Four exuberant musicians, playing accordions, harmonium, double bass and with live electronics, shifting from chamber musical folk tones to offbeat electronic music, Eccentric, eclectic and very cheeky: tango Finnish style!
By the time Johanna Juhola gained her master's degree in accordion from the Sibelius Academy in 2008, she was already a well-known face on the Finnish music scene as a member of the bands Troka, Las Chicas del Tango and Spontaani Vire, collaborator in duos with Timo Alakotila and Milla Viljamaa, through numerous guest appearances and her compositions for theatre, film and television productions. In 2007, tens of millions of TV viewers around the world saw her play her specially commissioned composition 'Fantasiatango' as an opener for the Eurovision song contest in Helsinki. The piece also gives the title to her second solo album and serves as a good description of her personal style: an original blend of tango and electronica, laced with both melancholy nostalgia and uplifting exuberance,
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