Antti Paalanen's new soloalbum BREATHBOX will be released in November 22nd 2010. Music is composed by Paalanen and Produced by Kimmo Pohjonen. Paalanen's first solo album ÄÄRELÄ was released in 2007.
Antti Paalanen is one of the leading musicians of modern Finnish folk music. Paalanen graduated as Master of Music from the Department of Folk Music of the Sibelius Academy in 2006. Paalanen plays the accordion in many famous folk music groups like Hehkumo, Hyperborea, Kiharakolmio, Trepaanit and the duo Turkka ja Paalanen. Duo's album HALITULI won the Etno Emma award in 2006. Trepaanit, Hyperborea and Hehkumo have also been nominated for Emma award, which is equivalent to Grammy award in Finland. Hyperborea and Kiharakolmio have both been named groups of the year at the Kaustinen Folk Music Festival.
Paalanen has worked as a musician in many musical, dance and theatre productions, as well as played in concerts abroad with different groups, in China, Mexico, Russia, Austria, Germany, Belgium, Holland, France, Switzerland, Ireland, Italy, Norway, Sweden, Estonia and Denmark.
Paalanen's music is a epic journey to the innermost feelings of this traditional musician. He treats his instrument with a colorful and unprejudiced touch, conjuring a touching sound landscape. Each song is full of meanings, telling a picturesque little story.
Lue lisää: http://www.myspace.com/anttipaalanen
exelent!... so deep! a hug from buenos aires
semantik1000 1 month ago
makes me feel like waking up on a wonderful morning, in a sad but wonderful world ... awesome^^
MeehKrob 1 month ago
erittäin hyvä!
BrutalAnalDeathMetal 1 month ago
Aivan uskomattoman hyvä.
Antti osaa aina häkellyttää haitarin soitollaan.
TheEpeEntertainment 2 months ago