11. Underground over the net: Three cases of underground music in Finland in the age of platforms

JUHO KAITAJÄRVI-TIEKSO and JUHO HÄNNINEN


 

1. Litku Klemetti, “Juna Kainuuseen”

From: Juna Kainuuseen. Luova Records [no catalogue number], 2017, compact disc; LUOVA0024, 2018, 33 1/3 rpm; Viihdekasetit 002, 2017, compact cassette.

 

Sanna Klemetti: vocals, balalaika, casiotone, MIDI-controller; Sammy: drums, backing vocals; Alex boy: electric guitar.

 

 

Litku Klemetti’s most popular music video and a title track from her breakthrough album.


 

2. Litku Klemetti, “Jääkuningatar”

From: Juna Kainuuseen. Luova Records [no catalogue number], 2017, compact disc; LUOVA0024, 2018, 33 1/3 rpm; Viihdekasetit 002, 2017, compact cassette.

 

Sanna Klemetti: vocals, balalaika, casiotone, MIDI-controller; Sammy: drums, backing vocals; Alex boy: electric guitar.

 

 

Another very popular music video from the same album.


 

3. “Twist”

From: “La brava gente” / “Espoirs de Printemps”. Tavola rotonda T70011, 1961, 45 rpm.

 

YouTube Channel

 

Talk show channel on Youtube hosted by Litku Klemetti. Guests are peer musicians from the Finnish underground rock scene.


 

4. Versace Henrik, “Pöljä”

 

Janne Ahtiainen, vocals.

 

 

A song by Ahtiainen’s first musical pseudonym representing his activity in Soundcloud rap scene.


 

5. Henrik!, Vanha Testamentti

From: Katakombi 005, 2018, compact cassette; Katakombi 006, 2018, 33 1/3 rpm.

 

No information on line-up.

 

 

The hardcore album that represent Janne Ahtiainen’s new artistic phase. Despite the genre, it was released by Katakombi label, operated by a prominent Finnish underground hip hop artist Eevil Stöö.


 

6. Jukka Nousiainen, Huonoa seuraa

From: TNT Tapes & Records Services TNT-1000 000 x 1000 000, 2014, compact casssette; Äänetön AA6, 2014, compact disc; TNT TAPES & RECORDS SERVICES, Rock ‘n’ Roll Bullshit Recorsd TNT-1000 000 x 1000 000, [no catalogue number], 2014, 33 1/3 rpm.

 

 

The album that launched Nousianen’s solo career and gained wide critical acclaim.


 

7. Räjäyttäjät. Räjäyttäjät. Dead Beat Records DB 104, 2013, 33 1/3 rpm

 

Rapa-Kalljonen Hapon-Nousijainen (Jukka Nousiainen), vocals, electric guitar; ZZ Rock Siltanen (Mikko Siltanen), bass; Ale Muuni Räjä Reed (Alex Reed), drums.

 

 

The album by Nousianen’s band that was released in the US.