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Points: 66611 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 24 2012 at 16:37
Originally posted by Triceratopsoil Triceratopsoil wrote:

Alamaailman Vasarat
A really enjoyable band. I know so very few artists from Finland though, so saying that they are my favorite doesn't really carry much weight. LOL
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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.
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Nightwish! Specially with Tarja Turunen Big smile
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Points: 5538 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 02 2018 at 22:20
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.

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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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Points: 5538 		Direct Link To This Post 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.
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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.

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Points: 5538 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 03 2018 at 02:11
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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Points: 5538 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 03 2018 at 02:14
Originally posted by Mascodagama Mascodagama wrote:

Finland, how I love you!

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Points: 5111 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 03 2018 at 02:39
Originally posted by Mortte Mortte wrote:

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.


Are they in similar style to the first two? I'm certainly interested if so.
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Points: 5538 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 03 2018 at 03:06
Originally posted by Mascodagama Mascodagama wrote:

Originally posted by Mortte Mortte wrote:

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.


Are they in similar style to the first two? I'm certainly interested if so.
Well, not quite, but really close. You don´t find any Geafars there (which is my favourite track from them) but anyway I think as an old prog band they really made quite fresh albums. Domino is quite acoustic sounding, Tuhkamaa more modern, but still both are more seventies style prog than neo. I believe you will love both! And really they´re much greater than their third seventies album, Iso Lintu.
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Points: 5538 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 03 2018 at 03:10
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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Points: 3150 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 03 2018 at 03:18
Remembah det Prog ken only bee bri-ish
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Points: 5111 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 03 2018 at 03:18
^^ Thanks Martti - checking them out!

Edited by Mascodagama - February 03 2018 at 03:19
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Points: 15926 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 03 2018 at 03:26
Am I tripping to suggest Kurki and Kosmos ???
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Points: 4579 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 03 2018 at 04:10
From Finland, I've got albums of:

-Overhead,
-Hidria Spacefolk,
-Moonwagon,
-Taipuva Luotisuora. 
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Points: 1092 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 03 2018 at 06:12
Originally posted by Guldbamsen Guldbamsen wrote:

Damn, there's a lot of Finnish acts that I really adore. 
Here are some fusion/Canterbury ones - to start out with.

Pekka Pohjola:



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.  Smile
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Points: 1092 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 03 2018 at 09:09
I like the mixture of Classical, Jazz and Folk in Pekka Pohjola  music...... 
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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!
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Points: 1092 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 03 2018 at 12:55
Originally posted by Mortte Mortte wrote:

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!

Is this Sinfonia 1  by any chance?,  great album!!.     A friend just said that he passed away in 2008!...Cry
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Points: 1578 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 03 2018 at 13:47
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
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