Funky Finland

The Funky Finland online service highlights the artists, who have contributed to the diverse Finnish rhythm music field. Curated by Funky Amigos, verified by artists.
Funky Amigos is a non-profit association with a focus on producing diverse and communal events, activities as well as other program and artistic content. We promote and uphold the status and conspicuousness of black rhythm music and its artists as well as cultural diversity and tolerance in Finland.

The Funky Finland online service highlights the artists, who have contributed to the diverse Finnish rhythm music field. Curated by Funky Amigos, verified by artists.
Funky Amigos is a non-profit association with a focus on producing diverse and communal events, activities as well as other program and artistic content. We promote and uphold the status and conspicuousness of black rhythm music and its artists as well as cultural diversity and tolerance in Finland.

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Conquering the world

Dashing Waves is one of the exciting Finnish artists introduced and represented by Funky Amigos for the international music professionals at this year's WOMEX held in Lisbon between 19th and 23rd of October, 2022. Dashing Waves on VirtualWOMEX website (womex.com) »

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Finding new opportunities at WOMEX '22

Mama Longhorn, the respected Pori-based band playing progressive northern afrobeat, is represented at WOMEX again this year by Funky Amigos. The worldwide music expo gathers thousands of music professionals in Lisbon in October 2022. Mama Longhorn on WOMEX website (womex.com) »

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Bobby makes name around the globe

The second album Get On The Otherside by Finnish retro soul comet Bobby Oroza released in summer '22 has been praised worldwide. Tours this year include several live shows in United States as well as in Japan, many of these already sold out. YouTube: Bobby Oroza - Sweet Agony (video) » YouTube: Bobby Oroza - I Got Love - Live At Diamond Mine (video) » Bandcamp »

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Timo Lassy

Saxophonist, composer and band leader Timo Lassy has been recording and performing as a solo artist since 2007. He has been described as one of the most luminous jazz artists of Finland, who is well-known...

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Plutonium 74

Helsinki-based Plutonium 74 plays psychedelic rhythm music (or “melancholic marine groove” as they call it) and is one of the most important and eclectic bands in the Finnish funky scene dating back to the late...

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Laulurastas

Roots reggae band Laulurastas hailing from Jyväskylä is one of the most acknowledged acts in the Finreggae scene of the Millennium era. Laulurastas got back together in 2013 and released their self-titled debut album in...

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Dashing Waves

Dashing Waves, founded in 1997, play their unique version of urban multiethnic world groove and were well ahead of their time during the millennium changeover period. Today the band, built around the Congolese-Finnish Cheka Kalupala...

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Mama Longhorn

Nicknamed as “the rhythm tank”, Mama Longhorn plays their own version of organic rhythm music fusion based on the traditions from afrobeat to funk and flavoured with several different influences, never afraid to break traditional...

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Plutonium 74

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