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Kiwa (electronic Music Act)
KIWA aka Markku Louhio ( Mark Nomen), is an electronic music producer and musician from Finland. Originally a duo, KIWA also included Matti Elsinen ( DJ Mauzer) as a member until 2016. Since then Markku has continued the project as a solo artist. Markku and Matti began their musical careers as producers in the psychedelic trance scene in 1995. The group started to make a name for themselves performing in underground raves and forest parties in the late 1990s. After their first releases on the Helsinki-based label Surreal Audio Recordings in 2000 and 2001, KIWA started to gain followers also internationally. The music of KIWA has influences among other styles from funk, breaks, house and drum & bassKIWA's first two albums, ''Dreamtime Enhancer'' (2002and ''Retroactive'' (2004 represent a style blending mix of psy trance, breaks, electronica and occasional references to drum & bass. Kiwa's third album ''On the Frequency'' (2007shows a more progressive approach on dance music. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Finland
Finland ( fi, Suomi ; sv, Finland ), officially the Republic of Finland (; ), is a Nordic country in Northern Europe. It shares land borders with Sweden to the northwest, Norway to the north, and Russia to the east, with the Gulf of Bothnia to the west and the Gulf of Finland across Estonia to the south. Finland covers an area of with a population of 5.6 million. Helsinki is the capital and largest city, forming a larger metropolitan area with the neighbouring cities of Espoo, Kauniainen, and Vantaa. The vast majority of the population are ethnic Finns. Finnish, alongside Swedish, are the official languages. Swedish is the native language of 5.2% of the population. Finland's climate varies from humid continental in the south to the boreal in the north. The land cover is primarily a boreal forest biome, with more than 180,000 recorded lakes. Finland was first inhabited around 9000 BC after the Last Glacial Period. The Stone Age introduced several differ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
