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Solmu Records & Booking

About Me

Solmu Records & Booking is a small indie record label and booking agency from Tampere,Finland. Solmu Records was established in 2005 and it was originally just a record label.

Nowadays Solmu is mainly a booking agency, releasing just a few records per year.The most well-known artists in Solmu Booking's roster are folkish singer-songwriters JohnMcGregor and Sami Kukka, and Retropop, a group playing cheerful electronic pop music.

Solmu Records' artists:
- TheUrania News
- Saaga
- PaulusMertanen
- Avaruuskorpraali PahaHirvi
- Käyttöohje
- Kurki (on the sublabel Olo Levyt )

Solmu Booking's artists:
- JohnMcGregor
- Retropop
- Sami Kukka
- Ísla
- Kurki
- Saaga
- Käyttöohje


For bookings or anything else, please contact:
Aapo Hellman
aapo(ät)solmu.info
+358 (0)50 5382175

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Member Since: 2/17/2007
Band Website: solmu.info
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Solmu Records' discography

Paulus Mertanen
"Muutoksen jälkeen" EP
(2007, solmu-0005)

Käyttöohje
"Vihreä sydän EP"
(2007, solmu-0004)

Avaruuskorpraali Paha Hirvi
"Kindheit"
(2007, solmu-0003)

Saaga
"Like a Whisper EP"
(2006, solmu-0002)

Käyttöohje
"Sinusta sinulle -ep"
(2005, solmu-0001)


Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

The debut album by Kurki released as mp3

Kurki played the release gig of their debut album at Kivi in Tampere on Friday the 9th of May. The album is now for sale in Solmu Records' mp3 shop. The 12" vinyl is being pressed at the moment and it...
Posted by Solmu Records & Booking on Sun, 11 May 2008 03:34:00 PST

Sami Kukka joined Solmu Bookings roster

Singer-songwriter Sami Kukka has joined Solmu Booking's artist roster. Sami has a long musical history, but he became widely known just last year after the release of his third album "Kuolema tekee tu...
Posted by Solmu Records & Booking on Fri, 11 Apr 2008 07:33:00 PST

"Muutoksen jälkeen" EP reviewed

"Muutoksen jälkeen" EP by Paulus Mertanen got its first review on Desibeli.net. Not a bad review, three stars out of five and some pleasant comments.Read the review at http://www.desibeli.net/arvostel...
Posted by Solmu Records & Booking on Sun, 10 Feb 2008 07:04:00 PST

Solo-Femma award to John McGregor

John McGregor got a Solo-Femma award at Femmagaala, an award ceremony organised by the Finnish music magazine Rumba. As the name states, Solo-Femma is given for the best solo artist of the year. Femma...
Posted by Solmu Records & Booking on Sun, 27 Jan 2008 11:16:00 PST

"Maa ei oo pimee" Soundi’s album of the year

John McGregor's album "Maa ei oo pimee" was chosen to be the Finnish album of the year by the editors of Soundi magazine. Last year the acknowledgement was given to J. Karjalainen for his "one man and...
Posted by Solmu Records & Booking on Tue, 11 Dec 2007 09:45:00 PST

"Pieni lapsi" by Paulus Mertanen uploaded

"Muutoksen jälkeen" EP by Paulus Mertanen is finally ready to be released. You can listen to the opening title of the EP "Pieni lapsi" at Solmu's MySpace page. The EP will be released next friday the ...
Posted by Solmu Records & Booking on Fri, 23 Nov 2007 11:51:00 PST

John McGregor on the Finnish album chart

John McGregor's new album "Maa ei oo pimee" debuted this week on the Finnish album chart at number 22. Congratulations to John and his record label Suomen Musiikki Check out the chart at www.yle....
Posted by Solmu Records & Booking on Thu, 06 Sep 2007 11:18:00 PST

Käyttöohje’s "Vihreä sydän EP" out soon!

Käyttöohje's new cd "Vihreä sydän EP" will be released soon. The release gig of the EP will be at KuljuRock next friday the 11th of August. "Vihreä sydän EP" hits the record stores all over Finland 22...
Posted by Solmu Records & Booking on Tue, 14 Aug 2007 03:00:00 PST

John McGregor's MySpace page

For the great joy of his anticipated fans, John McGregor has finally entered the world of MySpace  Go and check out www.myspace.com/mcgregorjohn...
Posted by Solmu Records & Booking on Tue, 14 Aug 2007 03:00:00 PST

Ísla and Silene joined Solmu's roster

Two bands from Tampere, Ísla and Silene have joined Solmu Records' booking agency roster.Ísla plays catchy powerpop tunes with a genuine do-it-yourself attitude.Find out more at www.islamusic.net and ...
Posted by Solmu Records & Booking on Tue, 14 Aug 2007 03:00:00 PST