listen to the music you like

The biking season started and ended in a concert mood. Just behind the corner. With the soundtrack of Veronica Falls.



The video was directed by Nicola Probert.

driving late at night... I'll let you listen to the music you like 

biking to Palios

“I have an old-fashioned idea about music videos—I think the videos should relate to the music. Some videos seem as if you could swap out the music and no one would be the wiser, but I didn’t want that to be the case with Ryan and Mira’s video. I wanted to make something that was a specific expression of their music. It was a bit tricky, inasmuch as their music is instrumental. So what’s it about, really? How to visually express it? Firstly, I knew they’d taken this trip to Greece together, and guessed it must have been an important trip, because hell, Ryan named the album after it: ‘Road to Palios.’ So it seemed like an obvious choice to make the video some kind of journey to idyllic Palios, probably starting from the urban hell-scape of Portland, Oregon (where he lives).” Matt Kresling, director



Road To Palios by Ryan Francesconi and Mirabai Peart is out now via Bella Union.

hopeful to see them now

"We find our inspiration in old movies, late-night biking trips, second-hand shops, picnics and love." All of which are simply perfect reasons to be a perfect band. I should say I am really looking forward to midnight biking again as much as I am looking forward to Paperfang's debut album that will be released this year by Soliti. I am hopeful to see it.



For more music from Finland make sure to check Glue & we never stood a chance (in FIN).

a sweet song from Paula & Karol

Check Lado ABC label from Warsaw.

le vent nous portera

It's really windy whenever I bike during these spring days in Helsinki. Luckily it's not so dramatic as in Noir Désir's video :)


Noir Désir - Le Vent Nous Portera by Noirdesir-officiel

The video was directed by Alexandre Courtès and Jacques Veneruso.

(Read the interview with Alexandre Courtès here. A/N 3/02/2012)

oh yeah, it's a sunny day!

LCMDF - Future Me OFFICIAL VIDEO from LCMDF on Vimeo.

Snow depth below 7 cm. It dropped suddenly during last two weeks from the simply vulgar and outrageous 57 cm snowdrifts! Biking, dusting off my sunglasses, breathing in. Yeah, yeah, it's a sunny day! Emma and Mia, two sisters from Helsinki, hiding behind the name Le Corps Mince de Françoise, make it feel so much more than ok. Releasing their works under the Heavenly Recordings label, LCMDF is scandinavian to the bone in its good pop sense. Well, it's no too slick. It's dusty enough without causing asthmatic reactions. And it's delightfully vapoury as their video (great work of Philipp Kässbohrer). So she says: good, weird songs should be appreciated. Who? Emma! She says it so right! I appreciate it a lot!

blending in Amsterdam

My recent trip to Amsterdam brought so many spring senses into my life. While biking around (I confess I cherished most of Amsterdam clichés) I discovered one of the best record stores I have ever been - Concerto. What a feast! I could move in there immediately. There I had a great pleasure to discover a band that nowadays makes me dance on my way to work and after hours - Kris Berry. What a vibe! Such a dose of energy is emanating from the debut EP (get it here). It's swinging, it's strong and charming, it's Caribbean, it's jazzy, it's Latin, it's blending positively just like Amsterdam. It's fine! For me spring has officially started. Waiting for more flowers to blossom!