Finland
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Finland, officially the Republic of Finland (Finnish: Suomi; Swedish: Finland), is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of northern Europe. It borders Sweden on the west, Russia on the east, and Norway on the north, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland. The capital city is Helsinki. Around 5.3 million people reside in Finland, with the majority concentrated in the southern part of the country. It is the eighth largest country in Europe in terms of area and the most sparsely populated country in the European Union. The native language for most of the population is Finnish, a member of the Finno-Ugric language family most closely related to Estonian, and is one of only four official EU languages not of Indo-European origin. The other official language of Finland, Swedish, is the mother tongue of 5.5 percent of the population. Finland is a democratic, parliamentary republic with a mostly Helsinki-based central government and local governments in 348 municipalities. A total of a million residents live in Greater Helsinki (including Helsinki, Espoo and Vantaa) and a third of the country's GDP is produced there. Other major cities include Tampere, Turku, Oulu, Jyväskylä and Lahti.
HistoryFinnish psy-trance culture has its roots in the early 90´s first wave of electronic music in the country as well as in the deep forests of Finland, Goan beaches and places like Helsinki suburbs, Old cottage called Ruskopirtti and sandpits near Porvoo city. The tide of the new sounds and culture were soon reinterpreted, adapted and infused with local flavors, paving the way for artists such as Gad, O-Men, Texas Faggott, Squaremeat, Haltya, Outolintu, Salakavala, Eraser vs Yöjalka, Mandalavandalz, Puoskari, Aavepyörä and others. They soon became considered representing a whole new genre called suomisoundi, which literally means Finnish sound. Music grown from the forests of a country with a nightless summer nights gained soon attention abroad as well. In Finland it has always been all about the forest parties. The psy trance culture grew up from sometimes even quite spontaneously put up nighttime mayhems between the birches and pine trees. Goa trance and psy entered the downtown clubs only after the last years of the 90´s. Around the year 2000 there was a new wave of psy trance rinsing the mostly Helsinki based scene. A lot of new talented artists entered the stages and many albums which are nowadays considered somewhat cornerstones of the psy trance made in Finland, were released.
[2010] Creative grounds in FINLAND
Finnish peculiar style of psy trance, Suomi style or Suomi sound has it´s roots deep in the forests of Finland, Goan beaches in India and places like Helsinki suburbs, Old cottages and county houses around Southern Finland and sandpits near Porvoo city. In the turn of the millenium artists such as Texas Faggott, Squaremeat, Salakavala, Mandalavandalz, Puoskari, Aavepyörä, Haltya, James Reipas and others became considered representing a whole new genre, which literally means Finnish sound. But trance and dance music made in Finland is not all about Suomi sound. Vishnudata, Kiwa, Troll Scientists, Tripteaser and many others take their influences from the international currents. Psybreaks, progressive, Darkpsy, UK originated sound and many other psy related genres have their fans in Finland. 2009 saw some changes in the mostly Helsinki and Tampere based psy scene, parties being smaller and fewer but the intensity being still more higher, with lot of dedicated people doing pioneering work especially in the Helsinki club scene. First time in years a nightclub in the center of Helsinki nightlife area features regular psy evenings by organisations such as People Of The Butterflies, Synchro and Clinic and international headliners from Total Eclipse to Hallucinogen and from Filteria to Broken Toy are regular quests in town. Konemetsä Festival having a break for the summer 2010 it´s more likely to come across with Finnish people at international festivals like Boom, Ozora and Fullmoon. A new highlight for next season in Finland is Metsäfestiwaal with international line up. And of course there wont be a weekend without a forest or a gottage party, from small gatherings to a large all night mayhems arranged by underground organizations like Unfair Funfair, Sokeaa Euforiaa and Wider Visions. Most likely place to find infos about these events is elixiria.fi, the virtual community of Finnish psy people. Those creating the culture and being the original wizards of the dance floors - namely Kiwa, EvsY, Vishnudata, Troll Scientists, Texas Faggott, Mandalawandalz, Squarefeet, Robomate, Okta, Snyper, Puoskari and many others have been busy in the studio. All have had recent releases or next one coming up right around the corner. Freakdance Records, Antiscarp, Exogenic Records and Exogenic Breaks continues to deliver their quality releases. Finnish artists and deejays are regular guests in the lineups all over the world. Twice a month radioshow Back To Mad spreads the message of love and unity in our small but diversive and dedicated scene. Dj Miazu and Inkeri Tähti features at Bassoradio international and domestic guests and music from all sides of psychedelic music.
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