Taking place on May 10-12 in Brighton, the UK, The Great Escape is a showcase-festival and a conference that is known as a platform for presenting new exiting talent. During the three days the festival showcases over 300 international and British artists. The event is aimed for export ready artists and music industry professionals, and including the festival visitors, The Great Escape has an audience of over 10 000 people. The Finnish bands at The Great Escape this year are French Films (GAEA Records), Big Wave Riders (Soliti) and Zebra and Snake (Kaiku Studios).
News:
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- Feature of the Month: Swallow the Sun
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Swallow the Sun is a death/doom metal band from the university town of Jyväskylä in central Finland. The band has steadily attracted a growing and loyal fan base, as well as steadfast critical acceptance, in Europe and the USA. Now Swallow the Sun is taking on Japan at this year’s Finland Fest.
on 2012-05-16
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- Eurosonic Noorderslag focuses on Finland
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The 2013 edition of the Dutch showcase and conference event Eurosonic Noorderslag highlights Finnish music. The focus country status brings an increased number of Finnish artists to the festival and also gives Finland an opportunity to leave its mark on the seminar programme.
on 2012-05-02
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- Feature of the Month: The Rasmus
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Platinum-selling rock band The Rasmus (Universal Music) has been around since 1994 and an international hit-making presence since 2001. They’ve sold over 2 million albums worldwide. Not bad for a bunch of high school chums. This month, the band is celebrating a new release after an extended hiatus.
on 2012-04-23
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- Feature of the Month: SIINAI
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Dronerockers Siinai have been making an Olympic pool size splash among lovers of alternative music on both sides of the pond for a while now. With their debut out in the States and already a cult favorite in Europe, as well as a hot collaboration with Moonface coming out, they’re the band to watch this year.
on 2012-03-19
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- Feature of the Month: Pepe Deluxé
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Pepe Deluxé saw the light of day in 1996. Unlike countless other bands of their ilk around the globe, Pepe Deluxé actually got noticed, with critically acclaimed albums and a bunch of songs synced around the world. Levi’s ad featuring the song Before You Leave won a Golden Lion at Cannes and the song hit #20 on the UK charts. Throughout their decade-plus career, the band has synced songs for countless ads, games, movie trailers and TV-shows.
on 2012-02-16
