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Bon Jovi's Bounce (Island)goes straight in at numberone on this weeks's Euro-pean Top 100 Albums chart.

we taller it-4E3PM&M chart toppers this week

Eurochart Hot 100 SinglesLAS KETCHUP

Asereje I The Ketchup Song(Columbia)

European Top 100 AlbumsBON JOVI

Bounce(Island)

European Radio Top 50AVRIL LAVIGNE

Complicated(Arista)

European Dance TraxxTIM DELUXE

It Just Won't Do(Underwater)

Inside M&M this week

BORDER BREAKERSwiss radio operator Pio Fontana isclaiming that NRJ is illegally tar-geting Geneva listeners through itstwo local stations based just overthe French border in Archamps.

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THE FINNISHED ARTICLE?Two years on from Finland's cel-ebrated "invasion" of Europe'scharts through the likes of Born -funk MCs and HIM, JonathanMander investigates how thecountry's music industry hasbeen building on that success,

and takes a look at the next wave ofnew Finnish talent. Plus there's aprofile of Poko Rekords MD EpeHelenius. Pages 9.13

DANCIN' DANESMeet Junior Senior, the little n'large pop duo from Denmark whoare getting everyone dancing withMove Your Feet (CrunchyFrog/Capitol/Universal). Page 14

EU to approve IFPIwebcasting plansby Juliana Koranteng

BRUSSELS - In a movethat could transform theway European collectionsocieties opeate, the Euro-pean Commission looks setto green -light an IFPI- ini-tiative that will provideterrestrial radio stationsaround Europe with a one -stop licensing shop for re -transmit-ting (or "simulcasting") their FM orAM output on the Internet.

Currently, copyright organisa-tions that grant simulcast licenceshold the exclusive rights in theirown local markets. Stations seekinglicences to simulcast copyrightedworks via the border -less Internet

have to approach the local royaltiescollection society in each EU state.

Apart from being a costlyand time consuming exer-cise-simulcast stationsneed to pay fees to eachnational society-rightsowners lose out, since eachsociety has to deduct itsadministration fees.

An IFPI spokespersonsays that the international musicindustry trade body is confident theinitiative will receive the Commis-sion's approval to issue Europe -widesimulcast licences later this month.In addition, Lucy Cronin (pictured),executive director at Brussels -basedEDiMA (European Digital Media

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Williams in licensing deal with EMIby Emmanuel Legrand

London - After months of intensespeculation Robbie Williams willrelease his fifth solo effort, Escapol-ogy, worldwide on November 18through EMI Recorded Music.

The singer's new contract withEMI, announced on October 2 anddescribed as "groundbreaking" byboth parties, covers both therecording and non -recording activi-ties of the artist. A long-term multi -album licensing recording deal, itshould link the artist with the UKmajor until the end of the decade.According to sources it calls for atleast five albums, two of whichcould be "best of compilations.Williams will retain ownership ofall masters (this does not apply to

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MTV Awardsrock harderby Gareth Thomas

LONDON - It's official: rock music isback.

Acknowledging the genre's resur-gence of across Europe, MTV hasdecided to add a Best Hard Rockaward to its 25 category -strongEurope Music Awards 2002 show, tobe held at the Palau Sant Jordi inBarcelona on November 14.

Coldplay, Kylie Minogue,Eminem, Pink, Shakira andEnrique Iglesias each go into thisyear's ceremony with four nodsapiece. Elsewhere, U2, Red HotChili Peppers and Nelly find them-selves perched behind the front-run-ners with three nominations each.Among the artists performing liveat the show will be Robbie Williams,Wyclef Jean, Coldplay and EnriqueIglesias.

"This year's hosts and artistswill be every bit as star-studded aslast year," said MTV NetworksEurope president & chief executiveBrent Hansen at the unveiling ofthe nominees in London on Sep-tember 30. He added that theawards are "the pride of our net-work. It's an event I'm very proudto be part of."

Rapper and producer Sean "Puffy"Combs, aka P Diddy (pictured abovewith Hansen), will present the cere-mony. Promising a "big party",Combs said: "Especially at the

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105.5 has applied for Rp, it" ginsolvency protection.

Hourly listener num-bers have dropped to 58,000 from128,000 two years ago,and the compa-ny was no longer able to pay its bills.

Launched as Radio 50plus in 1995by former East German showbusinesspersonalities, the station aimed toappeal to older East Germans who felt"left out" in the post -unification radiomarket. However, this proved too nar-row a target for the advertising indus-try, and two years ago the stationswapped schlager for its current format.As station manager Christian Ziegler

Upfrontby Emmanuel Legrand, Music & Media editor -in -chief

So, Robbie Williams is a somewhat richer entertainer thanbefore. And EMI, doubtless breathing a sigh of relief, ismeanwhile spared the embarrassment of losing its top act.

From what can be understood of a complex, multi -pronged deal, Williams now has the kind of arrangement asuperstar deserves, but one can give credit to EMI's man-agement that it is a sensible one (unlike, some observersare keen to remind us, the Mariah Carey deal). With theright kind of exploitation of his back -catalogue (an activitywhich they're quite good at, after all), EMI can certainlyrecoup most of its costs.

The so-called "groundbreaking" deal like the onebetween EMI and Robbie is a rarity these days, as few actscan command such global reach as Robbie-save for theUS, but that should now simply be a matter of time. Hope-fully.

Robbie's new deal apparently also introduces a new typeof relationship between artists and labels, covering a widerange of activities including merchandising and touring. It

is not a secret that EMI Recorded Music chairman AlainLevy has the ambition to expand his company's streams ofrevenues to non -recording aspects of an artist's activities.The payback must have been sufficiently attractive forRobbie's lawyers and managers to accept sharing theserevenues with EMI.

Robbie is currently the UK's biggest act, at the peak ofhis career. Now he has to live up to the hype, with theworld scrutinising his-and EMI's-performance. On different matter, if Williams had released today a"best of" compilation, he might not have topped Music &Media's European Top 100 Album chart, as has happenedthis week to Elvis Presley. The King's album I missed thetop slot due to one factor-it did not chart in France'salbum chart, which M&M uses to helpcompile its pan-European sales charts.France is the only country to have dis-carded single artist compilations fromthe regular album charts, parkingthem in the compilations chart along-side multiple artist compilations. It isabout time France's ceases another ofits peculiar cultural exceptions and re-introduces artist compilations to itsalbum chart.

Music & Media values its readers' opinions-you can e-mail the editor -in -chief at: elegrand@musicandmedia.co.uk

Berlin's Spreeradio put up for saleby Michael Lawton tells M&M: "There's more money in

national advertising with 58,000 AC lis-COLOGNE - Following several years of teners than with 128,000 schlager-falling audiences Dornier Media's fans."Berlin -based AC/Gold Silvius Dornier andS ree105 5station Spreeradio his son David currently

own 55% of the stationbetween them. A further

44% is owned by Werner Testrut,a property developer who is now insol-vent and has called his loans in.

David Dornier says that his father isnot prepared to put more money intoSpreeradid, and adds that while hewould like to continue with the station,financially it may not be possible."What can you do," he asks, "if the oth-ers don't want to stick by their commit-ment to finance the process of makingthe station profitable again?"

Spreeradio's Ziegler says there are anumber of interested buyers for the sta-

tion, and is therefore optimistic it willstay on the air.

