Flow
festival
Sulvilahti, Helsinki 08-10 August 2014
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The 2014 festival opening hours are: Fri 8.8. / 16.30 - 02.00 Sat 9.8. / 14.00 - 02.00 Sun 10.8. / 14.00 - 24.00 Flow Festival visitors have discount rates at Hotel Helka in the heart of Helsinki. Reservation page: www.helka.fi/reserve Discount code: FLOW2014 The discount is available until 21 days before arrival or as long as there are rooms left and it is available for reservations of a minimum of 2 nights.
Flow Festival is taking place at the historic Suvilahti former
power plant area in Helsinki. The area is located near by the centre of Helsinki, easily accessible by public transport, bike or by foot. Street address: Parrukatu, 00540 Helsinki, FI The closest metro station is Sörnäinen. The bus n:o 16 also takes you near the festival area. For more detailed information on public transportation, please visit the Helsinki city journey planner by HSL at http://www.reittiopas.fi/en/. We suggest the use of public transportation or bicycling in coming to the festival. The festival area and its immediate surroundings feature no parking space for cars. Flow Festival includes a guarded bicycle parking area free of charge, which is located by the main entrance. Flow Festival does not have a camping area, please check http:// www.visithelsinki.fi/en for accommodation possibilities in Helsinki. The age limit is 18 years. Especially young people arriving to the area should bring an ID to be able to prove their age if necessary. On Sunday afternoon (2pm–6pm), children of 0–10 years are allowed to enter the festival site with their guardians. During the Children’s Sunday baby carriages and strollers can be brought along to the festival area, as well as children’s food and supplies. We also advise the visitors to bring earmuffs or earplugs. For safety reasons (noise and the large crowds), children should be taken home by 6pm. The festival cannot provide running water or baby care supplies at the festival area, so please take this in consideration when planning your festival visit.
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F R I 08 \\ 2 2 :30 Main Stage
Aino Venn a
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Balloon 360 O Stage One of the Finnish indie scene’s most recent success stories, Aino Venna finds inspiration from smokey bars, cabaret moods and the rich tradition of black and white films to create her stormy and melancholy sounds. Her debut album Marlene won people over and she has also impressed with her band and their jaunty gigs.
ainovenna.com
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In her 12-year career, Alicia Keys has gathered 14 Grammys and sold over 35 million sold records making her one of the best-selling artists of the 2000s. Success with “Fallin’”, “You Don’t Know My Name” and “Empire State of Mind” – to name just a few of her hits – together with her reputation as a dazzling performer have taken Keys to work with the likes of musical greats Ray Charles, Jay-Z and Jack White. The fifth studio album from Alicia Keys, Girl on Fire, was released in 2012 with the title track becoming a worldwide hit. Known as a multi-instrumentalist, producer and, of course, a veritable songwriting talent, Keys has over the years become one of the most praised artists of our times. She last performed in Finland in 2004, and now she will finally be seen for a second time, now in Suvilahti in August.
aliciakeys.com
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SA T 09 \\ 00:00 RBMA Backyard
If you ever need to win an argument, where someone is claiming that no one can fill a dancefloor with ambition, mention Åme. Producer-dj Frank Wiedemann has been entrancing clubbers for the last decade with his mastery of soulful deep house, and also worked with his fellow producer Kristian Bayer at the core of the influential Innervisions collective, releasing records, art and leading different kinds of creative projects all about producing music.
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Angel Haze S U N 1 0 \ \ 1 6: 3 0 Black Tent
Picking her relentless self-confidence and verbal mastery from the rich urban music roots of New York and Detroit, Angel Haze has just in few years become one of the most talked about new faces in the rap game. With last year’s release of her EP “New York” and ruthless live shows, she is set to get the full backing of both critics and fans where ever she blasts her rhymes at.
angelhazemusic.co m
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A nni
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F R I 08 \\ 18:15 Heineken O.S.S
Picking influences from jazz, hiphop and pop so she can merge them into lively short stories of everyday life, is Anni’s musical knack. Her debut EP “Water Lillies” took her touring to North America and Central Europe, so it seems the stage is all set for bigger things to come her way.
annimattila.com
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The dusky mountains of the tv-series Twin Peaks create unyielding memories of yearning and other-worldliness just like Antero Lindgren’s songs. The man continues to rip new tones from his dark and pared down songs as he proves again on his second album Talking the Dead released in May. He is one of Finland’s most unique new singersongwriters.
anterolindgren.com
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F R I 08 \\ 18:15 The Other Sound
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A grandfather figure and king of ambient drone noise, Neil Campbell’s solo project Astral Social Club has been at it for decades and he also used to be a part of the legendary Vibracathedral orchestra. Cosmic brain-bending coming up!
astralsocialclub.wordpress.com
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Uwe Schmidt aka Atom™ has, for over 30 years, pioneered electronic latin rhythms, actiron – aka acidreggeaton – and electronic gospel. He operates as a producer, composer and a programmer with the experience of over 60 publications. During his impressive career Schmidt has become an undeniable purveyor and creator of rhythmic experiments in the field of European electronic music. His uncompromising attitude also embraces humour and surprises.
atom-tm.com
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Like the goddess of light in Latvian pagan mythology – who Austra got its name from – the band’s music radiates energy and glittering extravagance. Feel It Break, the debut of this Canadian electro-pop sextet, climbed to the top of critics polls around the world in 2011, and this year’s Olympia is like a majestic dance symphony you hope never ends.
Aut r e Ne Ve u t
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F R I 0 8 \ \ 1 9 :0 0 Black Tent
Out of all the electronic new generation r’n’b artists influenced by experimental pop, Autre Ne Veut is one of the freshest and hottest. By mixing eccentric musical extremities with tenderness, the thirtysomething Arthur Ashin has won over critics and music fans. His latest album, Anxiety, has received such praise that he surely deserves his title as the leading visionary of electronic r’n’b.
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B aller ei n ot
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Classical ballet, flexible punchlines and stiff manly bodies make the core of this performance group. It might become a public shaming or it might come out as delightful art of the highest caliber, or even both. The sure thing is, it’s nothing anyone expected.
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What does it take to become one of your generation’s most interesting songwriters? Quality and vision have worked for Natasha Khan, whose frenetic yet tender debut Fur and Gold impressed in 2006. Another Bat For Lashes tour de force, third album The Haunted Man, set her reputation in stone if someone was still in doubt. Khan has an unerring ability to create pop songs that stick to your mind and appear bigger than their parts, like musical short stories.
batforlashes.com
B ea c h H o us e
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SA T 09 \\ 00:00 Nokia Blue Tent
The dreamy pop music of Beach House has found the band knocking on the doors of mainstream success. The albums Teen Dream and Bloom, released on the legendary Sub Pop label, have made the duo one of the most successful indie groups of recent years. In the past few years Beach House have developed their misty sound near to perfection winning over both critics and audiences. At the Flow Festival the band’s streamlined live show will be built around the visual identity of Bloom.
beachhousebaltimore.com
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Solo V oc al P e r f orm ance FRI 08 \\ 00:00 The Other Sound
B lac k Li za rd
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This is what the marriage of rowdy garage rock and hypnotically psychedelic atmospheres sounds like. Black Lizard has raised expectations through the roof with its uncompromising gigs as well as its eponymous debut EP recorded in 2012 for UK-based Fuzz Club Records. The self-titled debut album, released earlier this year, made Black Lizard one of the most interesting Finnish indie acts.
Bl a c k Mo to r & Ver ner i Po hj o l a
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Balloon 360 O Stage The most original free jazz band in Finland today, Black Motor, together with one of the nation’s leading trumpeters, Verneri Pohjola, released the praised Rubidum album near the end of 2012. Live this foursome makes horns steam and shatters the norms of rhythm.
blackmotor.fi
Composer, songwriter, singer, actor, writer and lecturer are some of the titles used in attempt to label the intriguing artistic career of Blixa Bargeld. The multitalented artist, who also played in The Bad Seeds and is a key figure in the group EinstĂźrzende Neubauten, breaking the barriers of industrial music since the 80s, has gained a cult status for himself. In his solo performances, Bargeld builds a new architecture of music with an acoustic, and at times cacophonic sound collage, created with the mere use of his voice and sound effects.
blixa-bargeld.com
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Chi l d r en` s Sun day SUN 10 \\ 14 :00 RBMA Backyard
Cat P ow e r
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F R I 0 8 \ \ 2 1 :4 0 Nokia Blue Tent
Chan Marshall, better known as Cat Power, has succeeded in combining post-grunge, soul and pop influences into layered yet subtle songs with such an uncompromising sound that they remain fresh through the years. In the beginning of her career, Marshall was known for her lo-fi take, but wider audiences warmed to her with the release of You Are Free. Her following album, The Greatest, was her true breakthrough in 2006, and 2012 saw her take an even bolder step into the limelight with the release of the album Sun.
catpowermusic.com
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F RI 08 \\ 19:4 5 The Other Sound
The French Alice Dourle plays percussions, keyboards, guitar and organs while singing with an almost pastoral verve. The minimalist and intimate soundscapes of Chicaloyoh combined with her simultaneously tender and strong voice are the foundation for Dourle’s avant-garde mantras.
chicaloyoh.bandcamp.com
As per usual, we invite children to join the festival on the Sunday afternoon. Children between 0 and 10 year of age can take part in the Children’s Sunday between 2 pm and 6 pm with their parents who have purchased a festival ticket. Children have their own program with joyful music and handicrafts at the cosy Backyard venue of the festival area. Exciting duo of two sisters Mimmit (“Chicks”) are sure to entertain both children and parents. Mimmit are full of song and dance and quarantee to put a smile on both grown-up’s and children’s faces. Sisters will also make handicrafts with kids before and after their gig. DJ Timo Tietenkin will offer a mix of playful tracks. During the Children’s Sunday baby carriages and strollers can be brought along to the festival area, as well as children’s food and supplies.
