Browse our news archive if you're interested in the recent and eventful history of Finnish music exports.
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- Artist of the Month: K-X-P
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on 2010-08-19
The stunning three-piece, fronted by Annie producer Timo Kaukolampi, leans towards kraut, noise and minimal groove, combined with hypnotising synth sounds and melodies.
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- Finland at Popkomm 2010: Check Out the Artists and Delegates
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on 2010-08-19
Popkomm is back! As you know, Popkomm is one of the largest international meeting places of the branch attracting key players, innovative companies and countries from all over the world.
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- The 21st Music & Media Finland Conference Offers Outstanding Speakers and New Business Opportunities
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on 2010-07-07
Music & Media Finland conference is bringing music industry makers and shakers together in the Finnish industrial city of Tampere for the 21st time and is proud to announce its first two keynotes for 2010: Conran Holdings CEO Roger Mavity and Spotify European General Manager and Global Sales Director Jonathan Forster.
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- Music Export Finland is seeking a fixed-term producer for the Nordic partnership programme 2010-2011
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on 2010-06-18
This fixed-term, full-time producer will be responsible for work to export Finnish popular music in the Nordic countries: customer contacts, marketing communications as well as projects and financing programmes under the partnership programme.
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- Manna Cancelled - JA JA JA Tomorrow Powered Up by Timo Kaukolampi DJ Set
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on 2010-05-19
Due to an unfortunate accident, Manna has had to cancel her JA JA JA show at the Lexington tomorrow. No worries, however, as we've got the perfect back-up!
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- Four Days over Tokyo
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on 2010-05-13
Japan and Finland go way back. Tokyo and Finland Fest go way back, too. Finnish bands and companies have been making a splash in Japan since the 90s and over the last years, the traffic has been increasingly two-way, with Japanese culture and especially j-rock becoming incredibly popular in Finland.
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- Snowball Falls on Shanghai
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on 2010-05-13
Shanghai Snowball is a unique opportunity for music business professionals from China and Finland to do some hobnobbing, networking and calling card trading. It takes place over two days leading up to the Finnish national day at the Shanghai World Expo and will bring together key industry professionals from most of the vast Asian market with representatives from approximately 20 Finnish companies.
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- Novel Finnish Sounds at The Great Escape
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on 2010-05-12
At this year's The Great Escape, be prepared to witness a different side of Finland from the one you're used to... That's assuming you've ever been exposed to a side. No metal, love or otherwise, and no man-machine eclecticism. Instead of cool northern detachment, it's hot northern passion and much love for loudness...
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- First Round of Speakers at Shanghai Snowball 2010 Announced
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on 2010-04-30
The first keynote speakers at Shanghai Snowball - Finnish-Chinese Music Industry Meeting have now been announced. The complete program will be posted on this website on week 18.
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- Pohjola’s Hot Pots Hit the Hot Spot
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on 2010-04-23
Top jazz trumpeter Verneri Pohjola is releasing a new record called Hot Pot Place Around The Corner, and what makes it stand out from your run-of-the-mill jazz album named after an ethnic restaurant around the corner is the fact the the ethnic restaurant ain't ethnic. If you're playing with Chinese musicians, the hot pot place around the corner is just the hot pot place around the corner.