Best Advertising From Finland

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Finnish disco king is back again

Do you remember how Diesel was exploiting the "learn to disco" video of the legendary Finnish Åke Blomqvist? Well, now it's Mini's turn. Check out Mini's latest TV commercial on Youtube:

Architect Viljo Revell: "It was teamwork, you see" 13.2.–16.5.2010

Architect Viljo Revell's best known works in Finland include the Glass Palace in Helsinki, apartment buildings in Tapiola (Espoo) and the Vatiala Chapel near Tampere. Internationally he is renowned for the City Hall of Toronto, Canada.

2010 will see the centenary of Revell's birth and in honour of the event an exhibition of his works will be mounted at the Didrichsen Art Museum which he designed. This will show a selection of his buildings and projects through photographs, drawings, scale models and biographical information, as well as a documentary film based on original material.

The museum has published two books on Viljo Revell to coincide with the exhibition: Viljo Revell, "It was teamwork, you see" (Fi, Swe, Eng.) and Glimpses from Viljo Revell's life (Fi).

More info: www.didrichsenmuseum.fi

Villa Nah: Rainmaker

Villa Nah
Rainmaker
Released by Sähkö Recordings in January 2010
Produced by Villa Nah, Jori Hulkkonen

1. Rainmaker Radio Edit
2. Rainmaker Jori Hulkkonen Extended Mix
3. Rainmaker Jori Hulkkonen Extended Dub
4. Benny's Burning

Order and listen here.

There is always room for a good local service in Helsinki

Pyykkis - New ecological laundry service (Helsinginkatu 16)

Crustum - German bakery in Helsinki (Pursimiehenkatu 7)

Juurenpuoti - brings top-quality Finnish country food products to Helsinki - without middlemen. The Shop’s selection covers a wide variety of food such as organic meat, cheese from independent producers, grain products, bread, etc. (Korkeavuorenkatu 27)

Allotria - Restaurant with a Finnish twist (Hämeentie 68)

Krulla's - Viennese bakery now in a new location. (Lönnrotinkatu 13)

Hannulelauri - Glittering night EP

Glittering Night EP - The debut 12" from Finnish duo hannulelauri embracing 80's style, italo disco and spaced-out rock grooves, giving it their own Finnish twist.

First up is "Glittering Night", shimmering electric synth chords washing over a Commodore 64 groove before a Peter Hook soundalike drops a lovely bassline, making New Order comparisons inevitable (a good thing!). Perfect late-night machine funk.

Next is "Sally 2000", a more introspective piece with insistent digital strings providing the foundation for a childlike toy chime melody, pulsating bass and more as layer upon layer builds to a fuzzed-out, pixelated yet beatless climax.

Finally, the late-night vibe continues as "Sally 2000" gets a version from Finland's techno/house master Jori Hulkkonen who works the track's pleading strings into a more dancefloor-friendly mix.

Dalindèo: Soundtrack for the Sound Eye

Dalindèo's second full-lenght album, “Soundtrack for the Sound Eye”, is now available on Ricky-Tick Records. Moving towards a more cinematic sphere of sound, the Helsinki-based sextet proves that they are ready to match the high expectations brought up by their previous releases.

On board on the new Dalindèo trip is their Berlin-based guest vocalist Bajka. With her immediately recognisable, smoky voice and street-smart spiritual poetry, Bajka adds a whole new dimension in the band’s sound on the soulful tracks "Willpower" and "New Creation".

Docpoint: Tempo - Silent Film Concert on Wed 27.1.2010

DocPoint – Helsinki Documentary Film Festival offers an unique silent film experience where the old Finnish documentaries of Aho & Soldan meet the improvised jazz of The Five Corners Quintet.
The concert is organised in cooperation with National Audiovisual Association.

Check these out also @ Docpoint: Google baby, Videocracy and Three miles north of Molkom.

More info:
Docpoint.info

Vuk (live) @ Icepark, Helsinki on Sat 23.1.2010

Vuk (live) @ Icepark, Helsinki on 23rd of Jan at 8pm.

More info:
www.jaapuisto.fi

Last Cowboy Standing (Skavabölen pojat)

Zaida Bergroth's first feature film Last Cowboy Standing (Skavabölen pojat) has won the main prize in Flash Forward -competition at the Pusan International Film Festival in Korea. Pusan is considered the biggest, most important film festival in Asia.

Last Cowboy Standing is a story about two brothers and their relationship. It is also a story about one family breaking apart in Finland during 1970's and -80's. Screenplay is based on Antti Raivios acclaimed play by the same name.

More info:
Production company: Juonifilmi
Homepage: www.skavabolenpojat.fi