Spreeradio is one of several stationsowned by Dornier Media that have gotinto financial difficulties recently. Thegroup's two stations in the westerntown of Aachen applied for insolvencyin July; one is expected to be taken overby dance station Sunshine Live, theother by Saarland regional Hot ACRadio Salu.

Meanwhile, the start of Dornier'sNuremburgrock station StarFM hasbeen put off by the licencing authorityonce again beacuse it says Dornierwon't fulfil the local content licenceconditions (Dornier says he'll do so thisas soon as he can afford to).

This leaves just Berlin rock station87.9 Star FM. "It's a viable station, andit's mine, so no-one can interfere," saysDornier.

UK indie labels offer webcasters new dealby Juliana Koranteng

LONDON - UK indie record label bodyAIM has launched a new worldwide ini-tiative making it easier for internation-al Internet -only radio stations tostream licensed independent musicfrom the UK.

Called the International Trial, theservice has been set up by ATM's e -com-merce arm, Musicindie, in response toappeals from the US webcast sector. Inthe US, compulsory performance ratespaid to music owners are said to becrippling the burgeoning online radioindustry there.

ATM's new royalty rates will for thefirst time give non -UK webcasters,depending on their respective territo-ries, access to repertoire belonging toits 670 independent -label members.

Unlike the $0.07 cents per track perlistener paid by US webcasters, back-dated to 1998, AIM is asking for 3.75%of a foreign webcaster's gross revenueor a minimum fee of US$500 (euros

506.7) annually, whichever is greater. Ifthe Internet station's annual runningcosts exceed US$100,000, then the min-imum fee will be 1% of that amount.

Alternatively, the webcaster can optfor a second payment scheme.This looks at the sharerepresented by UK inde-pendent music of thetotal repertoire streamedon a particular site. AIMwill then deduct a pro -ratedpercentage from 15% of the web sta-tion's gross revenue.

Musicindie will collect revenueswhile SoundExchange, the US -baseddigital royalties collection society, willhandle administration and reportingduring the trial.

"We're confident we're offering a rea-sonable standard deal," says HelenSmith, AIM's director of business affairs(pictured). "We want to encourageInternet radio stations with solutionsthat consumers are more interested in".

The venture is an opt -in arrange-

ment, with more than 200 AIM labels,including the Beggars Group andMushroom Records, agreeing to takepart as M&M went to press. AIM is alsoin talks with other independent -labels

trade representatives inEurope and Australia

about their participa-tion.The trial will continue

until the end of 2003, says Smith."By then, the IFPI will have reached anagreement [see story, front page]regarding webcasting and AIM willexamine that. We'll also be able todecide where our future lies, whetherwe want a dedicated collection systemfor independents or to work with othercollection societies," she adds.

The International Trial follows thelaunch of ATM's UK Trial in June 2000.That experimental scheme gives par-ticipating UK webcasters access toATM's repertoire for an administrationfee ranging from £250 (euros 400) to£1,000, depending on the type of use.

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Border bandit: NRJ accused ofillegal designs on Swiss capitalby Lisa Pasold

GENEVA - Pio Fontana,the owner of Geneva -basedOne FM and Lausanne FM,is preparing for a lengthylegal battle with Frenchradio giant NRJ.

Fontana is accusing NRJlocal stations NRJ Alpes(CHR) and Nostalgie (AC/Gold), both broadcastingfrom Archamps near theSwiss border, of deliberate-ly targeting Swiss listenerswith competition prizesand news content whichfocus on Switzerland.

Fontana says that NRJ'sbroadcast licences issued byFrench regulator the CSAfor the Archamps stationsspecify that they are region-al in character and areintended for French listen-ers. He feels his stations arebeing subjected to unfaircompetition from theFrench broadcaster and in alawsuit, deposited in Gene-va, he argues that NRJ andNostalgie are masquerad-ing as Swiss radio stationsin a way that misleads the

listener and goes againstregulations put in place byOFCOM, the Swiss broad-casting regulator.

Fontana highlights thefact that while his stationsare subject to strict Swisscodes for commercial radio,NRJ Alpes and Nostalgie areonly subject to the more liber-al French regulatory regime.

"We hear NRJ billingthemselves as 'Your GenevaStation' on air, while theyhaven't actually got a studioin Geneva," observesFontana. "They are trying topass themselves off as some-thing they aren't. It's simple:we want them to conform totheir licence, as given tothem by the CSA in Paris."

NRJ, meanwhile, hasfirmly rejected Fontana'sarguments. "Basically, ourcompetitor doesn't like fairplay," says Marc Pallain,director delegate of theboard at NRJ. "NRJ andNostalgie have a strongaudience in Geneva; it's abig urban base and, logi-cally, we have a commer-cial office in the city.There's nothing illegalabout that. We broadcaston internationally -regu-lated frequencies, just asMr. Fontana does."

In July this year, theCSA issued a warning toNRJ Alpes because it wasidentifying itself on air as aGeneva station, which offi-cially it is not. Fontanaclaims this is still the case,and that NRJ's signal isalso over -deviating by up toeight times the legal limit.

"It's been reported thatwe want NRJ to stopbroadcasting," he says."This is not the case at all.We just want them torespect the terms of theirlicence."

Three-point plan for Sony's Camaraby Howell Llewellyn

MADRID - One of Spain'smost respected musicindustry executives, JoseMaria Camara, hasunveiled a three -prongedplan to beef up his newcompany, Sony MusicEntertainment Spain, andspark a wider music indus-try revival in the country.

"Within three or fouryears I want to make Sony[Spain] the leader indomestic repertoire, con-vert the label into a majorsource of Spanish music toexport to the world, and toexpand the amount ofinternational Sony productmarketed in Spain," saysCamara, who took over asSony Spain president onSeptember 2.

He was speaking afterreturning to Spain follow-ing a seven -month stint inNew York heading upRCA's Elvis Presleyanniversary campaign asBMG's international seniorVP of strategic projects.

Camara now faces thetask of hauling the Spanishindustry out of a sales andcreative slump caused byrampant piracy and theCD -driven TV success of

OperaciOn Triunfo, whichhas seen a series ofkaraoke-style singers fromthe reality TV show domi-nate Spanish charts sincelast December.

"The Spanish industryis facing a number of chal-lenges, [and] I consider itmy duty to play an integralpart in its transformation,"Camara says. "My firstgoal is to convert SonySpain into a creative andmanagement referencepoint, and to concentrateon the development of localartists, which has alwaysbeen my vocation."

He adds: "I want torevive the Spanish marketto help it maintain itsninth position in the IFPIworld rankings, and also tosee Sony Spain as a majorsource of Spanish reper-toire for the world. Ourfirst priority is [singer]Monica Naranjo, who hasjust finished an English -language album."

Apart from developingdomestic product, Camaraalso wants Spain to be akey market for productfrom Sony France andSony Italy: "The situationis extraordinary in France,where Sony has a 25%market share and severalmillion -selling artists.Italy has a similar situa-tion. The usual Sony inter-national product that sellsin Spain is Sony US, SonyUK, and Sony Latino. Thathas to expand, startingwith product from Franceand Italy."

Camara concludes: "Allthe catastrophic talk out ofSpain [about piracy and a'creative slump] doesn'thave any effect on me. Onthe contrary, it acts as astimulant and I see the so-called crisis as a chal-lenge."

