Sähkö Recordings is a Finnish

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, based in

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, Finland. Sähkö ("electricity" in Finnish) was founded by Tommi Grönlund in 1993. The label gained international acclaim by its minimalist electronic releases. Sähkö Recordings has also such sublabels as Puu, Keys of Life and Jazzpuu. Sähkö and its sublabels have released records among all such Finnish artists as Ø (a.k.a.

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and Freestyle Man (a.k.a. Sasse Lindblad). Further releases are by Miss Kitten,

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, Uwe Schmidt, Mike Ink, MADTEO, and others. Sähkö was label of the month for ''

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'' in June 2019.

References

External links

Official site

Sähkö Recordings at pHinnWeb
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