Recycling factory 3.-4.5.2008

This special recycling event includes a swap shop market, products made from recycled materials, information from environmental and recycling organisations, workshops, shows, exhibitions, and sales of organic and fair trade products.

Place: Cable factory, Helsinki
More: www.kierratystehdas.fi

Helsinki in Berlin: 50 Finnish artists coming to Berlin in April 2008!

Berlin has been the capital of something or other for 400 odd years now: from the Kingdom of Prussia to the German Empire. This spring, Berlin will also be the capital of Finnish music. "Helsinki in Berlin" is an unprecedented push to get quality Finnish music the kind of attention it deserves. Check out the dates and venues for 50 different acts: http://www.myspace.com/helsinkiinberlin

100% Finlande

100% Finlande, a cultural season presenting Finnish culture in France opened in the beginning of April. Similar cultural seasons, presenting different countries, have been organized in France for almost twenty years now. They are based on agreements made on governmental level. The 100 % Finlande season brings during three months altogether 250 Finnish events and 500 Finnish artists to France.

With 7 million euros budget the producers of the 100% Finlande have managed to create massive events around the France. Especially take a look at their official blog and 100% Finlande site:

http://www.100pour100finlande.fr/
http://www.100pour100finlande.fr/-Blog-.html

Sensor instruments: wave your hands

New group UNI formed.

The combination of acoustic instruments, analog keyboards, computer based digital electronics, synchronized visual elements and new sensor instruments makes this group a unique enterprise in the musical scene. All the members are experienced and praised long term professionals that have been involved in most of the existing music genres.

The music of UNI is influenced by many different types of styles. Jazz improvisations, world music flavors, contemporary experiments and electronic sound worlds put together form an exceptional mixture.