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LONDON - Two former senior executivesof the UK's Fusion Radio group, founderand ex -chief executive Nigel Reeve (pic-tured) and ex -programme director RogerDay, have formed Laser Broadcasting,which will apply for small-scale locallicences. Top of the new company's wish -

list will be the Radio Authority's new licence for theMaidstone and Ashford areas of Kent, in south eastEngland. "I believe there is a tremendous opportunityto put the local back into local radio," says Reeve. "Ourlicence applications will use Roger Day's vast program-ming knowledge, but will also focus on the localness ofthe stations."

NRK'S MPETRE MAKING WAVESOSLO - Latest ratings figures from Norsk Gallup showthat public CHR/dance station NRK Mpetre has nearlydoubled its audience in the past year, chalking up anaverage daily reach of 7% during the first six months of2002, up from 4% in the same period last year.Launched two years ago as a sister station to nationalCHR/alternative network NRK Petre, Mpetre is avail-able only in a selection of towns and cities around Nor-way, proving particularly popular in northern Norwaywhere there are few other stations competing for itstarget audience of nine-tol9-year-olds.

UMG, COURTNEY GET ALL LOVED UPSANTA MONICA - The long -running legaldisputes between Courtney Love (pic-tured) and Universal Music Group(UMG) have finally been settled. As partof the agreement UMG is to waive anyrights to future recordings by Love, andthe singer, together with the two surviv-ing members of Nirvana, have grantedUMG permission to release new Nirvana packagesincluding a rarities album, a boxed set and an unreleasedtrack. Love, currently recording with Alan McGee's Pop -tones label in the UK, says she plans to continue sup-porting artists rights: "I look forward to joining my fellowrecording artists as we look for solutions to the problemswe face in the music business."

STEWART, BLACKWELL SIGN CO-OP DEAL

LONDON - Dave Stewart's Artist Network has signed anagreement with Chris Blackwell's Palm Pictures to poollabel resources and maximise exploitation potential forrecorded music and DVDs around the world. The formerEurythmic's founder, who signed with Blackwell's Islandlabel as a teenager and whose company owns the newMarquee venue in north London, says: "We will be hon-oured to share resources with Palm and look forward tomany successful collaborations in the years to come."Artist Network's staffers, including GM Simon Lowry, areset to relocate to Palm Pictures' offices in west London.

IFPI ANTI -PIRACY CONFERENCENETHERLANDS - Over 150 government officials, lawenforcement personnel and record label executives rep-resenting some 40 countries attended the IFPI's anti -piracy conference, held in Amsterdam September 25-27. Organised by IFPI in association with its Dutchaffiliate NVPI and the Netherlands' creative indus-tries anti -piracy body Brein, the conference's themewas "Working in Partnership." IFPI head of enforce-ment lain Grant (pictured) says the aim was to bringtogether national police/customs representatives withsenior government delegations, brand owners andrights holders to discuss co-operation to combat the

trade in illegal copying. Key to thisprocess, he argues, is stepping up dia-logue with customs officials worldwide,with a view to intercepting shipmentsof pirate material, tracking where ille-gal product is coming from, and identi-fying the routes being taken.

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Pirate station threatens lawsuitby Ann Scott

DUBLIN -A pirate rockstation has threatenedlegal action over the pro-posed sale of Dublin'sCountry 106.8 FM to Scot-tish Radio Holdings (SRH).

Alternative and Irishrock station Phantom FMwas one of the unsuccessfulbidders for the Dublin "spe-cial interest" licence won byDublin's Country last year,and has reacted angrily tothe Broadcasting Commis-sion of Ireland (BCI)'s deci-sion to approve the sale ofthe station to SRH.

Phantom FM claims thatin light of the intense com-petition for the licence andthe many performancepromises made by Dublin'sCountry, the sale of the sta-tion is unfair.

Phantom also claimsthat since Dublin's Countryis losing money, SRH iseffectively buying a licence

rather than a viable radiostation. Phantom fears thestation will, in time, becomea mainstream commercialoperation.

Defending the decision toallow the sale in principle, aspokesperson for the BCIsays: "The whole issue is totry and prevent a situationof selling a licence to thehighest bidder. This is a dif-ferent issue entirely; in thecase of Dublin's Country thecase at hand is the rescue ofa company which is clearlystruggling."

Official JNLR figurespublished last month showDublin's Country FM hadjust a 2% share of theDublin market in the Janu-ary to June period. Staffnumbers have been reducedto 15 from 30, and the sta-tion has failed to meet itsadvertising and listener -ship targets.

Further controversy sur-rounds the BCI's policy on

ownership, which wasamended last year. A BCIstatement says: "We willgenerally look unfavourablyupon proposed changes inownership structures with-in a two -year -period afterthe granting of a licence.The commission takes theview that such changes arelikely to undermine theintegrity of the licensingprocess itself and be unfairto unsuccessful applicants."

However, in this case, theBCI claims that the new rulescame into being some monthsafter the licence was awardedto Dublin Country, and there-fore cannot be applied retro-spectively.

A final decision on theapproval of the sale will betaken by the commission onOctober 14. SRH alreadyowns Ireland's national HotAC/talk station Today FM,but the latest deal marksits first move into the localmarket in the Republic.

Dropping in on Universal Music International (UMI)'s recent MD conference inMontreux, Switzerland, Shania Twain gave executives an exclusive preview oftracks from her forthcoming Mecury Nashville album, Up, the follow-up to her34 million selling Come On Over album. Pictured (left to right) are: Theo Roos,president/CEO UMI Belgium/Nordic; John Kennedy, president/COO UMI; Twain;Lucian Grainge, chairman/CEO, Universal Music UK & Ireland; Max Hole, seniorVP, marketing and A&R, UMI; Pascal Negre, president/CEO, Universal MusicFrance; and Tim Renner, chairman/CEO, Universal Music Germany.

New live music conference at ADEby Menno Visser

HILVERSUM - This month'sAmsterdam Dance Event(ADE)-to be held in theDutch capital October 17-19-will for the first timeincorporate the Live DanceMusic Conference (LDMC).

Organised by localauthors' rights organisationBUMA and the Dutch Cona-mus Foundation, the LDMCwill focus its attention on thelive side of the Europeandance music scene, acknowl-edging that the region'sbiggest live events, such asBerlin's Love Parade, have allbeen dance related.

The LDMC will provide aplatform for professionals fromthe live electronic, urban and

dance sectors to exchange arange of ideas during a spe-cialised day -long programme,while the nighttime pro-gramme will showcase newdance talent throughout anumber of clubs across Amster-dam.

'The LDMC is like a confer-ence within the ADE confer-ence," explains Pieter VanAdrichem, PR manager at theConamus Foundation. "On thedance scene it is not uncom-mon for a club to book an actdirectly. The LDMC aims tomake the connection betweenthe live dance circuit and thedance record industry."

Acts programmed duringthe night programme of theADE and the LDMC includenewcomers such as AudioB-

ullys, Lecker Sachen, Relax,The Bays and Marco V,together with more estab-lished acts like The DreemTeem, Arthur Baker, DavidGuetta, 3LW and Together(Daft Punk's Thomas Bangal-ter and DJ Falcon).

Although the LDMC willtake place as a separate enti-ty within the ADE partici-pants will be able to attendits panels free of charge.

