RinneRadio
Finnish jazz and electronic music band / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
RinneRadio is a Finnish group of electro jazz pioneers. Operating on the boundaries of jazz and electronic music, RinneRadio fused jazz into ambient music and techno years before it became a worldwide trend and added hints of world music into it.[1] In the third part, Suomi soi 3 ‒ Ääniaalloilta parrasvaloihin (Tammi, 2005) of a book series about popular music in Finland, it has been written that RinneRadio was several years ahead of their time when they started.[2]
RinneRadio | |
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Background information | |
Origin | Helsinki, Finland |
Genres | Nu jazz, electronic, ambient, techno |
Years active | 1988–present |
Labels | Rockadillo Records, The Ambient Zone, Pyramid (Johanna Kustannus), Aani |
Members | Tapani Rinne Juuso Hannukainen Aleksi Myllykoski |
Website | www |
The biography on the band's website provides the following description of the music they produce: "As the drum'n'bass and techno rhythms are fermented with dark dub, lush ambient soundscapes and timeless saxophone and bass clarinet textures, the resulting brew becomes equally sexy trance jazz and surreal dance music." RinneRadio currently consists of Tapani Rinne (reeds), Aleksi Myllykoski (electronics), and Juuso Hannukainen (percussion).[3]
Author Petri Silas described Tapani Rinne's status as a Finnish musician the following way in the fifth edition of Finnish Jazz published by the Finnish Music Information Centre in 1998: "Forever on the lookout for new horizons, Rinne’s sexy soprano sax and solemn bass clarinet remain among the most original Finnish jazz voices."[4]