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About Me

Orkestar Business Class is what you get when you mix the songs of the Russian and Balkan gypsies with the voice of the last of the great Finnish tango 'crooners', Jaakko Laitinen, the gypsy-punk violin of Matti Kanabro, the cool rhythm guitar of Antti Alatalo and marinate them in the harsh climatic conditions of the Finnish Lapland. Sometimes the songs reflect deepest sadness, sometimes bursting up to fierce speeds and sometimes being gentle and violent at the same time.
The Orkestar was formed at the late 2004 and ever since it has played dozens of gigs in various venues, it does not hesitate to play in smoky pubs, birthday parties, weddings or in any kind of occasion. After the sold out farewell concert and the release of the Orkestar Business Class Duo - Ennen Maanpakoa (Before the Exile) -ep, the singer Jaakko left the country and headed for Hungary, staying there for the whole year 2006.
In January 2007 Jaakko returned with new songs, new ideas and before unseen strength in his voice. Orkestar started playing immediadly. Since then the band has been practicing and playing a lot. It is obvious that they have not only regained, but also exceeded their lost splendour!
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Member Since: 8/24/2006
Band Website: obcd.net
Band Members: Jaakko, Antti, Matti, Jarkko and Marko.
Influences: Saban Bajramovic, Olavi Virta, Hortto Kaalo
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My Blog

Levy tulossa! CD about to come (written 31.7.2008)

Orkestar Business Classin ensilevy ilmestyy 20.8. Helmilevyjen julkaisemana. Levyä voi ostaa suoraan tapaamiesi Orkestar Business Class-henkilöoiden taskuista, mutta varmempaa lie tilata suoraan maini...
Posted by Orkestar Business Class on Thu, 31 Jul 2008 10:19:00 PST

Poksteri

Arvoisat rovaniemeläiset, uusimmassa Poksterissa Orkestarin Jaakon tekemä paralleeli-haastattelu Orkestarin Matista ja Orkesterin Kaarelista!Lisäksi historiallinen artikkeli Rovaniemen markkinoiden va...
Posted by Orkestar Business Class on Mon, 28 Apr 2008 02:11:00 PST

Jaakko returns to Europe!

After the highly succesful minitour at South Finland. Orkestar Business Class takes a short brake as the singer Jaakko Laitinen returns to Hungary. This escape has nothing to do with the rumour of Ork...
Posted by Orkestar Business Class on Wed, 27 Feb 2008 04:30:00 PST

Small changes

Hi!I changed the songs on the player. Songs are same, but with different mastering-versions. They are from the Tivoli gig this autumn and mastered by Mika Saarelainen.Also I added picture for Ramo Ram...
Posted by Orkestar Business Class on Fri, 21 Dec 2007 08:40:00 PST

Surprise gig!

Orkestar Business Class will make a surprise gig at Pub Tupsu on 15th of December!We will try to do it without electric sound equipment!
Posted by Orkestar Business Class on Fri, 14 Dec 2007 08:29:00 PST

New EP about to come out!

Week ago OBC was on studio! We recorded some songs and maybe sooner or later an EP will come out from Orkestar!Hopa!
Posted by Orkestar Business Class on Mon, 10 Dec 2007 11:22:00 PST

OBC on radio tonight!

Terve!Tonight there will be a radio broadcasting of our gig one and half weeks ago at Ilokivi, Jyväskylä, on radio Hear! The broadcast will start at 21:00 Finnish (Eastern European Time), so it will b...
Posted by Orkestar Business Class on Tue, 09 Oct 2007 04:36:00 PST

New pictures!

Hello!New pictures added! Taken by Antti Tenetz!See you tomorrow at Oulu!-J
Posted by Orkestar Business Class on Thu, 04 Oct 2007 07:51:00 PST

Orkestar in radio!

We are happy to tell that few minutes ago Orkestar Business Class's Ramo Ramo was played in Hungarian Rádió MI, in the Funk Reunion-show by the famous DJ Engin Bojnik!Mr Bojnik has two shows in the ra...
Posted by Orkestar Business Class on Sat, 22 Sep 2007 02:43:00 PST

New songs!

Four new songs uploaded to our space. Listen our great new line up from the Tivoli gig last week.Songs were recorded and mixed by Tivolin Hare.Mastered by Mika Saarelainen.
Posted by Orkestar Business Class on Tue, 18 Sep 2007 09:44:00 PST