The annual ADE, which is being held for the seventhtime this year, is the maingathering of Europe's danceindustry, with last year'sevent attracting more than1400 delegates. Daniel Miller,founder of UK indie MuteRecords, will be delivering thisyear's keynote address.

ON THE BEATITALIAN MUSIC AWARDS SET FOR DECEMBERMI IAN - This year's Italian Music Awards (IMAs) will beheld in December, according to local recording industrybody FIMI. The annual event, organised by FIMI in coop-eration with concert organiser Clear Channel, will be heldat the large Filaforum venue in Assago on the outskirts ofMilan, on a date yet to be announced. FIMI said that theevent will form part of a "music week" featuring a series ofconcerts, exhibitions and conferences in Milan. Unlikeprevious years, the IMAs will be broadcast on the state-owned RAI 2 station. Nominations for each of the 25award categories will be announced at the end of October.

GWR PUTS CORE LISTENERS IN THE PICTURELONDON - Core Control, the new eveningshow on the GWR Group's 31 -strong CHRMix Network, is offering listeners thechance to send picture messages via mobilephones, which will then be posted onto theshow's website. The same technology is alsobeing used on a 24 -hour basis at GWR's

national digital radio station Core. The new facility willoperate alongside existing interactive features includingaudio clip swapping between mobiles. Nick Piggott (pic-tured), digital content manager of GWR's programmingdivision Creation, says: "Picture messaging is growing fastas the next wave of mobile interactivity, and we're leadingthe world in integrating that into our radio programming."

TOP RADIO NETWORK CHANGES NAMEBRUSSELS - Flemish media group Vlaamse MediaMaatschappij (VMM) has announced that its TOP RadioNetwork-which comprises 33 CHR/dance stations-is tobe rebranded as JIMfm. The move by VMM is designed topromote synergies between its radio stations and JIMty,its Flemish -language commercial music TV channel. There -branding "may take some months" according to TopRadio spokeswoman An Meskens. The name change willbe supported by a joint marketing campaign.

CLEAR CHANNEL LAUNCHES NEW MUSIC NETWORKSAN ANTONIO - US entertainment giant Clear Channel(CC) has launched New Music Network, an online show-case platform for new, up-and-coming artists. The service,which will be free to use for listeners, builds on an earlierinitiative, which will continue, whereby new artists cho-sen by CC staffers were posted onto a site. CC plans to useits muscle power across radio, TV and entertainment topromote the new network. "This will give even moreartists the exposure they desire and provide consumerswith all kinds of new musical choices," says CC presi-dent/CEO Mark Mays. The move is also being seen as anexercise by CC to improve relations with the recordingindustry.

internet in -siteMusic for Strong Internet

Copyright Coalitionwww.musicunited.org

The record industry's battle against music piracy stepsup a gear with this site. Names including Eminem,Dixie Chicks, Madonna, Elton John, Britney Spears,Nelly, India Arie, Ludacris and Sheryl Crow attractvisitors who can read statements from the artistsexplaining why listening to illegal downloads is wrong.The rest of content is a blend of carrot and stick; visi-tors are pointed toward legitimate online musicsources, while other sections of the site spell out in nouncertain terms the statutory penalties for breakingthe law while offering a frightening description of file -sharing software. A coalition of artists, songwritersand industry organisations is behind this educationaleffort. Although the cited law applies only to Ameri-cans, the initiative represents a wider concern.

Chris Marlowe

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SPOTLIGHT ON FINLAND

Finnish music scene grows upLocal repertoire accounts for over half of the music soldin Finland, where international acts such as BomfunkMC's and HIM are joining national phenomenons likeAnssi Kela in helping maintaining sales growth. JonathanMander reports on the Finnish music scene, which con-tinues to go from strength to strength.

We

en Bomfunk MC's,HIMand Darude invad-d charts around

Europe in 2000 asFinland's first real

export chart successes, it was actuallya mixed blessing for the country'smusic industry. The impact was notentirely positive, according to oneindustry executive. "Studios, graphicdesigners and especially music videomakers started asking for twice asmuch [money] as before. As if[Bomfunk MC's] Freestyler video's suc-cess was an achievement of all Finnishmusic video -makers," laughs RikuPaakkonen, managing director ofSpinefarm Records, Finland's largestindie until it was sold to UniversalFinland last spring. "Thankfully thesituation is calmer now," he says.

Although expectations around themusic industry ran high, record com-panies kept their cool and didn't givein to the temptation of going on anexport frenzy trying to take everyartist abroad. Some said Finnishartists should have taken advantageof the so-called 'positive buzz' createdby the chart -toppers, but the Finnishindustry instead focused on improv-ing the quality of its product.

"After years of trying to breakFinnish artists everyone was sur-prised how big the success was," saysBMG Finland's managing directorNiko Nordstrom, who took a calmapproach to the new-found glory."After you succeed, you have to stopand figure out why the success hap -

their language to Finnish because`English -language music doesn't sell'-which they used to do before," he says.

International chart success boost-ed self-confidence, Koivumaki says,and that confidence increased peo-ple's faith in music-the faith ofrecord companies, artists and con-sumers alike. Spinefarm's Paakkonenagrees: "It's hard to be credible if youdon't believe in what you're doing."

New found belief in Finnish musicseems to have translated into sales: in2001 Finnish music accounted forover 50% of all units sold, local reper-toire sales increased 7% from 2000and 11% from 1999. Local acts havedominated the charts this autumnjust like last year, with foreignalbums having trouble entering thetop 10 while CMX (EMI), Don Huonot(BMG-Terrier), Ismo Alanko Saatio(Poko), Zen Café (Warner),Scandinavian Music Group (BMG-Terrier), Mamba (Warner) andYolintu (Warner) have taken turns atthe top of the album chart. Althoughhalf -year results for 2002 show adecline in overall sales; autumn'sstrong schedule has already caused arise in August and could keep overallmusic sales at least level.

Widespread developmentBesides attitude changes, all sectorsof the music industry have moved for-ward, which in turn has increasedsales. From radio's point of view,Finnish music is more playable:"Bands played on the radio have

"International success brought a new energy,enthusiasm and will to make Finnish music..."

Niko Nordstrom, managing director, BMG Finland

pened. We've even tightened the reins improved. We can now play Finnisha bit and want to avoid pushing acts music alongside American groupsabroad recklessly," he says. without it sounding awkward," says

Ville Vilen, station director of publicConfidence booster CHR Radiomafia.The realist attitude adopted by the A key factor has been that majormajors seems characteristic for Finns. labels have put resources into local pro -Nonetheless, record company execu- ductions. EMI Finland and Universaltives don't downplay the impact of Finland also made big deals to2000 for the Finnish industry. Export strengthen their local repertoire-EMIpessimism was replaced by optimism. bought Finnish rock icon Poko Rekords"International success brought a new and Universal purchased a majorityenergy, enthusiasm and will to make share in Spinefarm last spring.Finnish music, which increased local "The fact that the industry has hadinterest too," Nordstrom remarks. the will and an opportunity to invest

On a concrete level it has been eas- in local music has created a positiveier for the majors to explain budgeting rising spiral: the better albums we canexport resources to their superiors. produce, the more it will interest peo-Another change has been the attitude ple, and the more it interests peopletowards the English language, accord- the more we should invest," explainsing to EMI Finland managing director BMG's Nordstrom. He also believesWemppa Koivumaki. "Record compa- artists are prepared to work harder.nies no longer tell artists to change "We're going forward in every sector-

from producers and studios to artistsand hopefully record companies too."