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C h ildr en`s Sunda y Sch edule Children’s Sunday 11th August: 2.00 pm Handicrafts and DJ Timo Tietenkin 3.30 pm Mimmit 4.30 pm Handicrafts and DJ Timo Tietenkin 6.00 pm Children’s Sunday ends The tenth Flow Festival will be held 7–11 August 2013 in Suvilahti, Helsinki.
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Circuit Des Yeux’s extremely strong pop and folk songs are wrapped up in mature and confident vocals. At times the moods resemble an operetta and at times they trance-like and sensitive aiming right at the heart.
Champagne Bar & Lounge Time to time travel into the heady hits of past decades in pop, rock, punk and electro. Djs Tiia Vanhatapio and Johanna Sumuvuori peer from under their bangs to set the summer day with a freeflowing rhythm and smiles generated by unexpected “haven’t heard that in ages but now I’ll dance” selections.
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Cola & Jimmu
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S AT 09 \\ 17:00 RBMA Backyard
Cody Chesn u T T
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S A T 0 9 \ \ 2 0 :30 Main Stage
With his songs full of delicate but raw soulfulness and tradition-laden r&b guitarmanship, Cody ChesnuTT has become a stand out artist among modern singer-songwriters. With the timeless quality of his music and lately sold out shows, he finally seems to be gathering the appreciation he was always destined for.
cchesnutt.com
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SA T 09 \\ 16:2 0 Nokia Garage
The multi-talented electro-jazz wonder Jimi Tenor and his wife, the singer Nicole Willis, whose singing produces soulful explosions, bring their latest collaboration to the Flow Festival. Their music springs from house roots to a sophisticated beat that has been stripped from some of the clinical flavours of club sounds. Enigmatic, the first album under the moniker Cola & Jimmu, is the coolest thing for summer heat.
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Dalindèo
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FRI 08 \\ 17:30 Main Stage
Now this is a soup worth tasting: mix the golden age of jazz clubs with the melancholy instrumental rock of twangy guitars and stir. The result is the new album from one of the freshest and most charming acts in Finnish jazz, Dalindèo. On Kallio, their second album, friends of carefree rhythms as well as critics were spellbound.
dalindeo.com
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F RI 08 \\ 16:30 RBMA Backyard
SA T 09 \\ 19:00 RBMA Backyard
Pioneer of Finnish dubstep, wonderman, multi-talent and magician capable of taking his music to new directions again and again. That’s Desto. This relentless tastemaker creates music that sows praise even from the toughest guardians of quality. These rich basslines crush by just being so sublime.
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SUN 10 \\ 2 0:00 Black Tent
From the overflowing reserve of upcoming indie electro, one act clearly stands out with its finished sound; Disclosure seamlessly combines the elements of garage and house into eclectic songs. The duo’s hits Latch, When a Fire Starts to Burn and F for You have lifted their debut album Settle to be one of this year’s biggest debuts.
disclosureofficial.com
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Di sc o O b s cu ra
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Champagne Bar & Lounge The disco siblings Tero and Kristiina Männikkö serve up vintage disco to make the dancefloor sizzle and wobble.
DJPP is the mixmaster, craftsman and uomo universale behind electronic and hiphop beats that have garnered several chart successes in Finland. This powerhouse producer will bring his talent collective featuring both bands and MC’s to Flow.
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Boiler Room Set
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Balloon 360 O Stage
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Balloon 360 O Stage Ebo Taylor has been one of the key influencers of Ghanaian highlife music tradition for over six decades, and has inspired afrobeat and jazz musicians and hip-hop producers alike. As the guitarist and leader of his band, Taylor mixes the traditional Ghanaian war and children’s songs faultlessly together with jazz trumpets and meandering West African rhythms.
ebotaylor-loveanddeath.com
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End er & Li l ` To ny
Two local legends, Ender and Lil’ Tony are known for pioneering new sounds and improving the life quality of clubbers by at least 100% with their knack for fresh tracks and eclectic selections. Ender, the other half of the duo Hannulelauri and the label boss of Seahorse & Castle, and Lil’ Tony, the man behind Helsinki’s most vibrant clubs and unquestionably hard hitting dj-sets, will do a rare b-2-b session for The Boiler Room at the festival.
seahorseandcastle.com
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SA T 09 \\ 2 2 :15 Black Tent
In the hands of London-based Factory Floor cold post-industrial hypnotism fights it out with analogue pop. The relentlessness of Fall Black, released in January on DFA Records, doubled the already high expectations to the band’s upcoming debut.
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By the time their debut album 36-26-36 came out this summer, it was clear that Femme En Fourrure’s years of polishing their sound hadn’t been waisted. Their ability to combine chrome cold club sounds to patiently growing tracks full of desire and small hypnotic rhythms is so overwhelming, that it will undoubtedly win them more followers in the years to come.
femmeenfourrure.com
Fo to s ho p
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S UN 10 \\ 2 0:4 5 Heineken O.S.S
In the vividly painted musical scenes on Fotoshops’ tracks, one can sense their skill for delicate pop hooks, that pave way for pure anthems of streamlined melancholy. Their debut album “Lifeforms” received wide praise from critics and seems to be a starting point for even greater things to come.
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G o d s p eed Y o u! B l a c k Em p er or
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Ghedali a T a za rt e s
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F R I 0 8 \ \ 2 1 :0 0 The Other Sound
Here we have one of the most original and eccentric musicians on the planet. French Ghedalia Tazartes’ origins are in Turkey and he has released dozens of albums with styles varying from music concrete and poetry to noise. Yet his music always maintains its perfect tension with impressive ease.
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Hailing from the most Northern province of Sweden, GOAT serves its songs as a hypnotic combination of psychedelic and melodic rhythms. Their rugged but etheric tunes have quickly made GOAT one of the most promising new groups of Scandinavia. The Guardian listed their album World Music, released last autumn, as one of the best albums of the year.
goatsweden.blogspot.fi
Majestic avalanches of sound and cinematic snapshots are in a merciless dialogue in the music of Godspeed You! Black Emperor. The key group in instrumental post rock returned after a ten year hiatus in recording with last year’s Allelujah! Don’t Bend! Ascend! and its uncompromising and richly atmospheric expression proved the band is still the best of its breed. Godspeed You! Black Emperor’s everambitious visuality will be in full effect at their Flow performance, where a film will be looping with the force of four 16mm projectors.
brainwashed.com
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S U N 1 0 \ \ 2 2 : 50 Nokia Blue Tent
An appearance at Paris Fashion Week and tour of the Far East aside, Grimes – the artist who defined 2012 with her breakthrough album, Visions – has been relatively quiet of late. Coming through the ranks of the vibrant Montreal scene, it was with the release of her third album, Visions, in early 2012 that the world outside became truly gripped with her music. The album received near universal praise in the press and topped many of the end of the year polls, she graced numerous magazine covers, her incredible music videos all went viral, she finally made her TV debut, she sold out shows across three continents and was recognised back home with a win at the prestigious Juno Awards and was shortlisted for the Polaris Prize. These shows will represent her first time back in Europe for nearly a year and come as she’s well in to making her next album.
Haim
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S UN 10 \\ 18:3 0 Black Tent
Being voted number one in BBC’s Sound of 2013 is just one piece of proof that Haim are one of the most interesting newcomers to the global music scene. Their music is another. Not content with being called a mixture of folk, indie pop and r’n’b, Haim adds more styles to its music with each release. Last year’s Forever EP was filled with gems inspired by seminal works of modern pop, whereas the more recent single, Falling, is an openminded cross between urban bass lines and heady 80s sounds.
haimtheband.com
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Champagne Bar & Lounge Binding together the extremes of indie from jangly guitars to more electronic fare, the Hang The DJ collective’s true trademark is filling any venue with dancing frenzy. Expect a lot from this group who have shuttled their fair share between Helsinki and Tampere to grace both with club nights.
htdj.fi
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Champagne Bar & Lounge The sparkling glow of the Finnish dance music scene has been lit up by the hannulelauri duo for years now and here they again take their place among the homegrown festival djs. Lately the duo has been busy with solo projects. Ender has just released a new single on his own label Seahorse & Castle and Lauri Soini has been bringing the best of the best of the international dance music scene to clubs in Helsinki as a promoter. Their work has also been published by such illustrious labels as Flexx-, Relish- and I’m a Cliché, so to see these busy bees DJ together is a rare and valuable opportunity.
