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A new SYKSY-album "Rakkauden korvike" was released in September 17th 2008 on Propaganda.
RAKKAUDEN KORVIKE available for downloads!
SYKSY album RAKKAUDEN KORVIKE is available for downloads
May 15. 2008 : http://www.amazon.com/Rakkauden-Korvike/
(The whole new album: RAKKAUDEN KORVIKE, available ONLY FOR YOU in the U.S.A. !!)
SYKSY HITS ETHER WITH THE LEGENDS!!
Syksy´s Psykohauva was selected into PUNK ROCK RADIO SAMPLER 2008, a compilation-cd of a radiodj Punkpunkgoose´s all-time-favourites. Punk Rock radio Sampler 2008 will be presented to 75 radiostations and 60 dj´s all over United States. The rest of the copies will reach consumers via record shops.
Other performers in the Punk Rock Radio Sampler 2008 are projects of onetime-members of AC/DC, Judas Priest, Generation-X, for example. Connections to bands such as Lords of the New Church, the Damned, Dead Boys, the Cult exist.
Dj Punkpunkgoose aka Sean Randolph works in WRYR:org, WMUG and WMUC (which is the oldest university radiostation in the world)radiostations that can be listened in the internet also.
Syksy will be releasing two radiosingles "V-tyylin sohva" (V-style sofa) and "Muuttolintu" (Migratory Bird) during the spring 2008.
Album "Rakkauden Korvike" (Substitute for love) will be out sometime April 2008.
Finnband SYKSY ("autumn" in english) was born in a sauna sometime during 1980's, then named Independent. Singer-songwriter Heikki Lätti (almost 16 years old at that time) and drummer Tero Tolvanen (13 years) describe the first years saying "Lots of cigarstubs got smoked while banging milkcanisters and throwing chainsaws."
Independent sang in english till Heikki Lätti got bored and started to write in finnish. At the same time band's name was changed to SYKSY.
First official SYKSY was Anssi Huotari(g), Esa Issakainen(g), Jere Venäläinen(keyboards), Antti Hassinen(b), Tero Tolvanen(dr) and Heikki Lätti(voc). They won bandcompetition for new talents in 1996 and as a prize they got some studiotime. They made demo and that lead to recording contract with Zantar Music. Album Koskematon (Untouchable) came out in 1998, sided with 2 singles, Apina (Ape) and KukaMitäMikäMissä? (WhoWhatWhenWhere?).
Esa Issakainen left the band to start a career as an UN-soldier in Kosovo, Antti Hassinen went to some other projects and Heikki Lätti moved to Helsinki with Tero Tolvanen. SYKSY continued as a trio with Jari Pekkonen as a bassman.
In 2002 Heikki Lätti got married and moved back to the home ranch. New songs started to pouring out. As a result Metsurin Kyynel -ep (Tear of a Lumberjack) came out in 2006 and Psykohauva (Psychodoggie) in 2007. They're distributed (and highly recommended also!) in France by Combat Records.
Videos of Metsurin Kyynel and Psykohauva were also published in 2007. Metsurin Kyynel -video was selected to Tampere ShortFilmFestivals - which is considered as a very remarkable festival in Europe - and well liked.
A new SYKSY-album will be out about in September 2007 on Propaganda.
At the moment SYKSY is Heikki Lätti (g, voc), Jari Pekkonen (b), Tero Tolvanen (dr) and Esa Issakainen (g). Jere Venäläinen (keyboards) concentrates on his family and Varkaus Theater at the moment.
Contact addresses:
www.syksy.org
myspace.com/syksyband
info@pro-records.net
www.pro-records.net
PRO-Records
Salmitie 18
FI-14700 Hauho
Finland
tel. +358 3 654 69 52/ +358 50 522 26 35
www.combatrock.com
gigs: syksyband@gmail.com
tel. +358 50 931 32 21
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