Improved quality of music, at leastin a technical sense, has been helpedwith studios becoming more accessi-ble in recent years. Unsigned bands'demos are of a high technical qualityand young musicians are familiarwith studio equipment early on.

Paakkonen points to the role oflocal administration in giving Finnishmusic a good base to grow from. "Wehave to thank the city of Kitee forNightwish. Early on the band got atraining space and even access to astudio, giving them incentive to con-tinue." Band schools are also aFinnish tradition, which Paakkonensays accounts for the large number ofbands and high quality musicians.

Local valuesAs Finland has become more interna-tional and its youth travels more,musicians have been absorbing morediverse influences. EMI's Koivumakisees this as a positive development forFinnish music. As travelling timesdiminish and Europe integrates, peo-ple have started going back to theirroots. "People and consumers arereally looking for local artists,"Koivumaki notes and points to aworldwide increase in local repertoiremarket shares.

The two trends-globalisation andlocal values-don't rule each otherout, BMG's Nordstrom emphasises.This is also apparent in the Finnishmusic scene, where on one hand thereis the international sound of BomfunkMC's, and on the other there is lastyear's massive Finnish music phe-nomenon, Anssi Kela (BMG). Hisdebut Nummela sold 140,000 units-over four -times platinum. "It is clear-ly important now that the artist is

present, is flesh and blood and morethan just an image," Nordstrom says.

While local acts are getting moreroom in the charts, the global marketis increasingly open and the mood isoptimistic and self -confident --Finnsbelieve they have unique music to offeras acts like Nightwish show. Creativecraziness defines the Finnish scene.

"Artists are really finding their ownway. Unlike the Swedes, Finns havenever been good copycats," Koivumakisays. "I would also argue that Finnsare better at doing melancholy thananyone-and in many genres too."

Part of the thirst for originalitystems from circumstances. "We don'thave the resources to create instantsuperstars, so we build artists gradu-ally over the years," says Spinefarm'sPaakkonen, noting Bomfunk MC'sinstant ascent as an exception.

Whether these factors can keepFinnish music's upturn going remainsto be seen. As Nordstrom says: "Thepublic decides whether to reward ourefforts by either buying music or not.As long as they keep on buying we cankeep on creating."

A veteran in the Finnish rockscene, Poko's founder Epe Heleniusnotes that a long upturn is inevitablyfollowed by a quieter period. "We'vebeen increasing sales for six yearsnow-nothing grows forever and wehave to be prepared for the few yearswhen Finnish music isn't the trendanymore," he says.

But there are indications that hun-gry talent will keep on emerging.Paakkonen believes successful actsprovide kids with new role models."Now that [HIM -singer] Ville Valo'searnings have been in the dailytabloids, parents might realise thatnot only ice -hockey, but guitar prac-tice too might be worth encouraging."

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Epe: The godfather of Finn -rockTimes are changing for managing direc-tor Epe Helenius and Poko Rekords-thelabel he started 25 years ago-as theysettle into new roles as part of EMI, butHelenius retains creative freedom andan indie attitude. Jonathan Manderprofiles the man behind Finland'smost iconic rock groups.

lthough Helsinki is thecapital of Finland, the cap-ital of Finnish rock is 170kilometres further north inTampere. The city is the

home of Poko Rekords, which is large-ly responsible for Tampere's reputa-tion and in creating a genre forFinnish -language rock-Suomi-rock,Finn -rock.

Kari Epe Helenius started Poko in1977 and began releasing punk andnew wave influenced albums byFinnish rockers such as EppuNormaali, Popeda and Yo, which allnonetheless had a strong Finnishnessto them. The bands have becomeamong the most iconic Finnish rockacts, and are still capable of movingunits, with Yo's Legenda beingFinland's second biggest sellingalbum of 2001, achieving triple -plat-

Independent unitHelenius sold Poko to EMI in March2001 but the agreement was that Pokocontinue as an independent unit with-in the EMI organisation. At the timePoko's share of Finnish music saleswas 4% and it was Finland's second-largest indie. Helenius, 51, sold thelabel to ensure the company's back -catalogue stayed in capable handseven after he retired.

Poko started looking abroad earlyin the 1980s, when it releasedEnglish -language efforts by the coun-try's top names Eppu Normaali andSielun Veljet. "Export in the 80s waslike trying to find gold at the end ofthe rainbow," Helenius says. No inter-national breakthroughs followed,although Sielun Veljet touredGermany and supported New Model

"To achieve long artist arcs you need to put the

brakes on when things start running too hot."

Epe Helenius, managing director, Poko Rekords

Army on a 20 -gig, three-week tour ofthe UK. "We later realised weachieved more than we thought wehad. I've met many people in therecord business, who rememberSielun Veljet," says Helenius.

Eighties export projects were alearning experience, which helpedunderstand the mechanics of takingartists abroad. During those yearsHelenius made several contacts,which continue to be valuable. Pokotook a more systematic approach toexport in the 90s and started signingEnglish -language acts to the GagaGoodies label-a joint venture withjournalist and grassroots expertMiettinen. The 69 Eyes were one ofthe bands signed at that time andhave become the company's most suc-cessful export project in recent yearswith a firm fanbase in the GSA.

One of the biggest export obstaclesHelenius faced in the 80s was people'sprejudice. "It was difficult to get themto listen to the music much less releaseit," he says. "Now in the pan-European

market it no longer matters whetherthe artist is from Norway, Holland orFinland-except in the UK, whichremains somewhat fortified."

Changing attitudesInternational success has givenFinland credibility, making it easier toget people interested. "We can nowfocus on the product," Helenius says,noting that attitudes in Finland havechanged significantly too. "The targetis set higher, investments are bigger,everyone is more committed to the pro-ject-including the artists," he says.

Hooking up with EMI hasn't yetsignificantly benefited Poko's exportprojects. The 69 Eyes were alreadylicensed for the next two albums toRoadrunner in Germany when theEMI deal was struck. But Heleniusbelieves that after some time gettingto know people in the organisationthe EMI deal will be very beneficial."London has set the rules for businesswithin the company, so we'll avoidhuge contract negotiations and the

Rebel with a rock 'n' roll causeEpe Helenius got into music business aged 21, when hestarted the record store Epe's in 1972. The store grew fast,selling rock vinyl Helenius imported from England at lowprices. This caused local distributors to boycott Epe's untilthe 80s. Largely due to high mail order sales the store sold70% of Finland's punk and new wave records in the early80s, according to Helenius's estimations

Poko Rekords, launched in 1977, was a natural exten-sion to the record store business. "In England Virgin andRough Trade had just started labels," Helenius notes. "Itmade sense to start a record and publishing companywhere you invest in material rights, which you'll alwayshave-at the time I couldn't imagine that 25 years laterEppu Normaali's catalogue would still be selling this well."

When Poko started, CBS and EMI were the onlymajors operating in Finland, but Helenius says thatcompetition was just as tough since more indies were

fighting for market share. "The biggest change is thatnow a bigger percentage of the population is buyingmusic," Helenius says, but it's "ten times tougher" to geta hit. "One play on the radio could break a record before."

