Erkki-Sven Tüür | fr

Another "Eindhoven Rockcity" band: 'bakkebaard' means "sideburn" in English. Their play is energetic, adventurous and passionate. They sing in several languages, mostly Bollocks. The band describe their music as: 1) Filthy pop 2) Far from perfect 3) Never smooth. Rough around the edges. 4) Throw a groove in here and there, albeit a strange one 5) Comparisons? Difficult to find - Tom Waits' great grandfather perhaps? Or a long lost cousin of Tom Barman? An estranged in-law of G-Love? 6) Theme? Line? Concept? Idea? 7) Aaaaah! 8) Impulsive but no ‘noodling’ - that’s for jazz sycophants. And no ‘improvisation’ –...

Tuure Kilpeläinen (born 1970, Uusikaupunki) is a Finnish singer-songwriter best known for songs Valon pisaroita, Pelko pois and Eloon!, performed as Tuure Kilpeläinen ja Kaihon Karavaani . Other earlier favourites include Vesitornin varjossa, Lusikat laatikossa and Holtiton sydän. A few of his early 1990's songs were reworked for the debyt album by Jonna Tervomaa in 1998. Around the same time he made his recording debut as front man and main songwriter in the band Luksus. After the short lived Luksus Kilpeläinen released his first solo album Tuure Kilpeläinen in 2003. His second solo album Just was released in 2005 and...

Erkki-Sven Tüür est un compositeur estonien, né à Kärdla, sur l'île estonienne de Hiiumaa, le 16 octobre 1959. C'est un des compositeurs les plus remarquables de sa génération. Autodidacte pour l'essentiel, il a néanmoins étudié les percussions et la flûte à la Tallinn Music School de 1976 à 1980. Ensuite, il a étudié la composition avec Jaan Rääts (en), à la Tallinn Academy of Music, et a pris des leçons privées avec Lepo Sumera. En 1979, il a fondé un groupe de rock de chambre, In Spe, qui est devenu un des groupes les plus populaires en Estonie. Son premier...