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H ä xj es u s
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FRI 08 \\ 17:00 Nokia Blue Tent
Fact: a person has been impregnated during a Häxjesus show. The band storms forward with its new wave dance rock with shamanistic force, and has grown a cult following on these northern shores. Häxjesus perform theatrical pieces sung in Swedish. Some like it crazy!
Ruthless in his output, but always ready to entertain those who are willing to subdue to his raw, energetic beats, Huoratron has become a household name in the more industrially driven, hard beating edge of electronic music. Every time he takes the stage, a hypnotic dance orgy ensues, and this time he is bringing the festival audience his brand new show, so what else could it really be than a winning streak?
huoratron.com
Husky Rescu e
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The saying less is more comes true in the case of Husky Rescue: the leading light of sensitive and expressive pop cut down to become a trio, yet enriched their live sound at the same time. This year’s Long Lost Friend is a more electronic record from the band than previous fare of this soft and misty pop. The live visuals have also adopted qualities from the music’s fantastical atmospherics.
husky-rescue.com
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Rough dance music is the forte of Invader Ace. The duo of Swedish Anton Torrell ja Norwegian Peder Simonsen play the tuba, slide guitar and a drum machine that is played through old radios. The atmosphere will hit the roof unless the roof tumbles down first.
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For over 15 years DJ Ionik has been gifting his audiences with finetuned selections of disco and soulful boogie music. At the Boiler Room the mastermind behind the praised Traveller and Kojak Giant Sounds labels will turn the heat up with another one of his carefully planned rhythm attacks.
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SA T 09 \\ 15:00 Black Tent
An alchemist of colourful disco and foggy indie, Jaakko Eino Kalevi has been concocting his aural mixtures both in Finland and beyond the artist’s home country’s borders. One of the most central labels of modern indie, Beggars Music, signed this talent last year, so the world better prepare soon for what Jaakko Eino Kalevi can truly offer in the way of dazed sounds.
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They don’t bow to anyone, their passion reaches higher than any mountain and there’s an undercurrent of deep melancholy sweeping you off your feet. Jaakko Laitinen & Väärä Raha don’t give you much space or time to breathe, but the songs that have a murky lining of slavic yearning are so catchy that audiences can’t help but submit.
mrjaakko.com
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Balloon 360 O Stage Show us the way in European art pop, Jacco Gardner. The Dutch multiinstrumentalist is the newfound master of baroque pop and new psychedelia. He twists music into fantastically big and hypnotically melodic pieces, where one charming snapshot after the other is weaved alternately with synths and with flutes.
jaccogardner.com
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Looking for entertaining dj sets? Many others who have, have found them at Jackmaster’s gigs, where sets are built from the most rabid beats of techno and house. Having become a surefire dj hit, the Scot is also one of the founders of the Numbers record label, which has released music by the likes of Jamie XX, SBTRKT, Jessie Ware and Hudson Mohawke.
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Balloon 360 O Stage For over 10 years Jens Lekman has been building a reputation as the melancholic but smiling, dandyish king of Scandinavian indie pop. His catchy singer-songwriter tunes with folk and modern sounds have also made his name well known around the world. With the 2012 release of “I Know What Love Isn’t”, he once again proved that his unique way of binding together styles is still fresh, but also timeless.
jenslekman.com
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J o nna
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A recording artist of finnish-sung r&b-pop for over 5 years and several awards, Jonna has lately been working on some indiepop material in english, and is now ready to bring her rich singing voice and urban melodies to Suvilahti.
jonna.fi
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This could’ve gone horribly wrong, but somehow Julia Holter makes disjointed and misty pop music that draws you to it instead of forcing you to flee. The trick is to package organ melodies, bittersweet vocals and down-to-earth buzzing soundscapes into infectiously charming pop songs as heard on Tragedy (2011) and Ekstasis (2012). No wonder fans of eclectic pop and critics have befriended her.
Ju p i ter & Ok w es s I n t er na ti o na l \ CD F R I 0 8 \\ 00:00
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Balloon 360 O Stag e He may be known for his timeless folk, but José González also fronts Junip whose soundscapes are filled with acoustic atmospherics and ruggedness that pays tribute to rock’s roots. The band’s new eponymous album, released this spring, offers more of Junip’s organs’ grooves and guitars that weave melodies with laidback ease.
junip.net
Hailing from The Democratic Republic of the Congo, Jupiter & Okwess International’s sound is filled with the rich cultural heritage of its native land and the hectic rhythm of the capital Kinshasa. As a result of years of hard work, the band lead by ex-funeral singer and percussionist Jupiter Bokondji, has become the melting pot of traditional Congolese music and modern, international sounds. The colourful sound of the band caught the attention of Damon Albarn, and Jupiter & Okwess International have since become one of the brightest stars of the Africa Express tour curated by him.
jupiter-okwess-international.com
J y r k i N i s s i nen & H o t V i s i o ns \ FI SA T 09 \\ 17:3 0 The Other Sound
Known as a painter, comic book artist and musician, Jyrki Nissinen has just released the album Löi kivestä vettä ja kuoli (Struck water from rock and died) with his band Hot Visions. It’s full of rambling stories of glue sticks and sleeping in bubblewrap. The band could be compared to Finnish cult bands Liimanarina and Keuhkot, if one were forced to compare. The better option would be to gather around the stage and be astounded by the show and stories of the life of Tuija Puikulainen.
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Here is a leading ambassador of indie psychedelia and one of Finland’s most broad-minded bands. All this became self-evident on K-X-P’s second album II – even to those who weren’t sure before – with its mighty vocal melodies, synthesizer tornados and 70’s style prog blasts. If there are two soundscapes seemingly apart from each other, K-X-P is probably combining them into an ecstatic and hypnotic combination at this very moment.
Kahden miehen galaksi is a newcomer in the field of Finnish jazz. Seppo Kantonen mans the Hammond organ and Joonas Riippa plays the drums – this experienced combo aims beyond Earth’s musical atmosphere and creates its own kind of a big bang. The duo’s definition of the music is freebassjazzhoplounge – the guys drill, saw, nail and fuse their music into an infectious jazz installation. Kahden miehen galaksi released its debut Um Jepa was published this year.
Old punk songs get a complete makeover, when Pekko Käppi and Juhana Nyrhinen cover them with instruments so indigenous that they don’t even have proper English names. The jouhikko is a traditional bowed lyre, the rapapalli is known as the birch-bark rattle ball and then there is the kantele made from a skateboard. What Käppi and Nyrhinen create is totally original and the pared down arrangements of the songs reveal frightening and tender characteristics from the songs.
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FRI 08 \\ 22:00 RBMA Backyard
The joint project of producers Blawan and Pariah, Karenn conducts openminded explorations into the borderland of techno and house. Labelmates from the widely respected electronic music publisher R&S, they draw their rhythm from the roots of techno, adding to it some uncompromising bass-driven futurism.
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The local R&B legend Karri Koira has entertained the Flow crowd for a few years already, and he returns to Suvilahti once again like a true champ. With his latest album K.O.I.R.A., the artist has become one of the most important urban music ambassadors of Finland, no diggity.
The hottest artist in hip hop at the moment, Kendrick Lamar, saw his debut album Good Kid, m.A.A.d City go to the second spot of the U.S. album chart and become a favourite of fans and critics alike. The praise for his live shows has been equally hot and all the people who saw his sold-out gig earlier in Finland flooded social media with ecstatic testimonials of a kick-ass performance. The championship belt of West Coast rap rests comfortably around the waist of this 25-year-old, whose personal stories and engrossing sounds have drawn thumbs up from rap-royalty such as his label boss Dr Dre and Snoop Dogg.
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K ra f tw er k 3 D S ho w \ GER S UN 1 0 \\ 2 1:3 0 Main Stage
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Champagne Bar & Lounge There’ll be some big rhythms caught hook, line & sinker, when the Kingfishers wield their rods. The captains of disco, house and compassionate tracks, Toni Halo and Risto Gatto, deliver on expectations at sea, dancefloor and home. They’ve had a hand or four in several quality mixes and club nights, which promise eclectic dance music fished from the depths of time as well as the surface tide of now.