Good times have come in cycles. Poko faced a majorslump in 1982-83, when Helenius was a guest on Yle'sRockradio-programme and was always asked for the cureto Finnish rock's depression. The biggest boom in Finnishrock followed in 1984-1986. Finland's deep recession inthe early 90s meant the record company had to cut back,but now Finnish rock sales have been rising since 1996."This is the longest upswing Finnish rock has had and ithas included new bands surfacing and the comeback ofthe old ones, which started with Eppu Normaali's compi-lation in 1996." The compilation, Repullinen Hitteja(Rucksack of Hits) is now Finland's second biggest sellingalbum ever, having sold over 210,000 copies.

money is better than through an indiedeal," he says.

The Poko MD is impressed by basicservices provided by EMI, such as com-puterised sales tracking. "I think after25 years as an indie I can appreciatethings like that, because I know howmuch work looking into these thingscan take. It is much easier being amanaging director within the EMIorganisation than in an indie," he sayswith a wide smile. Although he nolonger needs to gamble his own moneyin the record business, that isn't whatmakes his current role more attrac-tive. "In theory I have more security,but after doing this for years as anindie, burning my own money, I noticeI treat EMI's money like my own."

Honest businessmanAnother Tampere -based entrepreneur,indie-label Rockadillo's managingdirector Tapio Korjus has collaboratedwith Helenius since the early 70s,when Korjus organised concerts andHelenius sold records. "Our taste inmusic is different, but we've neverargued on business matters," saysKorjus. "Epe is frank-he's a good manto ask advice from because he'll tellyou exactly what he thinks. He knowswhat is best for Poko and its artists."

Longevity is a common characteris-tic for many Poko acts-as is stayingwith the same record company through-out their career. "To achieve long artistarcs you need to put on the brakeswhen things start running too hot,"Helenius says. This failed with Poko'sfirst hit act, Teddy and the Tigers,whose quick ascent and destructionHelenius followed from at first hand."Even in that case it was the managerwho messed it all up," he says.

Helenius says "putting on thebrakes" is one the biggest responsibil-ities the record company has. Theconsequence of overheating and over-exposure is that the audience will tireof the artist or the artist will burnout. When artists have tired,Helenius has allowed them to takelong breaks in recording-like in thecase of Eppu Normaali whose previ-ous album was released in 1993-orgiven them a chance to make uncom-mercial albums as Ismo Alanko andJ.Karjalainen do now and again.

Yo came back last year after sever-al years in the wilderness. "The artistmight be out of fashion and not sell,but if the talent is there and we believein it they'll come back. This is exactlywhat looking at things in the long runis about," Helenius states. "Artistcareers go in cycles. When the artist isat the bottom you mustn't abandonhim. Keep your investments realisticand keep them operating," he adds.

These factors have helped buildloyalty between artists and recordcompany. Helenius has made sure theartist is rewarded and feels at home."When an artist becomes successfulwe've always corrected the royaltypercentage upwards before the artisthas needed to come to ask for moreroyalties."

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Finnish talent in all shapes and sizesMETAL

Metal is traditionally a strongFinnish genre, and in recent years thecountry has produced several metalacts with crossover potential. As aresult international interest hasincreased and bands like Stratovarius(Spinefarm) and Nightwish(Spinefarm) now tour around theworld. Nightwish's latest albumCentury Child went gold (15,000units) in two hours and platinum(30,000) in two weeks in Finland."The album has now sold 55,000 unitswhich means that it's no longer onlyheavy fans buying it," saysSpinefarm's managing director RikuPaakkonen. The album also peaked atnumber five in Germany with chartentries in Holland, Switzerland,Greece and Sweden. Vocalist TarjaTurunen, a qualified opera singer,gives Nightwish a unique soundwhich has even accepted on main-stream radio. "The band successfullybalances the singing style with roughguitars. You can hear the musiciansare very skilled, and on top of thatthey make excellent songs," says PetriPaarnio, programming director of ACrock station Radio Suomipop.

Other Finnish crossover metalgroup HIM (BMG-Terrier) continue toenjoy a steady international careerafter breaking in 2000. Goth -rockers

The 69 Eyes have gradually built asteady fanbase in Germany, wherethey are touring through October.Over the years the band has devel-oped from trashy rock to new albumParis Kills' impressive goth-metalsound reminiscent of Sisters of Mercy."They've come closer to the main-stream without losing their uniquecharacteristics," says Paarnio.

Lordi (BMG), a 21st -century Kiss,also have eyes on the GSA region withtheir melodic hard rock. The banddresses in fantasy -horror costumesand masks, and has an accompanyingcomic book featuring the members'adventures written and illustrated bythe singer. Lordi's debut single WouldYou Love A Monsterman? is alreadynumber one in Finland and radio hasbeen impressed. "It's melodies meetshard rock, a little like Kiss and BonJovi have done before but with new

special effects," says public CHR sta-tion Radiomafia's head of musicHeikki Hilamaa of Lordi's appeal toradio.

The forthcoming albums fromSpinefarm's top -tier metal groupsStratovarius, Children of Bodom andSonata Arctica are loaded with expec-tations, since all are already well -established among metal fans inJapan and Europe.

ROCK/ALTERNATIVE

Finns like their rock dirty and loud.Groups such as the FlamingSideburns, signed to Danish BadAfro, have been around for years play-ing gritty garage rock and touringEurope. The band has often cooperat-ed with like-minded Swedish groupsThe Hives, Soundtrack Of Our Livesand Hellacopters for tours in bothcountries.

"Just like their Swedish counter-parts, The Flaming Sideburns areessentially a live band, which you cantake anywhere-even Cuba or LosAngeles-and they'll play a memo-rable show," remarks Heikki Hilamaa,Radiomafia's head of music. Despite along career as a live band the groupreleased Hallelujah Rock'n'Rollah,their first long player, in 2001. Thealbum entered the top 20 and provedthat hard work touring Finland had

established an enthusiastic fanbase.Many were surprised that the group,deemed a perennial live band, actuallymanaged to make a proper album. "Ibelieve, though, that they'll make evenbetter albums, and succeed in captur-ing the energy on tape", Hilamaa pre-dicts. Besides The Flaming Sideburns,Helsinki's garage rock scene includesinstrumental -group The Mutants andall -female quartet Thee Ultrabimboos.The year's most eagerly anticipatedFinnish rock album comes fromSweatmaster (Bad Afro), whose debutSharp Cut will be released in Japanand the UK with tour dates to follow.

Away from retro rock, Velcra andSub -Urban Tribe play modern alter-native rock using electronic elements.EMI Finland's first Virgin -act, Velcrahas already generated interest in theGSA with its industrial metal, which

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Young, Finnish singer/songwriter Emmi returns with a brandnew album "No Nothing", released in Finland in Octoberand rest of Europe in 2003. The first single from the album,titled "Dancing Thru The Stars" is a powerful and melodicsong which perfectly brings out Emmi's great vocal talent.

Velcra is a metal band which combines industrial beats,heavy guitar riffs, hardcore grunts and catchy melodies intoa powerful mix. The debut album "Consequences OfDisobedience" was mixed by Stefan Glaumann (e.g.Rammstein) and will be released in November.

