Jukka Immonen (born 14 April 1978) is a Finnish musician, record producer and composer.

Career beginnings

Immonen started to develop an interest in music as a teenager when his parents bought him a computer. Although his family was not especially musical, his father knew some people from music industry, and Immonen got advice to get him started. In the late 1990s, he started to work mostly on hip hop music, and soon Immonen and Jan Zapasnik founded a record company Fried Music Oy. The first album produced entirely by Immonen was ''Punainen tiili'' by a rapper Asa in 2001.

Current work

During his career, Jukka Immonen has worked with a number of domestic and foreign artists, such as

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, Anssi Kela, Mariska & Pahat Sudet and

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. Immonen has also composed music for Finnish films and television. He received a

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for Best Score in a

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Personal life

Immonen cohabited with Finnish pop singer

since 2009. The couple broke up in September 2014.

Selected discography

As a producer

*''Punainen tiili'' by Avain (2001) *''Diamond Station'' by Nerdee (2003) *''Kasvot vedessä'' by Jonna (2004) *''Street Music'' by Redrama (2005) *''Leijonaa metsästän'' by Asa (2005) *''Pretty Scary Silver Fairy'' by Margaret Berger (2006) *''

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'' by Jenni Vartiainen (2007) *''Sucker for Love'' by Deep Insight (2009) *'' Seili'' by Jenni Vartiainen (2010) *'' Mariska & Pahat Sudet'' by Mariska & Pahat Sudet (2010) *'' Kukkurukuu'' by Mariska & Pahat Sudet (2012) *''

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'' by Jenni Vartiainen (2013)

Filmography as a composer

*''Tyttö sinä olet tähti'' (2005) *''Luonto ja terveys'' (2006) *''Veljet'' (2008) *''Jos rakastat'' (2010)

References

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