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Kraftwerk, the unquestionable pioneering act of electronic music, is known for their collection of timeless classics. With a career stretching already over five decades, the band has defined and shaped the sounds as well as the technical possibilities of music in a truly unique scale. Recently the group’s performances have culminated in a series of sold out concerts at New York’s MOMA and London’s Tate Modern both of which received praising reviews. The concerts, spiced up with 3D projections, have become a phenomenon, receiving praise from critics and audiences alike. The concert at Flow this summer will also include a unique 3D visualization, for which the audience will be handed out 20,000 pairs of 3D glasses.
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Kum m a Heppu & Lopunajan V oide llu t \ FI SUN 10 \\ 15:30 The Other Sound
Kumma Heppu & Lopunajan Voidellut was formed in 1980 in Kajaani, central Finland. Nowadays the folk rock band is based in Tampere. Often melancholy and always beautiful, the music is comparable to Neil Young or Velvet Underground, but with a Finnish undertone, its own feel and songs that are the sonic equivalent of faded snapshots.
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Laineen K a spe ri j a Palava K a u pu n ki \ FI SU N 1 0 \ \ 1 4: 30 Black Tent
Witness a flood of rhythm pushed forth by an arsenal of Palava Kaupunki’s instruments. Surfing on that musical tsunami you’ll find Laineen Kasperi with his unrelenting wordsmithery that broadens the boundaries of hip hop. It’s a fierce barrage of musical and lyrical force, but at the same time mindbogglingly inventive.
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Cinematic nostalgia bound together with a fragile, almost ghostly atmosphere is at the heart of Lau Nau’s music. The publication of Valohiukkanen last year lifted Lau Nau to the top of Finnish alternative pop, earning a nomination for the prestigious Teosto award. The album gathered plenty of praise from critics at home and abroad.
launau.com
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The messenger of Scandinavian Skwee and digital dub, Levon Zoltar, has found a healthy (at least in numbers) group of fans with his releases in the last few years. He sticks twisted melody hooks in-between scattershot rhythms with unexplainable precision. The prolific artist will soon continue with new releases to follow-up the 3 seven inch publications already out this year.
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The closest thing to Andrew W.K. that Finland has to offer. The one man band known for his sentimental but brutally energetic output becomes a six member supergroup on stage.
Some firestarter this guy, a true legend of going out in Finland. Toni “Lil Tony” Rantanen has been there to found places such as Kuudes Linja, Kaiku, Ääniwalli, Redrum, Kerma and Rose Garden. He has connected together the tradition of warehouse parties and the coolness of modern electronic music taking this artist/producer across the world from Tokyo to Miami, while releasing his tracks on respectable labels such as Mood Music, Versatile and Innervision.
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SUN 10 \\ 16:00 Heineken O.S.S
Vulnerability, deep passion and longing could be the keywords for getting to know Loft Apartments subtle electronic music, but they would surely be just a starting point to a great trip full of adventurous beats and sharp melodies. All produced with a surprising ear for details.
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Combining 90s-influenced hip hop sounds and modern loverman rap among other styles, Loost Koos has risen to the top of Finnish hip hop. The threesome manage to move from mellow moods to laidback party beats in the blink of a bat’s eye, and that’s been entertaining both dudes and dudettes for years. Now that fullest of full Finnish hip hop experiences is coming to the Flow Festival with a whole menu of musical delicacies.
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Russian duo Anya Kuts and Ivan Afanasyev equal Love Cult, whose handmade underground soundscapes move at the crossroads of ambient, drone and folk. Love Cult succeeds where many stumble: to weave complex emotions into a minimalist surface with patience.
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In just a few years Maya Jane Coles has risen to the cast of the world’s most valued producer-DJs and is now one of the most wanted performers in the club scene. Coles, who has made remixes for Massive Attack and Gorillaz among others, plays dusky house with a soulful twist.
Singer-songwriter Ville Ahonen’s music is often called intense, bold and openminded, but there is so much more to his music beyond that. The dark second studio album, Mia, by his band Minä ja Ville Ahonen (Me and Ville Ahonen) proves him to be one of his generation’s leading songwriters in Finland.
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The electronic music scene in Berlin is rich and here is one of its most uncompromising supergroups. Moderat is the joint project of Apparat and Modeselektor both of whom are pacesetters in 21st century club sounds. Now they are getting ready for the August release of their new album, and serve up broken rhythms and melodies that are twisted yet aware of the genre’s traditions.
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Weaving vivid rhythms from threads of misty electro and high-flying pop, Dominic Maker and Kai Campos released their latest work together, the album Cold Spring Fault Less Youth, in May. It is at once timeless and very much of these times. They repeat the same sensitive multiplicity in live shows, where the music just keeps on getting new tones.
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One of alternative rock’s most mythical names, My Bloody Valentine, was founded in eighties’ Dublin. After a 22-year break from recording, this February saw a return with m b v, which dropped both critics and fans on their knees weeping for more. With its uncompromising buzz, Loveless from 1991 has become one of the most praised, undeniable classics in its genre. This year’s follow-up is one of the most impressive comeback albums ever.
mybloodyvalentine.org
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Inspired by the harder than hard-core punk rocker GG Allin, horror-rocker Marilyn Manson, and fashion icon pop stars Beyoncé and Lady Gaga, the queer-rapper Mykki Blanco has truly challenged the prevailing traditions of the field with her persistency. Scooping up the grimier marginal of hip-hop and the rebellion of punk, the rapper has managed to create an enticingly chaotic synthesis of the two genres.
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SA T 0 9 \ \ 1 4 : 00 RBMA Backyard
DJ Newhouse (Jussi Uusitalo) has been one of the most relentless house music advocates in Finland for over 20 years now. In his sets he smoothly combines the warmth of deephouse to a dizzying range of tracks from soul to disco, jazz to techno. This rhythm-auteur’s selections ooze with quality.
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Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds have been recognized as the vanguard of chilling murder ballads and gritty rock for over three decades. The group, that has ambitiously managed to balance between the margin and the mainstream, creating an entirely distinctive sound of their own, is now taking to the stage with their new album Push The Sky Away. Their performances move from one extreme to the other, tying together brutal thumping with touching ballads. Please note that the group’s performance has been moved to 10th August, due to some changes in tour schedules.
nickcave.com
Nic o l e W il l is & T h e S ou l In ve st ig a t o r s \ US\FI SA T 09 \\ 19:30 Nokia Blue Tent
The brightest star of Finnish soul, Nicole Willis & The Soul Investigators, returned from a 7-year recording break with Tortured Soul, released in February 2013. It proved yet again the timeless qualities of the group’s dark-toned but naturally flowing sound. Producer Didier Selin, violin virtuoso Pekka Kuusisto and Jimi Tenor, the renaissance genius of the Finnish alternative scene, have worked on the album that brings Willis and her band back to the stages with a richer sound than ever.
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The young talent of the local hiphop scene, Noah Kin, has in just few years proven to be a lot more than just a promising new name in the game. After two albums in consecutive years and plenty of live shows, his smooth verbal antics have made him a solid trademark of his own, recognized already by critics and fans alike.
In just two years after it was founded, Of Monsters And Men has become one of the most successful Icelandic bands to date. Their debut album My Head Is An Animal climbed quickly to the US top 10 albums list. The group has become a phenomenon, charming millions of people with its unique sound comprising of an effortless mix of folk and indie-pop, coloured with sounds stemming from the rugged Icelandic landscape as well as universal tunes.
ofmonstersandmen.com
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Three women – Heta, Jonna and Katri – have performed as Olimpia Splendid since the summer of 2010, but they have previous as members of the Toblerones, Bananas, Snällas Blood, Hertta Lussu Ässä, Hockey Night and Kuupuu. OS plays punk at a held back speed with two guitars, the bass and drum machine – could these be daughters of Can and Dead Moon?
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Orphan Fairytale, the solo project of Belgian Eva Van Deuren, performs songs that tie themselves all around the brains like branches of a living tree. Van Deuren creates the songs with synths, percussions and numerous other instruments, and they resemble nursery rhymes while the original and fascinating soundscapes are out there – psychedelic and experimental.
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On their crusade in social media, Oukkidouppi has become probably the weirdest but also the most intriguing act in Finnish hiphop. Always positive and always thinking one step ahead to surprise their fans, this phenomenon is just getting bigger, faster and better.
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Uncompromising, straightforward and tight as punk was born to be. The ruckus of Pää Kii’s debut album stormed to the top of Finnish year-end critics polls last year, making the band the figurehead of the country’s punk scene.
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Helsinki-based Panssarijuna plays trauma blues, which is a combination of blues, country, punk and psychedelic folk. The insane live shows of the band together with the weird sounds – the bass drum is a kilju bucket (kilju = home-made sugar wine) – have made even the most dedicated wallflowers to detach from the wall and get on the dancefloor to get it on.
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What’s left of the DIY underground of the U.S? It’s not dead at least with Parquet Courts carrying the torch of the tradition with its ruckus and roll. The band’s intense garage sound has won it friends beyond the traditional punk crowds. And there is no end in sight to its upward trajectory.
