Janne Westerlund (born 1973) is a Finnish musician, songwriter and visual artist known from such Finnish groups as
Circle
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(with the band since 2001),
Pharaoh Overlord
Pharaoh Overlord is an experimental rock (music), rock music band, initially featuring three members of the Finnish group Circle (band), Circle, Jussi Lehtisalo, Janne Westerlund and Tomi Leppänen. Originally begun as a vehicle to indulge their ...
, and . His main instrument is guitar but on his solo gigs he plays banjo as well. He sings and writes lyrics mainly in English. Westerlund's career started in the beginning of the 1990s in a small Finnish city called
Hamina
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when he founded Sweetheart, an experimental noise rock group, with his friends. After Sweetheart, he released two albums of "organic electronica" with a trio called .
All the studio and live recordings with his past and present bands included, Westerlund has played on approximately 50 albums. In the autumn of 2012 he released his debut solo album named ''
Oran
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''.
In 2013 he started a collaboration with , a Finnish cartoonist and musician, composing a soundtrack album for his comics book, ''
Kehittymättömät ufot'' ("The Undeveloped Flying Objects").
''Marshland'', his second solo album, is released in January 2015 on Ektro Records.
Discography
Chainsmoker
* 2001: ''Guarana Planet'', CD (
Bad Vugum
Bad Vugum is an independent record label originally based in Oulu, Finland. It was founded in 1987 by some of the members of the hardcore punk groups Kansanturvamusiikkikomissio and Radiopuhelimet for releasing the latter's music. The label's n ...
)
* 2003: ''Stations'', CD (BV
2 Produktions/Bad Vugum)
Circle
Pharaoh Overlord
Plain Ride
* 2005: ''
Oh the Flow'', CD ()
* 2007: ''
Strange Trial'', CD (Ektro Records)
* 2009: ''House on the Hill'', CD (Ektro Records)
* 2011: ''Stonebridge'', CD (Ektro Records)
* 2014: ''
Skeleton Kites'', LP/CD (Ektro Records)
Solo career
* 2012: ''Oran'', CD
* 2013: ''Kehittymättömät ufot'', a soundtrack LP/CD for a comics book by Jyrki Nissinen
* 2015: ''Marshland'', LP/CD
Sweetheart
* 1991: ''Mr. Cocktail / White-Eye'', 7" (
Bad Vugum
Bad Vugum is an independent record label originally based in Oulu, Finland. It was founded in 1987 by some of the members of the hardcore punk groups Kansanturvamusiikkikomissio and Radiopuhelimet for releasing the latter's music. The label's n ...
)
* 1992: ''Forestside / Rag Paradise'', 7" (Bad Vugum)
* 1992: ''Well-Dressed Meat'', LP/CD (Bad Vugum)
* 1993: ''Branchline / Diesel Engine'', 7" (Bad Vugum)
* 1994: ''An Ordinary Family Visits Hell'', LP/CD (Bad Vugum)
* 1996: ''Intoxicated Boom Boom'', CD (Bad Vugum)
* 1998: ''Stitches Removal Day'', CD (Bad Vugum)
References
External links
* https://twitter.com/westerlundjanne
* https://soundcloud.com/jannewesterlund
* https://www.facebook.com/Westerlund.Janne/
* https://www.discogs.com/artist/333759-Janne-Westerlund
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1973 births
Living people
Finnish male musicians