Jarkko Martikainen (born 24 October 1970 in
Greifswald
Greifswald (), officially the University and Hanseatic City of Greifswald (german: Universitäts- und Hansestadt Greifswald, Low German: ''Griepswoold'') is the fourth-largest city in the German state of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania after Rostoc ...
,
GDR) is a Finnish singer, songwriter and member of the rock band
YUP. In addition to his musical career, Martikainen has worked as a columnist, a record producer and a documentary filmmaker. Martikainen has also illustrated his first solo-album ''Mierolainen'' (2004) and YUP's third album, ''Toppatakkeja ja Toledon terästä'' (1994).
Martikainen has a very versatile and distinct voice. His lyrics are satirical and are influenced by old Russian authors like
Mikhail Bulgakov
Mikhail Afanasyevich Bulgakov ( rus, links=no, Михаил Афанасьевич Булгаков, p=mʲɪxɐˈil ɐfɐˈnasʲjɪvʲɪtɕ bʊlˈɡakəf; – 10 March 1940) was a Soviet writer, medical doctor, and playwright active in the fir ...
and especially
Daniil Harms
Daniil Ivanovich Kharms (russian: Дании́л Ива́нович Хармс; – 2 February 1942) was an early Soviet-era Russian avant-gardist and absurdist poet, writer and dramatist.
Early years
Kharms was born as Daniil Yuvache ...
. Martikainen's lifestyle could be described as "a bit of a
Tolstoyan
The Tolstoyan movement is a social movement based on the philosophical and religious views of Russian novelist Leo Tolstoy (1828–1910). Tolstoy's views were formed by rigorous study of the ministry of Jesus, particularly the Sermon on the Mo ...
".
In 2005, Martikainen published a collection of short stories, ''Pitkät piikit ja muita kertomuksia'', which, among other things, criticizes modern lifestyle and consumerism.
Bibliography
* ''Pitkät piikit ja muita kertomuksia'' (2005)
* ''9 teesiä: Säkeitä kadonneiden arvojen metsästäjille'' (2008)
Discography
Albums
Live albums
Singles
References
1970 births
21st-century Finnish male singers
Living people
People from Greifswald
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