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Champagne Bar & Lounge Taking their pick from 80s synth pop, indie rock and the tight basslines of contemporary rhythms, the Paska Sohva djs are known for their uncompromising sense of style as well as their shows on the Basso radio station. Expect unforgettable moments that disregard genre limits.
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This year marks the 25th anniversary of one of the greatest albums in the history of hiphop: “It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back” by Public Enemy. To celebrate this, the group will take the stage at Suvilahti in it’s original full force. Come witness the always polemic, the always unbeatable, the one and only Public Enemy.
pu blicenemy.com
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Balloon 360 O Stage One of the most inventive and openminded virtuosos of modern jazz, saxophonist Ravi Coltrane, is the son of jazz legend John Coltrane and his artist wife Alice Coltrane. He lives up to the family name with his all-out gigs and recordings. Spirit Fiction was released in 2012 on Blue Note and got a tidal wave of well-earned praise around the world. The shows following the album showed Coltrane and his quintet enjoying playing to the fullest. Coltrane will be joined on stage by Steve Coleman on alto saxophone, David Virelles on piano, Dezron Douglas on bass and Jonathan Blake on drums.
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Ri c k y - Ti c k B i g B a nd &J u l ki nen Sa na \ FI S UN 10 \\ 15:00 Main Stage
Composer and producer Valtteri Pöyhönen leads the Ricky-Tick Big Band, which toots the message of full-bodied jazz traditions. The band is pretty equipped to do it with the talent on board: the big band consists of an impressive group of young Finnish jazz talent and Julkinen Sana equals three of the country’s top rappers Paleface, Redrama and Tommy Lindgren, who perform in Finnish for a change. The lyrical trio finds the crossroads of hip hop tradition and free flowing sounds of jazz into one determined whole.
julkinensana.fi
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FRI 08 \\ 19:00 Main Stage
Energetic and empowering live gigs have elevated Rubik to the centre of the Finnish indie scene. The band has already established itself as one of the country’s most interesting bands with its records that are simultaneously titanic and frail, yearning and vivid.
rubikb and.net
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Samae Koskise n Ko r valääk e \ FI SA T 0 9 \ \ 1 7 :0 0 Main Stage
Only few Finnish singer-songwriters manage to combine the precise expression of indie pop with hooks that just won’t let go of your ears. To Samae Koskinen this seems to come as naturally as breathing, and with his new band Korvalääke (which means “Ear Medicine”), the maestro adds an astonishing range of new shades to the eternal soundscape of pop.
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From the co-project of singer Sarah Kivi and producer Non Person (Niclas Kristiansson) comes a powerful set of songs weaving together captivating bass lines with a world of electronic sounds. The duo grows into a full band for their live performances, and their debut album Kiveen kirjoitettu is being enthusiastically awaited for, especially in the aftermath of the single Leikokukka, which became a hit on Basso Radio.
Pearls of pop that are intense in their bellow and charming in their straightforwardness. That’s the basic offering of Satellite Stories, that have made the group one of the most talked about Finnish indie bands right now. Their debut, Phares to Break the Ice, was released last year and the band has charmed and conquered Europe with each show, bloating the band’s wild reputation as they move from stage to stage.
sarahkivi.tumblr.com
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S p a c e D i m ens i o n Co ntr o l l er \ UK SA T 09 \\ 2 0:00 RBMA Backyard
Boiler Room Set
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Balloon 360 O Stage One of the most respected Finnish jazz artists, drummer and composer Teppo Mäkynen, has gathered a group of local luminaries to his new quartet. With saxophonists Jukka Perko and Mikko Innanen and bass player Antti Lötjönen, Mäkynen creates jazz music that is genuinely of its time, spiritual and gets its kicks from a visionary look back into jazz history and oriental minimalism. In one word: Hypnotic.
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S o u nd s Li k e K o ti b i l eet \ FI FRI 08 \\ 2 1:00
Champagne Bar & Lounge Expect the most intense rhythm music from rap to disco and modern electro to restless dance, and be entertained, when the Sounds Like Kotibileet (Sounds Like a House Party) duo Stig-1 and Jaffa drop their shamelessly mixed bag of tracks on the festival crowd. The Champagne Bar & Lounge will be infected with the atmosphere of a house party that got out of hand.
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Galactic funk and cinematic electro are the playgrounds Jack Hamill hops between as Space Dimension Controller, a science fiction visionary. Enter his website for stories of destroyed planets and curious sound machinations. Delve into his debut record Welcome to Mikrosektor-50, released in March, to hear a retrofuturist story with whizzing lasers and glimmers of stardust. The story created by music is clearly a strong one, because it has been universally praised by critics and other listeners.
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Champagne Bar & Lounge The Saturdays at Helsinki’s most legendary live venue have been the territory of Lauantaidisko (Saturday Disco) in recent years. It’s all about the classics of indie, pop and rock mixed together with the latest hits chosen with a taste-god touch and pacesetter vision. And that will also apply when djs Erkko, Harvest and Marko Makelove select the tracks for their Flow set, which will play like a symphony of a neverending weekend.
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Boiler Room Set SA T 09 \\ 2 0:4 5 Nokia Garage
Dark & minimalistic basslines combined with cool futuristic breezes of sound have been the trademark of Teeths constant flow of remixes and new tracks in the past years. One of Finland’s most legendary producers is sure to make the audience work the dancefloor at his Boiler Room gig.
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The marginal and the mainstream of electronic music come together in Marco Niemerski’s ambitious music. As Tensnake, this virtuoso binds the hooks of house, disco and electro into a wild combination. In recent years he has made his talent available to others by producing remixes for Aloe Blacc, Azari & III, Little Dragon and Lana Del Rey, among others.
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Balloon 360 O Stage Sketch the music’s outlines with powerpop. Fill with warm colours. Melt it all and voilá: you have The Lieblings’ music. The recipe is no-nonsense and the result more than the sum of its simple ingredients. Buzzing guitars and homegrown singing can’t hide the sound that gets its mojo and hooks from the traditions of guitar pop. So there you go, Finland’s newcomer du jour 2013.
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Balloon 360 O Stage
Boiler Room Set
Nokia Garage
Beats in Space is a radio show and a label founded by New Yorker Tim Sweeney, who presents a broad range of electronic styles with an uncompromising professional attitude and sense of style. In a decade he has risen from local fame to globally recognized renaissance genius. In addition to his countless dj gigs and weekly radio show, Sweeney remixes and produces both for one of the 21st centuries most important club labels DFA and his own label.
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Current status as a virtuoso of Finnish jazz? Cemented at the top. The role saxophonist Timo Lassy plays in the local scene grows bigger year by year. An ever-growing audience discovered his smoky and swinging soundscapes with 2012’s release of In with Lassy that dished out an album full of timeless jubilation.
timolassy.com
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Tuuttis aka Tuuttimรถrkรถ is one the freshest, although laconic verbal artists in the rap scene of Helsinki. New ideas and weird deliveries are all hand in hand on his gangsta rhymes, accompanied by eclectic beats.
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American Meghan Remy’s aka U.S. Girls’ minimalist approach to music and the compositional hooks of her songs create a perfect concoction of fascinating lo-fi pop music. A dash of Dead C and a sprinkle of Bruce Springsteen albeit with a strong female voice equals U.S. Girls.
usgirls.bandcamp.com
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Heineken O.S.S
How much can you torture an acoustic guitar before it can’t take it anymore? Belgian Wouter Vanhaelemeesch is merciless with his instrument, when he plays his startling music. His vocal style alternates from a throaty grumble to beautiful singing, and the tunes are reminiscent of Bill Orcut or Jack Rose – just more brutal.
Ruudolf, Karri Koira, Tono Slono and Henry Lee are the killer barracudas of Finnish hip hop. Their super group Vähäiset Äänet is one the most legendary cult acts of the local rap scene and it’s due time to see them on stage again, as they make a comeback that everybody’s been begging for ever since they split.
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The singer of the legendary northern Finnish punk band Terveet kädet, Läjä Äijälä, has been a member of several bands including Billy Boys Death Trip, Leo Bugariloves and Sultans of Swing. His set at this year’s Flow Festval will feature material from his Raskas taakka LP, which is an extremely minimalist piece of work and true to its name – Heavy Burden – on so many levels.
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Champagne Bar & Lounge Finnish evergreens and golden age classics will grace Flow’s Sunday, thanks to the We Love Helsinki DJs. Expect easy-on-the-foot waltzes, seductive tangos, swinging jazz, wild twist, raunchy rock’n’roll, hot translated pop and rock classics, and dizzying Finnish disco. DJs will be playing all day until midnight.
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S A T 09 \\ 16:00 Heineken O.S.S
The traditions of soul, funk, disco and rock are pinned tightly together whenever WGF produce one of their uncompromising tracks. Rich bass lines and boogie down sounds guaranteed.
