Finnish Music

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COLLECTION: FINNISCHER TANGO Finally, a high quality Finnish tango compilation with English notes. This one's from the Trikont label of Germany and features the top tango hits and stars from 1915 - 1998, including Olavi Virta, Harmony Sisters, Iivari Kainulainen, Reijo Taipale, Topi Sorsakoski, Eino Grön, Brita Koivunen, M.A. Numminen and more. Twenty-four tracks in all. Essential item for those who want a taste of the real Finland. (US 0250) 110

available from www.digelius.com (http://www.digelius.com) also other titles, world music

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http://www.stolaf.edu/people/niemisto/poijat/

Ameriikan Poijat, a brass band

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Some sort of Modern dance music by Ville Virtanen, aka Darude:
THE TRANCE HOUSE INCIDENT: Darude hits UK charts
Let’s cut to the chase. At first, there is something like a warning signal. A brilliantly engineered sound that’s increased in frequency, until it sounds like an alarm following you all through the track. It literally leaves you with no chance but run. Or dance for your life. Darude fills the atmosphere with positive energy made up of a mix of evident and unexpected. In fact, time after time there’s always something new when you listen to Darude. Something so fresh that you may even get lost in the music. And there really isn’t room for anyone else. Just you and the beat. Some might say it’s rude. We say it’s Darude.

Others think the Darude sound is at its best when enjoyed with other people. Just as you pick up the progressive beat on the dance floor, the ever present soundscape vanishes, only to trick you back to the rhythm after a moment of silence. Maybe it’s the versatility that makes trance house appeal to your senses both on the radio and in the clubs. Produced by JS16, accepted and respected by Judge Jules, Pete Tong, Paul Van Dyk and Matt Darey among others, Darude’s 1st single “Sandstorm“ has been all over charts in the Northern Europe and UK. With the 2nd single and an album coming out in later, Darude is giving trance a chance big time. Trance is not turning the house up side down. It’s refining it. Trance house combines surprising new elements and the things that originally shaped house music. It creates a new kind of energetic experience. Move your way. The energy is in you. All you need is the spirit and an extra pack of socks. Save the last trance for yourself. [6/19/00]