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Finnish musician Aki Sirkesalo (b. 1962 in Toijala, Finland – d. December 26, 2004 in Khao Lak, Thailand) started his public career in 1984 as an announcer in the Finnish Broadcasting Company (YLE) radio show Rockradio. In 1986 he formed a band called Giddyups, followed with a successful a cappella group Veeti and the Velvets. He released his first solo album Mielenrauhaa ("peace of mind") in 1995. Since then he's made four more solo albums, the latest of which was released posthumously in February 2005. Sirkesalo has sold more than 100 000 records, which is a substantial amount in a...

Formed from ex-Plastalīns members, Sirke started out in 1996 as a lo-fi indie trio in Rīga, Latvia. In a year's time they had added a fourth member and established themselves as one of the leading acts in Latvian underground. In the summer of 1997 they produced a set of instrumental tracks and recorded them under the name of Sirke 603. Soon enough though they discarded the concept of two different bandnames and switched to playing instrumental post-rock as Sirke. Over their seven years of existence they expanded to the size of a small orchestra with seven people altogether playing post-rock...