Nomen est omen, as they say in the Asterix comix, so expect nothing else but wild combinations of wild track selections from the wildest reaches of urban music. Djs Fummer and Fiskars serve hot plates of music with silky smooth moves, catering to those who are happy just to appreciate as well as those who’ll rather dance.
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Let’s face it, Woods has become a spearhead of American folk rock with each album being a clear step forward. With 2012’s Bend Beyond that arc of impressive and constantly developing musicianship reached its seventh installment. Woods continues to gain more and more admiration from both critics and fans, making the band one of the cornerstones of roots-leaning and tradition-conscious rock.
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The answer to “so, what’s your speciality” has rarely been: uniting dark basslines with melodies that bellow from the cold crypt. But that’s exactly what Yöt is all about and what the band excel at. A pioneer, spearhead and trailblazer of Finnish goth-crunk, Yöt flexes from darkness to entertaining. This band was born to win with its uncompromising nature.
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We want to take the environment and sustainable development into consideration in everything we do, in planning the festival as well as actualizing it, during it and after it. In this way we make sure we are creating an event entirety that is enjoyable for everyone along with being socially responsible. Below we tell you more about Flow Festival`s environmental procedures. Wind power decreases emissions 25% of the energy at this year’s festival is produced with renewable energy. The constant change happening in the Suvilahti festival area makes it impossible to build permanent electricity networks. The local energy company Helsingin Energia will however enable temporary solutions that provide notable quantities of green energy during the festival. The Black Tent, for instance, will run on 100% wind power.
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Waste and Recycling Green events project Flow Festival is the pilot-event of Green Events Project, co-ordinated by the Helsinki City Environment Centre, which aims to develop the management of environmental issues of events. Events that adequately take the environment and sustainable development into consideration are granted an EcoCompass Event certificate. The grounds for granting the EcoCompass certificate are the auditing of the events and consistent criteria. Flow Festival was granted with the certificate in autumn 2012. By taking part in the project, we are creating a standard of activity in which being environmentally friendly as a part of a responsible and good quality event is made easier. Events have a notable environmental impact, which can be minimized by changing the way of doing things. At the same time events can minimize environmental impact through their activity by environmental communication and education; Flow Festival wants to be an active member of this development.
The amount of waste created by the festival has been minimized during each year of our activity. The restaurants at Flow, for example, use biodegrading cutlery and all the waste is recycled. The festival crowd is encouraged to return empty bottles and cans to the recycling depots by collecting a refundable amount at the time of purchase, which is refunded when the bottles/cans are returned. Recycling guides help the festival audience to sort the waste, and recycling is optimized by adding the number of recycling depots. We also give specific recycling instructions to all our subcontractors and employees. The merchandise sold at the festival also favours recycled materials along with fair trade and environmentally certified products. The festival crowd can also support the rescue programme of the Baltic Sea by buying a Baltic Sea ticket worth two euros, the money from which will be directed unabridged to the WWF’s Operation Mermaid. The cleaning of the festival area is conducted by over 200 people so that it will be returned to its usual state as quickly as possible, and so that the waste will not accumulate to the close by areas. In 2012 out of all the waste created at the festival 82% was recycled - the target for 2013 is 90 per cent.
Traffic and emvironment Sustainable solutions Flow Festival seeks for sustainable solutions that will last for many years in the production of the event. For example the furniture and decorations are gathered from recycled, long lasting materials that can be reused. The festival area has an artificial turf that is used for many years. We work together with Martela, so that the furniture used at the festival will be resold and reused.
Because the festival has a lot of visitors, the traffic produces a lot of contamination and noise pollution. Flow Festival actively encourages the festival crowd to favour environmentally friendly modes of transport to the festival and away. Our festival does not offer parking space for private cars, but encourages people arriving to the festival to use public transport or bicycles. Near the festival area, there is a free and guarded bicycle parking area, where the crowd can bring their bikes. It’s also possible to walk to a city festival. There’s also a Kyyti.net carpool stop located near the bicycle park. Read more, share your car and leave a request for a ride at www.kyyti.net. On top of taking notice of how people get to the festival, we also take into consideration the pollution caused by the travel of our performers and subcontractors. We work together with local subcontractors and Nordic event organizers to make sure that the travel between places of performance is reasonable.
Carbon Footprint and Minimizing it A part of Flow Festival’s environmental programme is to calculate its carbon footprint. Because the trips of the artists and use of energy inevitably cause carbon emissions, we have conducted calculations of our carbon footprint together with Pöyry Energy Consulting Offset since 2009, which has led to practical procedures. Flow Festival has compensated its carbon emissions into sustainable WWF Gold Standard energy projects annually since 2009. Thanks to the calculations, we have also been able to lower our carbon footprint, for example by minimizing the amount of landfill waste.
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Here`s some information on our favorite places and things to do in Helsinki for festival guests coming from abroad. Transportation The Flow Festival area is located near the centre of Helsinki and we suggest the use of public transportation or bicycling when coming to the festival. The festival area and its immediate surroundings feature no parking space for cars. Flow Festival includes a guarded bicycle parking area, which is located by the main entrance (please note that you cannot take bicycles inside the festival area). Closest metro station to the festival area: Sörnäinen For more detailed information, please visit the Helsinki city journey planner by HSL: http://www.reittiopas.fi/en/ For more information about the tickets and fares for public transport: http://www.hsl.fi/EN/ticketsandfares/ Pages/default.aspx The tickets are available for example at R-kioski service points in the Helsinki metropolitan area, Stockmann department store, Helsinki City Tourist Office, Tourist information at the Helsinki-Vantaa airport and at the HSL service point at the Central Railway Station. Single-charge cards are sold also on Silja Serenade and Silja Symphony passenger ferries. Day tickets are also available from ticket machines. The blue ticket machines sell multiple day tickets while the pink ones sell only 1-day tickets for adults.
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Taxi: Helsinki taxi, telephone +358 (0)100 0700 (1,15 Euro/phone call +0,08 Euro/10s + local call charge)
Buses to and from the Helsinki Airport You can take a Finnair City Bus from downtown Helsinki. For timetables go to http://www.finnair.com/INT/GB/ information-services/at-the-airport/ transportation?locale=en&target=Finnair. Travel.Siirtymiset To/from Helsinki City by bus 615 takes appr. 35 minutes. At night time from/to Helsinki 620N. There are a number of bus connections from various parts of the Helsinki Metropolitan Area to the airport. Please visit the journey planner for details: http://www.reittiopas.fi/en/
Accomodation Helsinki offers a wide range of accommodation, from inexpensive hostels to luxury establishments. Please check the links below for hotels and hostels in the Helsinki area: http://www.visithelsinki.fi/en/stay-andenjoy/accommodation http://www.helsinki-hotels.net/
Apart from the quality festival cuisine of Flow, Helsinki offers a wide range of restaurants and cafés with something for everyone. During lunch hours (11am– 2pm) most restaurants tend to serve affordable lunch specials and when the weather is nice you can go out and enjoy a picnic in one of the city’s several parks. http://www.visithelsinki.fi/en/stay-andenjoy/eat-and-enjoy http://eat.fi/en/helsinki/restaurants
Breakfast and Brunch Several cafés, bars and restaurants tend to offer their own variation of breakfast and/or brunch. Here’s a selection of brunches that we hear are good: Karl Fazer Café Fazer’s classic café at Kluuvikatu was founded as early as 1891. During the weekdays they offer healthy breakfast (11,50 Euro), the weekend brunch (19,50 Euro) includes everything from salad and bread to cakes and chocolate delicacies. Address: Kluuvikatu 3 Opening hours: Mon–Fri 7.30am–10pm, Sat 9am–10pm, Sun 10am–6pm. (Reservations are recommended, tel. 020 729 6702.)
