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Artist: Ismo Alanko

 

Biography

Ismo Kullervo Alanko (born November 12, 1960, Helsinki, Finland) is a popular Finnish rock singer/songwriter. n n Raised in Joensuu, Finland, he catapulted to fame in 1980 in a band called Hassisen Kone (Hassinen's Machine, after a local sewing machine shop), which won the Finnish championship in a band competition. In the year 1982, the band started experiencing internal problems and broke up. Alanko started a new band called Sielun Veljet (Soul Brothers). Sielun Veljet's style was completely different from Hassisen Kone's one, and some fans protested, but Sielun Veljet was a great success mainly for its famous live-shows. In 1991, after Sielun Veljet broke up, Ismo Alanko started his solo career with an album Kun suomi putos puusta (When Finland fell from the Tree), which was also made as an art project to Helsinki City Festivals. After that there has been many albums, with different kinds of groups, ranging from weird euro-techno-kind-of sounds of "Jäätyneitä lauluja" ("Frozen Songs") to autumnal baroque feeling of "Taiteilijaelämää" ("Artist way of Life"). Since the album "Pulu" ("Pidgeon"), his band ...

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Albums

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EP

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Artwork for Taiteilijaelämää

Taiteilijaelämää

January 1, 1995

Nr. Title Play
1. Taiteilijaelämää 2:46
2. Kurjet 3:06
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Artwork for Kuolemalla on monet kasvot

Kuolemalla on monet kasvot

January 1, 1993

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1. Kuolemalla on monet kasvot 2:43
2. Tanssihakkelus 2:52
3. Tule sellaisena kuin olet 2:41
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Artwork for Extaasiin

Extaasiin

January 1, 1993

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1. Extaasiin 3:14
2. Extaasiin ragga-häh 2:50
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Compilations

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