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Continued from page 11is similar in style to Guano Apes. Theband's debut is released this year inFinland and the GSA with the rest ofEurope to follow in early 2003. Sub -Urban Tribe's rock is grungier and theband is on a good creative curve sincehiring new singer Ville Tuomi andmoving to EMI, where they releasedthe album Frozen Ashes last year.Poko's Bitch Alert, two girls and aguy, play punky riot girl rock in thetradition of L7 and Hole, and havealready released two albums, ..riotbeing the latest.

POP

A wealth of Finnish bands singing inEnglish have emerged onto theFinnish mainstream music scene oflate as international success hassparked the faith of record companiesand rejuvenated consumer interest.The Crash (Warner/Evidence) hasbeen working hard over the last yearto get a footing in Europe with theirsophomore set Wildlife, released acrossEurope in spring. The band has takenits emotional pop on the road touringcontinental Europe with Eskobar andScandinavia with Weeping Willowsbefore supporting A -Ha on tour inAugust. First single off Wildlife,Lauren Caught My Eye, was acrossover radio hit in Finland initiallypicked up by Radiomafia and gradual-ly by other stations, keeping thesong-and its French -language cho-rus-on the airwaves for several

months. The Crash's videos, whichhave won awards in Finland, have alsobeen regular features on MTV Nordic.The same holds for BMG actKemopetrol, whose second albumEverything's Fine entered Finnishalbum charts at number one lastspring. Singles Saw It On TV andGoodbye have received heavy rotationon radio and MTV-Goodbye with avideo by Freestyler-director MiikkaLommi. "Kemopetrol is charismatic,sexy and distant-in a good way-andthey have catchy melodies," says RadioSuomipop's programme director PetriPaarnio. Kemopetrol's album wasreleased across Europe with mostinterest for its smooth, modern popcoming from Italy and Spain.

EMI's Emmi made an initialimpact with debut single Breakable in2001, and looks set to continue build-ing on that with the release of new setNo Nothing in October. The albumwill focus more on Emmi's songwrit-ing talent, promising, in addition tostrong melodies, a rougher guitar -

heavy edge than on debut SolitaryMotions. "It sounds more like her,"say EMI Finland managing directorWemppa Koivumaki.

LAB (BMG), fronted by charismat-ic singer Ana, release their secondalbum in October with the first single,Beat The Boys indicating that theband has further defined its identity-mixing sharp modern sounds with agritty playing style. NRJ Finland isimpressed. According to head of musicMarcus Sjostrom: "It's the kind of songyou want to hear before you go out onFriday night. LAB are really energeticand hungry. You see and hear thatthey love what they're doing."

DANCE/ELECTRONIC

Dance music acts Darude (16 Inch)and Bomfunk MC's (Sony) ledFinland's leap into the internationalcharts along with metal group HIM in2000. Darude continued promotingSandstorm continent after continent,and the single became a hit every-where in Europe, North America andAustralia. Bomfunk MC's followed upFreestyler, 2000's top single on Music& Media's Eurochart, by releasingSuper -Electric in autumn 2001 andsecond album Burnin' Sneakers in2002. Third single Something GoingOn, featuring Swedish singer JessicaFolcker went into top 5 positions inFinland, Sweden and Norway inSeptember. Bomfunk, MC's line-upalso changed this autumn as DJGismo left and was replaced by hip

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Jaakko Salovaara aka JS16, theproducer and co -composer of bothDarude and Bomfunk MC's, is alsobehind Mighty 44, a new energeticdance group, whose debut singleMighty 44 (BMG) has been a favouriteon NRJ Finland. "It's aggressive, butpositive-good for Scandinavia. Inthat sense Mighty 44 reminds me ofSwedish Leila K," says NRJ head ofmusic Marcus SjostrOm.

Outside the mainstream theFinnish electronic scene is diverse andvibrant. Established artists like JimiTenor and F -Communications -signedhouse producer Joni Hulkkonen con-tinue making quality albums, with thelatter even entering Finnish charts forthe first time with new albumDifferent. Nuspirit Helsinki caused asurprise going into the top 20 andremaining in the top 30 for over 10weeks. The collective, signed to USlabel Guidance, mixes elements ofsoul, jazz, funk and even hip hop, but

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maintains an organic sound."Nuspirit's sound is fresh and new. Ina way it represents club culture, butalso brings real skill and musicianshipto it-which isn't always a part of clubculture," says Radiomafia head ofmusic Heikki Hilamaa.

Trance -label Exogenic Recordslaunched sub -label Exogenic Breaksfor everything else besides trancemusic, and now one of the Breaks -artists has given the company its firstmainstream hit. Accu, an 80's influ-enced electro-funk act with accessiblepop -tunes has scored withSurrounding Love, which has been onRadiomafia's playlist and in theFinnish charts.

Relative unknowns in Finland, butrising in the international under-ground scene are house duo SlusnikLuna, whose first single Sun peakedin the UK top 40, Turku -based elec-tro-act Mr. Velcro Fastener (i220) andLuomo (Forcetracks)-minimalisthouse from Vladislav Delay.

HIP HOP/R&B

Almost every record company was outto get a hip hop act in 2000-2001 whenFinnish -language hip hop brokethrough. Seremoniamestari andFintelligens were the frontrunnersand both had two singles in the top 10at best. The boom has calmed downand it remains to be seen which bandsprove long lasting. Some English -lan-guage rappers also emerged during thefrenzy, such as Paleface (BMG), who is

currently working on his secondalbum. The Pale Ontologist provedthat genre -defying Paleface can hook akiller chorus to hip hop beats.

Killer choruses are whatUniversal's Kwan are after withEnglish -rapping MCs Mariko andTidjan. The follow-up to hit debutDynasty is out in October with firstsingle Rain getting heavy radio rota-tion. "Rain is how you get on radio inEurope-not pure hip hop, but hiphop with melodies and a pop hook.Hip hop culture meets a strong pop -element," says Radiomafia head ofmusic Heikki Hilamaa.

Giant Robot also rap in English,but the music on their second setSuperweekend (EMI) leans moretowards R&B and electronica. Thealbum received positive reviews com-mending the group for its timelessuse of black music influences fromvarious eras to form an album with itsown sound, which the Robots com-bined with a wholly northernEuropean attitude. First single

Dancehall Dominator became GiantRobot's first top 10 hit.

JAllFinnish jazz continues to produce anabundance of talented musicians-both traditionalists and genre -defyingexperimentalists. Established actsTrio Toykeat (Universal) and progres-sive jazz-rock group XL (Rockadillo)operate full steam-when they have amoment away from all their otherprojects. XL's Arttu Takalo links hisvibraphone to a MIDI -system,increasing the possibilities of theinstrument. He recently releaseddebut solo set, When I Fall (EMI), andalso collaborated with Finnish rockicon Ismo Alanko on his latest album,Hallanvaara (Poko). SaxophonistJukka Perko became the first Finnishartist to have a release on Blue Note'sFinnish affiliate in 2000, when he andhis Hurmio-Orkesteri made Music ofOlavi Virta, an album interpretingthe late Finnish tango singer OlaviVirta's classics. Perko's former band -mate from Perko-Pyysalo Poppoo,vibraphonist Severi Pyysalo alsoreleased an album on Blue Note withAntti Sarpila, called New Moods-New Sounds, which marked a mod-ernist turn in Sarpila's career.