Klaus K / Restaurant Ilmatar Klaus K Brunch has been designed for those who like to sleep in late during the weekends.The Brunch (35 Euro) consists of starter and dessert buffets and main courses are served to the tables according to order. This exquisite combination of breakfast and lunch is at its best consumed with a glass of sparkling. Address: Bulevardi 2–4. Opening hours: 12noon – 3pm. Table Reservations & inquiries: http://www. ravintolailmatar.fi/en/brunch
Cafés Breakfast and Brunch Pacifico The Brunch (around 13,95 Euro) includes a something like hot and filling, cool and fresh, super selection of mueslis and cereals, salads and sauces, scrambled eggs and oven tomatoes, good selection for anyone on a special diet. Address: Helsinginkatu 15 Opening hours: Wed–Fri 8pm–2am, Sat 11am–3pm & 8pm–2am, Sun 11am–3pm. http://www.pacifico.fi/
Primula Omelettes, fresh fruits, bread, croissants, a salad table with a great selection and several hot and cold dishes to choose from make the backbone of Primula’s brunch (around 16 Euro). The brunch is served from 11am to 2pm on saturdays and sundays. On other times Primula is a very popular restaurant for having lunch or dinner in the heart of southern Helsinki. Address: Laivurinkatu 10 Opening hours: Mon–Thu 8am–11pm, Fri 8am–12midnight, Sat–Sun 11am– 12midnight http://www.ravintolaprimula.fi/
Qulma This café offers excellent breakfast (around 9 Euro) during weekdays and brunch (18 Euro) on Saturdays. Whatever day you decide to go, don’t forget to try their famous authentic sweet mint pesto. Address: Mariankatu 13 B Opening hours: Mon–Fri 8.30am–4pm, Sat 10am–2pm http://www.qulma.fi/
Breakfast and Brunch Siltanen Siltanen is a bar/café situated close to the Suvilahti Festival area on Hämeentie, Sörnäinen. They serve a selection of omelettes, fruits and berries with yogurts and various hot and cold dishes during saturdays and sundays from 10am to 4pm. The brunch also features local dj’s offering their selections of easy going weekend tracks. Address: Hämeentie 13 B Opening hours: Every day 11am–2am, brunch served only on weekends. http://www.siltanen.org/
Sis. Deli + Café Sis. Deli + Café is a chain of cafés/delis specialising in organic and local products. Also present in the Flow Festival, they offer everything from breakfast and weekend brunches to lunch and snacks. Brunch (around 15 Euro) can include e.g. smoothie, special coffee, bread, müesli and pancakes. Address: City center, Kalevankatu 4 / Ullanlinna, Korkeavuorenkatu 6 Opening hours: Kalevankatu Mon– Fri 7am–7pm, Sat–Sun 9am–6pm / Korkeavuorenkatu Mon–Fri 7am–8pm, Sat–Sun 9am–6pm http://www.sisdeli.fi/
Sandro The brunch (19,90e) is all about tasty and modern African flavors. The menu includes e.g. fattoush salad, fresh croissants, smoked paprika hummus and halal cold cut meats. Address: Kolmas Linja 17 (Kallio district). Brunch available: Sun 10 am – 3 pm. Two sittings: 10 am and 1 pm. http://www.sandro.fi/brunch
If you fancy a cup of coffee or something to eat in Helsinki, you might also want to check out some of these places. A couple of these cafés are situated in or near the Kallio district (i.e. very close to the festival area), while others are a bit further away but quite special and highly recommended. Enjoy! Brooklyn Café If you get tired and hungry while shopping at the Punavuori district, here’s a tiny piece of Brooklyn right in your own backyard. At Brooklyn Café you can get bagels and cream cheese, muffins, specialty coffee, teas, laughs, free wifi, milkshakes, cookies, sandwiches etc. This is absolutely one of the best new cafés in Helsinki. Address: Fredrikinkatu Opening hours: Mon–Fri 7.30am–6pm, Sat 9am–4.30pm. http://www.facebook.com/pages/BrooklynCafe/242642239105575
Café Regatta From the little red cottage of Café Regatta you’ll find delicious cinnamon rolls and perhaps the best service in town. According to some people this is pure heaven on earth, and we highly recommend you to give them a try! Cash only. Address: Merikannontie Opening hours: Mon–Sun 10am–11pm. https://www.facebook.com/pages/CafeRegatta-official
Good Life Coffee A coffeebar/shop that focuses on tasty, quality coffee from small roasteries around Finland and Europe. Homely and stylish, a place where your cup of coffee is the most important thing there is. Address: Kolmas Linja Opening hours: Tue–Thu 10am–5pm, Fri 10am–3pm, Sat–Sun 11am–3pm. http://goodlifecoffee.fi/
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Cafés Mattolaituri
Cafés Ihana Kahvila Ihana Kahvila is a container café located in Kalasatama during the summer season. It also operates as a small shop selling lovely things for the big and the small. The grounds also feature interesting sights and attractions such as an 800 meter long Graffiti fence, an Urban Vegetable Garden, a basketball court, environmental art, skateboard spots as well as a walking trail and more. Ihana Kahvila Kalasatama, address: Nihtikuja, Sompasaari. Opening hours Tue–Sun 11am–7pm (please note that the café will not be open if the weather is bad).
Kahvila Sävy Coffee is their passion and they use only estate/coop coffees from small roasteries, mostly from Turun Kahvipaahtimo. Along with coffee Kahvila Sävy offers great teas, pralines, macarons etc. While the list of products is short, they most certainly are proud of every single product they sell. Address: Aleksis Kiven katu Opening hours: Tue–Fri 8am–4pm, Sat 10am–4pm. http://kahvilasavy.fi/savynsivut/
La Torrefazione Their aim is the perfect cup of coffee and they do come pretty damn close to that. And it gets even better: they give a 25 % discount from all take away coffees purchased before 10am, so the early bird really does catch the worm. Address: Aleksanterinkatu Opening hours: Mon–Fri 7.30am–8pm, Sat 9am–7pm, Sun 11.30am–5.30pm. http://www.latorre.fi
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Good wine and a piece of devine cake, or perhaps a coffee and something sinfully good. Whatever you prefer, Mattolaituri’s view is without a doubt one of the greatest you’ve ever seen. Situated in Kaivopuisto and by the sea, this café is one of the trendiest places Helsinki has to offer. Address: Ehrenströmintie Open daily 9am–2am. http://www.mattolaituri.com
Sinisen huvilan kahvila This café has perhaps the most devine setting in Helsinki: it’s set in the garden of Sininen huvila (Blue Villa) from 1896 and has a stunning view across Töölönlahti. Here you can find coffee, world famous juices and pastries from their own kitchen. Address: Linnunlauluntie Opening hours: 10am–10pm (please note that it might be closed if the weather is bad).
Design Design District Helsinki Information about design and antique shops, fashion stores, museums and art galleries, restaurants and showrooms: http://www.designdistrict.fi/ Other links: http://www.visithelsinki.fi/en/see-andexperience
What to do in Helsinki If you’re looking for things to do when you’re not having a fabulous time at Flow, here are some tips and suggestions for your free time. The list includes some popular beaches, museums and galleries, shopping places and others things.
Museums and galleries As Helsinki has over 80 museums and even more galleries, here’s a small selection of some of the most interesting exhibitions of the Summer 2012. Ateneum Art Museum Ateneum Art Museum houses the largest collections of art in Finland with more than 20,000 works of art from the 1750s to the 1950s. Address: Kaivokatu 2. Opening hours: Tue, Fri 10am–6pm; Wed, Thu 10am– 8pm; Sat, Sun 11am–5pm. Admission: 12EUR/10EUR. http://www.ateneum.fi/en
Design Museum The museum’s permanent collection exhibtion “Finnish Form” tells the story of Finnish design from the late 19th century to today and showcases the biggest names of Finnish design from Alvar Aalto to Tapio Wirkkala. Address: Korkeavuorenkatu 23, 00130 Helsinki. Open daily 11–18. Admission: 8EUR. http://www.designmuseum.fi/en/
Museums and galleries Emma – Espoo Museum of Modern Art If you have a bit more time, we recommend you to take a regional bus from Kamppi bus station to Espoo’s Tapiola, the home of Espoo Museum of Modern Art, Emma. Address: The WeeGee Exhibition Centre, Ahertajantie 5, Tapiola, Espoo. Opening hours: Tue, Thu, Fri 11am–6pm, Wed 11am–8pm, Sat–Sun 11am-5pm. Admission: WeeGee ticket 10EUR / 8EUR, covers admission to EMMA, Espoo City Museum, Finnish Museum of Horology, Finnish Toy Museum Leikkilinna and Helinä Rautavaara Museum. Admission free on Wed at 6pm-8pm. http://www.emma.museum/en
Galleria Huuto Galleria Huuto is an independent artist collective located in Helsinki, Finland. Currently Huuto maintains two galleries, both located at the center of Helsinki. Address: Uudenmaankatu 35 & Viiskulma, Laivurinkatu 43. Opening hours: Tue–Fri 12noon–6pm, Sat–Sun 12noon–4pm. Free entry. http://www.galleriahuuto.net/?lang=en
Museums and galleries Museum of Contemporary Art Kiasma Kiasma is a museum of contemporary art under the umbrella of the Finnish National Gallery. Address: Mannerheiminaukio 2. Opening hours: Tue 10am–5pm, Wed–Thu 10am– 8.30pm, Fri 10am–10pm, Sat 10am–6pm, Sun 10am–5pm. Admission: 10EUR/8EUR. http://www.kiasma.fi/kiasma_en
Museum of Finnish Architecture The Museum of Finnish Architehture’s entire offering is part of the World Design Capital Helsinki 2012 programme. The main themes of the museum’s repertoire are the environments we live in and sustainable development. Address: Kasarmikatu 24, opening hours Tue–Sun 11am – 6pm, Wed 11am – 8 pm. Admission: 6EUR. http://www.mfa.fi/
Helsinki Contemporary Helsinki Contemporary shows and promotes both established and emerging international contemporary artists. The regularly changing exhibitions represent the most actual and innovative contemporary art where various media and themes are being discussed. Address: Bulevardi 10. Opening hours: Tue–Fri 11am–5pm, Sat–Sun 11am–4pm. Free entry. http://helsinkicontemporary.com/
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Shopping If you fancy shopping for records, clothes, bags, accessories or other fun stuff, here are some of our recommendations. We also recommend you to check out the website of Design District Helsinki (http://www. designdistrict.fi), which offers a fantastic list of interesting and curious shops and boutiques in the Punavuori district, all representing what’s interesting in the Finnish design scene right now.
