Member Since: 4/16/2007
Band Website: suomenmusiikki.fi
Band Members: THE CRASH - EGOTRIPPI - FORK - HAY & STONE - JUKKA POIKA - SAMAE KOSKINEN - MANNA - JOHN MCGREGOR - THE MILLIONERS - NORTHER - REACTOR 5 - TACERE - TIARA - 45 DEGREE WOMAN
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KHY Suomen Musiikki is a modern, versatile and highly skilled record company which also offers an intimate home to its artists. Established in 2005 Suomen Musiikki offers a wide spectrum of music from folky singer-songwriters to rock-a cappella, from metal to pop to reggae and electro. ------------------------------------------------------------
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Suomen Musiikki is a home to both bands with a long career such as Egotrippi and The Crash as well as to new fine talents like Manna, John McGregor and Tiara. And some of company’s artists you might have heard in other surroundings - Samae Koskinen (Sister Flo), Jukka Poika (Soul Captain Band, Kapteeni Ä-ni, Kompostikopla, Jenkkarekka) and Hay and Stone’s Eero Heinonen (The Rasmus). With heavier material such as Norther, Tacere and 45 Degree Woman works company’s metal label Suomen Metalli Musiikki. ------------------------------------------------------------
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Kari Hynninen, CEO and founder of Suomen Musiikki is a real professional with wide experience in music business. Kari started his career already in the late 80’s in record wholesale PEC from which he moved to record company Discophon. There he worked for instance with Kumikameli whose members are also known from Eläkeläiset and speed metal band Airdash.----------------------------------------------------
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After Hynninen quitted in Discophon and Airdash broke up, Kari signed its guitarist new band Sub-Urban Tribe to his brand new record company Zen Garden. Zen Garden was also the label which found cello-metal band Apocalyptica in the 90’s and worked with various artists from punk to world music. During Zen Garden years Hynninen also worked as tour manager for metal legend Amorphis and with another legendary Finnish band Kingston Wall. Later on Zen Garden made many music lovers happy by re-releasing Kingston Wall’s sold out-albums.-------------------------------------------------
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In 2000 Hynninen sold Zen Garden to BMG Finland and started to work as an A&R manger to the company. He continued to work with one of Zen Garden’s most popular names Egotrippi and discovered many new talents who nowadays are among the brightest stars in Finnish music scene. Hynninen was a member of the jury in the first music talent show which a shored in Finland, Popstars, and worked with its winner, a triple platinum band Gimmel.-----------------------------------------------------
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In 2005 when Sony and BMG joined Hynninen was asked to be A&R director in Sony-BMG Finland, but he decided to turn a new page in his life and founded Suomen Musiikki. At the same time he worked for instance as A&R manager and producer for artists and record companies with whom he had worked earlier and done marketing for one of the biggest Finnish new comers Lovex.
Influences:
Sounds Like: Manna
Add to My Profile | More Videos (2007)
FORK - "Games We Play" (05.09.)
JOHN MCGREGOR - "Maa ei oo pimee" (29.08.)
MANNA - "Sister"
JUKKA POIKA - "Äänipää"
THE MILLIONERS - "Most Sexiest Music"
NORHTER - "No Way Back" (EP)
TACERE - "Beautiful Darkness"(2006)
TACERE - "A Voice In The Dark" (minicd)
THE CRASH - "Pony Ride"
HAY AND STONE - "Making Waves"
SAMAE KOSKINEN - "Vol. 1"
EGOTRIPPI - "Vielä koittaa uusi aika"
45 DEGREE WOMAN - "Hard To Handle The Pain"(2005)
JOHN MCGREGOR - "Joki"
FORK - "Cover To Cover"
Record Label: KHY Suomen Musiikki Oy
Type of Label: Indie