The eclectic Zetaboo was formed byguitarist Jarmo Saari and vocalistAnna -Mari Kahard, and includesVarttina's bassist Pekka Lehti anddrummer Marko Timonen. TapaniRinne has lent his trademark soprano

saxophone sound to several projectsbreaking the barrier between jazz andelectronic music. His search for a newstyle of music is best captured onRinneradio's (Rockadillo) albumswhere Rinne combines his melancholysax with house and jungle beats.Recently Rinne joined forces with DJSlow to produce FinnDisc under thealias of SlowHill, which samplesEMI's Finnish jazz catalogue to createa unique Finnish ambience with aturntable and soprano saxophone.

Accordionist Kimmo Pohjonen alsomixes electronics with a traditionalinstrument to amazing effect both inlive shows and recordings. He releasedKluster (Rockadillo) in 2002, which is aduo -project with percussionist SamuliKosminen. Emerging new talentincludes keyboardist Kari Ikonen,whose Karikko (Fiasko) is a hauntinglybeautiful album, while another recentcritic's favourite, youthful and ener-getic U -Street Allstars, whose HelsinkiSessions was released in 2002.

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ARTISTS & MUSIC

Soundtrack still Behind The Musicby Adam Howorth

When The Soundtrack Of Our Lives (TSOOL)played the 275 -capacity Borderline club inLondon's West End last year, they took theM&M-sponsored Indiego night by the scruff ofthe neck and left no-one in any doubt that forsheer style, charisma and songs, theScandinavian rock scene is an international forceto be reckoned with.

Fronted by giant, bearded, kaftan -wearingsinger Ebbot Lundburg, TSOOL formed in1994 in Gothenburg after their previous out-fit-and Kurt Cobain favourites-UnionCarbide Productions (UCP) disbanded. "Theband have evolved over successive albumshelping the fan base to grow-Scandinavia isvery supportive of home grown talent," notesIan Greaves, rock genre manager at London -based satellite broadcaster Music Choice. "Wehave 10 of their tracks on our system. They area very inventive band with an ear for a melody.Sister Surround [the band's forthcoming sin-gle] is a great example."

As well as being popular with the critics, par-ticularly in the UK, Noel Gallagher recently toldM&M "I love Soundtrack Of Our Lives," and tookthem out in August as the support act on theOasis US tour. The band's third and most recentalbum, Behind The Music (Warner), entered theSwedish sales chart at number three last year, andprovided the spur for further touring. In the firsteight months of this year alone, they have notched

up over 150 dates prior to the September 2 releasein the UK of the single Twentieth Century Rip-offThey're back in the US in November and then nextJanuary for the West Coast leg of the Oasis tour.

Helen Wigren, international exploitationmanager at Warner Music Sweden in Stockholm,says continental European activity will pick upagain when they will work Sister Surround asthe commercial single early next year. She saysother territories that are picking up on TSOOLare "Germany, France and Scandinavia, ofcourse. Canada is doing great-they did twoshows there with Oasis as part of their US tour,and Australia. They're popular in the UKbecause they've been going there since '97, andhave built up a good fan base. Now we have WEAworking with them and they've a good team whoare behind the band."

The Soundtrack Of Our Lives debuted onWarner Sweden subsidiary Telegram withWelcome To The Infant Freebase in 1997, whichearned the band Newcomer Of The Year award atthe Swedish Grammis. In 1998 they releasedtheir sophomore album Extended Revelation ForThe Psychic Weaklings Of Western Civilisationand the following year were personally chosen tosupport The Rolling Stones at Stockholm's GlobeArena.

WEA came on board in December of 2001-thefirst time the major had supported the band inthe UK since Warner imprint Coalition Recordsfolded in 1999. Because of this, TSOOL onlyreleased one single in the UK in the intervening

period-Avenger Hillstreet Blues in 1999 on Six07Music, an independent label set up by their pressofficer. The band signed for North America withUniversal Music earlier this year.

Junior Senior movin' feet

by Charles Ferro

They're camp, there's a little one anda big one, and with Move Your Feet(Crunchy Frog/Capitol/Universal),Junior Senior are planning to geteveryone dancing across Europe, inthe same way they have been backhome in Denmark since their recordcame out in May.

"Before it was released I'd heardMove Your Feet and pestered thelabel to get it to us, and it's beenrolling ever since," says EikFrederiksen, editor of music policyat Denmark's public CHR stationDR P3. "We played it a lot andJens -Otto Paludan [UniversalRecords Denmark MD], heard it,so did Ronan Keating and FatboySlim and it led to an internationalcontract. I believe this one can be abig hit abroad."

Universal now licenses the duofrom Danish indie Crunchy Frogfor the world outside their domes-tic market, and is currently look-ing at a US release. In Denmark,Capitol licenses the act. "We'll bereleasing the single from now untilJanuary in various European terri-

tories," reports Claus LundPetersen, Universal DenmarkA&R director.

Holland, France, Italy andGermany will be the first priori-ties. The UK release is slated forJanuary 13 next year, and thelabel plans to select another singlefor that market before releasingthe act's debut album D -D -Don'tStop The Beat. Petersen says thefinishing touches are now beingapplied to the international ver-sion of the album.

"We met a few years ago at atime when there was a sort ofindie wave of copycat bands pro-ducing radio hits, and we thoughtit was a bit dull," says Junior. "Wewanted something simple andextroverted, something you coulddance to without the standardboom -boom dance beat. And wewanted to toss in some other gen-res, too."

Junior plays guitar, whileSenior takes most of the vocalduties, although Thomas Troelsen,the dynamic frontman inSuperheroes, provides the vocalson Move Your Feet.

Senior (Jeppe Breum), who isgay, towers over Junior (JesperMortensen), who is straight. As forthe music: take some old soul,R&B, a dash of country and somerock. The closest comparisonwould be a stripped -down Beckbacked by a strong dance beat.

Move Your Feet reached numbertwo on MTV's Up North chart inAugust, during a three-month runon the Danish sales chart.

"Hey, this is Jennifer, Iwant to welcome you tojenniferlopez.com." Andshe actually says that-at least if you've got asoundcard in your PC.From the start atwwwjenniferlopez.com,Sony has put together a -1111E-multi-lingual site,which is always handyfor non-English speak -

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Q&A, fanclub and competition areas,as well as a Photo Gallery-althoughsadly no sign of the familiar derriere.What is amusing, and unusually sogiven it comes from a "pop-up" win-dow, is an advertisement for Glow byJ.Lo, "Fresh, sexy, clean-it's the newfragrance by Jennifer Lopez", demon-strating there are truly no limits toher talents.

Adam Howorth

Toto celebrate their 25thanniversary this year,although the high point oftheir career was probably1982's release of theirfourth album TOTO IV(Columbia), which went plat-inum and helped the bandscoop six US GrammyAwards. Four years ago in1998, Danish CHR stationRadio Silkeborg had theband's Going Home on itsplaylist. Head of musicMichael Jorgensen says thetrack no longer fea-tures on the station,which now majors onuptempo pop, rock andurban music. However,

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Going Home is still aired by sis-ter station Radio SilkeborgGold, which was launched in2000. "On the Gold station westick more to soft pop andclassics from the '70s, '80s

and '90s," explains Jorgensen.Toto have a new album,

Through The Looking Glass,out on the October 14, and anew single Could You BeLoved (both EMI), which is acover of the old Bob Marleyfavourite. Jorgensen is cau-tious about the new track,

however. "I don't thinkit works that well, soI'm waiting a bit to seeif it's a hit."

Miriam Hubner

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