Beaches and swimming pools The most popular swimming beach in Helsinki is Hietaniemi beach, also known locally as ”Hietsu”. Other beaches in Helsinki can be found at e.g. Uunisaari, Munkkiniemi, Mustikkamaa, Pihlajasaari and Seurasaari. If you’d rather swim in a swimming pool, there are two outdoor swimming pools in Helsinki: Swimming Stadium and Kumpula Outdoor Swimming Pool.
Parks One third of Helsinki consists of parks and during the summer time locals tend to spend a lot of time in them. If you’re in the centre of Helsinki you might want to check out for an example the Esplanade, Kaisaniemi, Kaivopuisto or Sinebrycoff parks, or perhaps enjoy some time around the Töölönlahti Bay. Also the Alppipuisto Park, located between Linnanmäki Amusement Park and the train tracks is worth spending time at. You might also like to take a ferry to Uunisaari or Harakansaari islands, where you can enjoy the nature and the offerings of café´s by the seaside.
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Record stores Hippie Shake Records A store specialized in rare 60/70s rock and hard rock records, with thousands of 7” & 12” -singles, LP’s, CD’s and CD-singles from all over the world. Address: Hämeentie Opening hours: Mon–Fri 11am–6pm, Sat 11am–3pm. http://www.hippieshakerecords.com/
Levykauppa Äx
Record stores Black and White Black and White record store has the largest assortment of used records in Finland. They’re not specialized in any genre and their selection is pretty excellent. Address: Toinen linja Opening hours: Mon–Fri 10am–6pm, Sat 9am–2pm. http://www.blackandwhite.fi/newshop/
Digelius This store has been in operation since 1971. If you’re looking for folk/jazz/ traditional/world music, Digelius is your place. Address: Laivurinrinne Opening hours: Weekdays 11am–6pm, Sat 10am–4pm. http://www.digelius.com/en_index.html
Eronen A book and record store that has been in operation since 1977. Their selection consists primarily of reggae, salsa, afro, jazz, Brasilian and classic music. Address: Laivurinrinne Opening hours: Wed–Fri 12noon–6pm, Sat 11am–4pm. www.dubjazzsalsa.com
A record store that offers a wide selection of music and doesn’t concentrate on any specific genre. Apart from records they sell even movies, books and shirts. Address: Arkadiankatu Opening hours: Mon–Fri 11am–7pm, Sat 11am–5pm. http://www.recordshopx.com/
Stupido-Shop According to their own website, this is simply the best record shop in Finland. The shelves are filled with both domestic and foreign pop/rock/indie/hiphop/reggae/ electro/jazz/soul classics with a great variety of discount items. Address: Iso Roobertinkatu Opening hours: Mon–Fri 11am–7pm, Sat 11am–5pm.
Shops, boutiques and department stores
Shops, boutiques and department stores
Design Forum Finland
Limbo Boutique
Design Forum Shop offers a transforming, versatile and unique collection of Finnish design: from contemporary design to classics, industrial design to unique oneoffs. The Shop is a showcase for over 200 designers and companies – design that one will probably not find from anywhere else! Address: Erottajankatu Opening hours: Mon–Fri 10am–7pm, Sat 10am–6pm. http://www.designforum.fi/shop
This curious little boutique has 2 floors full of unique clothing and accessories created by 20 independent designers from Finland. Address: Annankatu Opening hours: Mon–Fri 11am–6pm, Sat 11am–4pm. http://www.limbo.fi/
Ivana Helsinki Ivana Helsinki delicately mends Slavic rough melancholy and pure Scandinavian moods. The collections are like small ballads with charming, soulful and savvy tones. The mix of past and present has infused designer Paola Suhonen’s style with yester years’ flavourful sophistication along with a shot of contemporary charm. Address: Uudenmaankatu Opening hours: Mon–Fri 11am–7pm, Sat 11am–4pm. http://www.ivanahelsinki.com
Kluuvi Kluuvi Shopping Centre focuses on fashion and urban culture. Their shops include some international brands you can find nowhere else in Finland. Address: Aleksanterinkatu 9. Opening hours: Mon–Fri 7am–9pm (most shops open at 9am or later), Sat 9am–6pm, Sun 12noon–6pm. http://www.kluuvi.fi
Lumi The renowned Finnish designer handbag brand Lumi has two stores in Helsinki – the high-street Lumi flagship boutique, located in the historic Kiseleff house opposite the Cathedral, and the multibrand store Lumi on 14 located in the heart of Helsinki’s Design District. Lumi Supermarket – Flagship boutique, address: Aleksanterinkatu Opening hours: Mon–Fri 10am–8pm, Sat 10am–6pm, Sun 12noon–4pm. Lumi on 14 – Multibrand store, address: Pursimiehenkatu Opening hours: Mon–Fri 10am–5pm, Sat 11am–5pm. http://lumiaccessories.com
Made in Kallio Started by a group of local design and culture entrepreneurs, Made In Kallio is the latest addition in to strong local scene of small design and urban culture hubs. It’s a shop, a café, a workspace for several designers and others, who work with wide range things from personalizing bicycles to planning urban spaces. So if you need a cup of coffee, a new t-shirt or a bag, or maybe your bike fixed, you can have it all here while having a chat with a local designer. Address: Vaasankatu 14 Opening hours Tue–Fri 10am–6pm, Sat 11am–5pm, Sun–Mon Closed
Shops, boutiques and department stores Marimekko A Finnish textile and clothing design company renowned for its original prints and colours, their collection includes highquality clothing, interior decoration textiles, bags and other accessories. Marikulma Flagship Store, address: Pohjoisesplanadi Opening hours: Mon–Fri 10am–8pm, Sat 10am–5pm, Sun 12noon–5pm. Marikiska, address: Uudenmaankatu Opening hours: Mon–Fri 10am–6pm, Sat 10am–3pm. http://www.marimekko.com/
Miun Ilona Hyötyläinen’s Miun collection includes clean and clear women’s clothing with a romantic touch. While Miun has an international outlook, its feet are firmly planted in Finnish soil: all the items are produced ethically in small batches in Finland or Estonia. Address: Uudenmaankatu Opening hours: Mon–Fri 11am–6pm, Sat 11am–4pm. http://www.miun.fi/
Ovvn A Helsinki based shop for clothes and accessories, consisting of ten labels by young, local and independent designers such as Anna Hiilinen, Jatuli and Poola Kataryna. A brilliant shop with things you cannot find anywhere else. Address: Iso Roobertinkatu 17–19. Opening hours: Tue–Fri 12noon–6pm, Sat 12noon–4pm. http://www.ovvn.net/
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Shops, boutiques and department stores Salakauppa (Secret Shop) This is one of the most curious shops in Helsinki and the dream come true of Company’s designers Aamu Song and Johan Olin. The little glass cube used to be a flower shop but nowadays sells shoes, bags and other exciting items, celebrating brilliant traditional skills and genuine materials. Address: Postikatu Opening hours: Wed–Fri 2pm–7pm, Sat 12noon–6pm. http://www.salakauppa.fi/ Stockmann A legendary department store that is said to sell pretty much everything. Especially their bookstore is worth seeing, as it’s designed by Alvar Aalto and offers a selection of books that one can only envy. Address: Aleksanterinkatu Opening hours: Mon–Fri 9am–9pm, Sat 9am–6pm, Sun 12noon–6pm. http://www.stockmann.com
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Shops, boutiques and department stores Market places You can find food and souvenirs from Market Square by the South Harbour. Wanha Kauppahalli (Old Market Hall) beside the Market Square offers e.g. cheese and sweets from different specialist shops. The South Harbour is also a popular tourist sight as all the ferries to the fortress island of Suomenlinna depart from there. Hietalahti market hall in Southern Helsinki specialises in antiques and the flea market right next to it is very popular during the weekend. Hakaniemi market hall is situated closest to the Flow Festival area and offers a selection of food, delicacies and souvenirs. The very popular Waltteri flea market operates in Vallila every saturday and sunday from 8 in the morning to around 2 or 3 in the afternoon, when the sellers start to run out of things to sell.
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