Mikko Roisko (songs, guitars, bass, keys, melodica, banjo, beats 'n such)
Olli Jäderholm (keys, beats, percussions 'n such)
Venla Saartamo (vocals 'n such)
Influences
All the top dogs...such as: A Tribe Called Quest, The Abyssinians, Aleksi Virta Meets Torsti at the Space Lounge, Amon Tobin, Animals on Wheels, Antibalas, Aphilas, Augustus Pablo, Autechre, Burt Bacharach, Shirley Bassey, Joe Bataan, Beastie Boys, The Beatles, Beck, Blackalicious, Blackstar, Blamstrain, Blockhead, Boards of Canada, Bob Marley & The Wailers, Bonobo, David Bowie, Braintax, Brothomstates, Built to Spill, Cinematic Orchestra, Coldcut, Nicola Conte, Curtis Mayfield, Cymande, Dalindeo, Dinosaur JR, Dirty Diggers, DJ Food, DJ Mobster, DJ Shadow, DJ Vadim, Donovan, The Doors, Bob Dylan, Echosystem, Danny Elfman, EZ Rollers, Fela Kuti, Flogging Molly, Fink, The Five Corners Quintet, Fog, Four Tet, Fun Lovin' Criminals, Jose Gonzales, Dexter Gordon, Gabro, Grant Green, Guardians of Dalliance, Tommy Guerrero, Herbie Hancock, The Herbaliser, Hint, Joe Hisaishi, Lars Horntveth, Human Gallery, Interpol, Jaga Jazzist, James Taylor Quartet, Jets to Brazil, Bob James, Jeh5t, J.J Johnson, Sharon Jones, Joy Division, Kaino, Jon Kennedy, Kid Dakota, Kid Koala, Kings of Convenience, Kingston Wall, Lackluster, Lagwagon, Led Zeppelin, Lightman, Ville Leinonen, Liberator, Metallica, Mo'horizons, Wes Montgomery, Ennio Morricone, Van Morrison, Mouse on Mars, Mr Scruff, Mozart, Mum, Muse, Joanna Newsom, Nightmares on Wax, Nostalgia 77, Johnny Osbourne, Paleface, Pharcyde, Plaid, Poets of the Rhythm, Propellerheads, Tito Puente, Quannum, Quantic, Radiohead, Redrama, REM, RJD2, Rodney P, The Roots, Roots Manuva, Rup, Alice Russell, Simon & Garfunkel, Sixtoo, Skatalites, Smashing Pumpkins, Souls of Mischief, Squarepusher, Sublime, Talib Kweli, Thievery Corporation, TM Juke, Tulenkantajat, Up Bustle & Out, Wagon Christ, War, John Williams, The White Stripes, Yosuke Yamashita, Thom Yorke, Neil Young...just to name a few.
"OUR NEW ALBUM, "NOWHERE NEAR", IS OUT. You can download it from our site
We have a donation system there, so you can decide whether you want to pay for the album or not!
FOR DJ-BOOKINGS CONTACT NORTHBOUNDSOUND@GMAIL.COM
BIO
In the early 21st century, Northbound was formed with the intention to create beautiful, soulful instrumental music with a homegrown feel. After a few years in the university of trial and error their music began to find its shape, in a colourful style that some people refer to as combination of trip hop, downtempo, jazz and folkish acoustic pop. Their first and so far only release is an EP of six songs, titled "Landscapes of Late". The EP has received a very positive response, and their songs have since then been heard on few (mainly finnish) radio stations, compilations, some tv-shows and on the soundtrack of various snowboarding films.
After the EP-release, vocalist Venla has joined forces with the original duo. As a result, on the forthcoming album the instrumentals will be accompanied with some vocal tracks. The album has been in the works for some time now, and should be ready in a couple of months. The album picks up where the EP left off, providing a slightly wider variety of styles, and also a couple of very interesting quests. So stay tuned for that!
Attention: Northbound's "Landscapes of Late" is available on Monotonik! Go check out the release page here..and download the whole damn thing for FREE! I would. Probably. You can also get the EP from our
site..there you'll find some other goodies as well, like the Lazy Sunday Radio set, featuring the mighty DJ Mobster... The CD-edition of the Landscapes EP has been sold out for ages, cheers for your support people.
Here are some kind words from some kind people:
"Absolutely freakin' gorgeous Finnish nu-chill grooves...one of the best
Monotonik releases in a good while" -Simon Carless
"An Underground Classic" -www.funk.fi
"Loving the EP/mini album/CD/thing. Incredibly dope ish" -Rup
"Lovely sounds, liking them a lot" -Dr. Rubberfunk
"A brilliant album" -Sir Nenis
"Nice tunes" -TM Juke
FULL LIVE BAND IN THE WORKS!
FOR DJ-BOOKINGS CONTACT NORTHBOUNDSOUND@GMAIL.COM
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The music is great. Thanks for tracking me down. I will definitly download the album. Hope you enjoy my music aswell? Keep in touch for up & coming release "The Womb", a collective works from 06-08. Maybe you would be interested on throwing down a collab with you doing some melodica on a track? Would be awesome
Hey, Thanks for finding me. It was good to meet you in Helsinki. I really like the album a lot man. Great productions! I will sort out an acapella of the Rupert track you wanted to remix soon. New Rupert rtacks added to my page today. Also, Please check out my Wyndham Earl productions, and a OST mix i did on www.heartodayrecords.com Cheers.
Thank you for the request! I must say you guys make some genious, awsome music! Hemmetin hyvä fiilis teidän biiseissä, vähän samantyylistä mitä joskus itsekin aion kokeilla! Just eri tyylien sekoittaminen tuo ihan uuden viban joka antaa hienoa syvyyttä, ja te onnistutte no problemo siinä!
terve pojjaat! ja kuule mikko, olisin pyytäny sua lähettämään yhen kopion levystänne kuriirin kautta mulle, mut niil ei kuulemma oo koulua enää ku huomena...niin. mitä tehä? onhan se nyt tylsää käydä kaupasta hakemassa.
harvinaista että löydän itseni kuuntelemasta tällaista kamaa, mutta se kai todistaa vain omia ajatuksiani: Hyvä musiikki on kuuntelemisen arvoista edustaa se mitä tyylilajia tahansa. Itse asiassa yleensä juuri oman "mukavuusalueen" ulkopuolelta tehdyt musalöydöt ovat yleensä niitä positiivisimpia juttuja.
Thanks so much for the friendship :) Hope your day is going fantastic, how are you? PS: It'd be really awesome if you could check out my music and let me know what you think! i'll talk back lol. Thanks again!!
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