Festival No. 0007501 · Est. 2015
Weekend of the year
No. 0013204
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The details
- Venue
- Nordis
- Address
- Nordenskiöldinkatu 11-13 00250
- City
- Helsinki, Finland
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For the record
About the artists
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Aavikko formed in 1995. Plays electronic. -
Aivovuoto formed in 2012. Plays hip hop.
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Black Midi formed in 2017, and split up on 10 August 2024, after 7 years. Plays avant-prog, experimental rock, math rock, noise rock, post-punk, progressive rock.
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Cass McCombs was born in Concord, United States, on 13 November 1977. Plays rock.
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cautious clay was born in Cleveland, United States, on 30 January 1993. Plays alternative r&b, bedroom pop, contemporary r&b, indie pop, jazz, post-bop, r&b.
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Chisu was born in Helsinki, Finland, on 3 January 1982. Plays art pop, electronic, pop.
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Circle formed in 1991. Plays experimental, experimental rock, heavy metal, krautrock, post-rock, psychedelic rock, rock.
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Dâm-Funk was born in Pasadena, United States, on 15 June 1971. Plays funk, hip hop.
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Eleanoora Rosenholm plays art pop, indie pop.
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Empress Of was born in Los Angeles, United States, on 19 October 1989. Plays alternative pop, electropop, pop, synth-pop.
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Forest Swords plays ambient, deconstructed club, electronic, experimental, instrumental, post-industrial.
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Gazelle Twin was born in Brighton, United Kingdom. Plays art pop, dark wave, electro-industrial, electronic, experimental electronic, post-industrial.
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Georgia formed in Canton, United States. Plays country rock.
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Hot Chip formed in London, United Kingdom, in 2000. Plays alternative dance, alternative r&b, deep house, electronic, electronica, electropop, house, indie pop.
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Hot Snakes formed in San Diego, United States, in 1999, and split up in 2005, after 6 years. Plays post-hardcore.
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Huun-Huur-Tu formed in 1992. Plays central asian throat singing, folk.
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IDLES formed in Bristol, United Kingdom, in 2009. Plays art punk, art rock, new wave, noise rock, post-hardcore, post-punk, post-punk revival, punk.
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Ismo Alanko was born in Helsinki, Finland, on 12 November 1960. Plays rock.
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Jesse Markin was born in 1985.
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Jessica Pratt was born in 1987. Plays folk, freak folk, singer-songwriter.
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Jukka Nousiainen was born in 1981.
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Kikagaku Moyo formed in Tokyo, Japan, in 2012, and split up on 3 December 2022, after 10 years. Plays j-rock, psychedelic, psychedelic folk, psychedelic rock, rock.
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Kurt Vile was born in Lansdowne, United States, on 3 January 1980. Plays indie folk, indie rock, lo-fi, rock.
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Lizzo was born in Detroit, United States, on 27 April 1988. Plays contemporary r&b, hip hop, pop rap, pop soul, r&b.
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Magma formed in Paris, France, in 1969. Plays avant-garde, experimental, jazz rock, progressive, progressive rock, zeuhl.
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Maustetytöt formed in Helsinki, Finland, in November 2017. Plays indie pop, pop rock, synth-pop.
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Nas was born in Brooklyn, United States, on 14 September 1973. Plays boom bap, conscious hip hop, deep soul, east coast hip hop, hardcore hip hop, hip hop, hip hop soul, jazz rap.
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Olavi Uusivirta was born in Helsinki, Finland, on 28 July 1983. Plays alternative rock, indie pop, pop, pop rock, singer-songwriter.
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Pan Daijing was born in Guiyang, Germany, in 1991.
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Puce Mary was born in 1989. Plays ambient, dark ambient, death industrial, drone, industrial, noise, power electronics.
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Pää Kii formed in 2012. Plays punk, punk rock, rock.
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Radiopuhelimet formed in Oulu, Finland, in March 1986. Plays punk.
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Rival Consoles was born in Leicester, United Kingdom, on 10 November 1985. Plays electronic, idm, microhouse.
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Roger Eno was born in Woodbridge, United Kingdom, in 1959. Plays ambient, modern classical, space ambient.
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Ruusut formed in 2016.
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Spencer Krug was born in Penticton, Canada, on 4 May 1977.
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Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks formed in Portland, United States, in 2000.
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Suede formed in London, United Kingdom, in 1989. Plays alternative rock, art rock, britpop, chamber pop, dream pop, glam rock, indie rock, neo-psychedelia.
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Tim Hecker was born in Vancouver, Canada, in 1974. Plays ambient, dark ambient, drone, electroacoustic, electronic, experimental, experimental electronic, glitch.
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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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Uncle Acid & the Deadbeats formed in Cambridge, United Kingdom, in 2009. Plays doom metal, heavy psych, psychedelic, psychedelic rock, stoner rock, traditional doom metal.
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Vesta was born on 20 June 1994. Plays art pop, singer-songwriter.
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Yeboyah was born in Helsinki, Finland, on 10 September 1996. Plays hip hop.