollow - http://hadalsherpa.bandcamp.com/releases" rel="nofollow - https://hadalsherpa.bandcamp.com/releases
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Posted By: micky
Date Posted: February 03 2018 at 17:59
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hmm.. classic - wigwam modern - Magyar Posse favorite album... the Kalevala album... thanks to Raff to turning me on to that one. ------------- The Pedro and Micky Experience - When one no longer requires psychotropics to trip |
Posted By: Mortte
Date Posted: February 03 2018 at 23:20
His first symphony got at least one really bad review in the main Finnish newspaper, haven´t found any reviews from his second one.
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Posted By: noni
Date Posted: February 04 2018 at 03:40
That surprises me, this symphony is rather good!...
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Posted By: Mortte
Date Posted: February 04 2018 at 04:23
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Posted By: progoma
Date Posted: February 05 2018 at 10:20
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Posted By: Mortte
Date Posted: February 05 2018 at 10:30
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There is also band called "Fantasia" in the seventies. Not the greatest one, but interesting anyway. Reminds a little bit Wigwam at the "Nuclear Nightclub" times. They made only one album. Here´s three first songs from that album: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qm0Jwd28LdU
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