Festival No. 0007501 · Est. 2015
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Where it happens
The details
- Venue
- Teurastamo
- Address
- Työpajankatu 2 00250
- City
- Helsinki, Finland
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About the artists
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Chelsea Wolfe was born in Roseville, United States, on 14 November 1983. Plays alternative rock, dark wave, gothic rock, rock, singer-songwriter. -
Death Hawks formed in Riihimaki, Finland, in 2010. Plays psychedelic rock.
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Demdike Stare formed in Manchester, United Kingdom, in 2009. Plays ambient dub, electronic.
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Dinosaur Jr formed in Amherst, United States, in 1984. Plays alternative rock, indie rock, new wave, noise rock, rock.
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Disco Ensemble formed in Ulvila, Finland, in 1996, and split up in 2018, after 22 years. Plays alternative rock, dance-punk, electronic rock, post-hardcore.
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DJ Shadow was born in San Jose, United States, on 29 June 1972. Plays downtempo, electronic, electronica, experimental, experimental hip hop, hip hop, instrumental hip hop, trip hop.
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Editors formed in 2002. Plays alternative rock, indie rock, pop rock, post-punk, post-punk revival, synth-pop.
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Hidria Spacefolk formed in Lohja, Finland, in 1999. Plays jam band, progressive rock, psychedelic rock.
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Huoratron plays electronic.
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Hurula was born in Lulea, Sweden, on 8 November 1979.
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Iisa was born in Tampere, Finland, on 9 August 1979.
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Jukka Nousiainen was born in 1981.
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Kairon; IRSE! formed in Kaustinen, Finland, in 2010. Plays neo-psychedelia, psychedelic rock, shoegaze.
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Kaleidobolt formed in Helsinki, Finland, in 2014. Plays krautrock, progressive rock, psychedelic rock, stoner rock.
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Kube plays hip hop, trap.
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Lady Leshurr was born in Kingshurst, United Kingdom, on 15 December 1988. Plays house.
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Lake Jons formed in 2014. Plays folk, pop, rock.
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Mika Vainio was born in Helsinki, Finland, on 15 May 1963, and died on 12 April 2017, aged 53. Plays drone, glitch.
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Oddarrang formed in 2003. Plays experimental, jazz, post-rock.
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Röyksopp formed in Tromsø, Norway, in 1998. Plays ambient, ambient house, club, dance, dance-pop, downtempo, edm, electro house.
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Sanni was born in Lohja, Finland, on 26 May 1993. Plays electropop.
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Satellite Stories formed in Oulu, Finland, in 2008, and split up in 2018, after 10 years.
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The Coathangers formed in Atlanta, United States, in 2006. Plays punk rock.
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The Radio Dept. formed in Lund, Sweden, in 1995. Plays dream pop, indie pop, shoegaze.
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Thurston Moore Group formed in 2017.
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Tippa-T was born in 1992.
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Tuuttimörkö was born in Kirkkonummi, Finland, in 1988, and died in August 2025, aged 37. Plays hip hop.
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Villa Nah plays synth-pop.