Janne Westerlund Explained
| Janne Westerlund |
| Origin: | Hamina, Finland |
| Instrument: | Guitar, banjo |
| Genre: | Experimental rock, krautrock, folk |
| Occupation: | Musician, singer, songwriter |
| Years Active: | 1990–present |
| Label: | , 9pm Records, Bad Vugum, BV2 Productions |
| Associated Acts: | Circle, Pharaoh Overlord, |
Janne Westerlund (born 1973) is a Finnish musician, songwriter and visual artist known from such Finnish groups as Circle (with the band since 2001), Pharaoh Overlord,[1] and .[2] His main instrument is guitar but on his solo gigs he plays banjo as well.[3] He sings and writes lyrics mainly in English. Westerlund's career started in the beginning of the 1990s in a small Finnish city called Hamina when he founded Sweetheart, an experimental noise rock group, with his friends. After Sweetheart, he released two albums of "organic electronica" with a trio called .
All the studio and live recordings with his past and present bands included, Westerlund has played on approximately 50 albums.[4] In the autumn of 2012 he released his debut solo album named Oran.[5]
In 2013 he started a collaboration with, a Finnish cartoonist and musician, composing a soundtrack album for his comics book, Kehittymättömät ufot ("The Undeveloped Flying Objects").
Marshland, his second solo album, is released in January 2015 on Ektro Records.[6]
Discography
Chainsmoker
- 2001: Guarana Planet, CD (Bad Vugum)
- 2003: Stations, CD (BV2 Produktions/Bad Vugum)
Plain Ride
- 2005: Oh the Flow, CD
- 2007: Strange Trial, CD (Ektro Records)
- 2009: House on the Hill, CD (Ektro Records)
- 2011: Stonebridge, CD (Ektro Records)
- 2014: Skeleton Kites, LP/CD (Ektro Records)
Solo career
- 2012: Oran, CD
- 2013: Kehittymättömät ufot, a soundtrack LP/CD for a comics book by Jyrki Nissinen
- 2015: Marshland, LP/CD
Sweetheart
- 1991: Mr. Cocktail / White-Eye, 7" (Bad Vugum)
- 1992: Forestside / Rag Paradise, 7" (Bad Vugum)
- 1992: Well-Dressed Meat, LP/CD (Bad Vugum)
- 1993: Branchline / Diesel Engine, 7" (Bad Vugum)
- 1994: An Ordinary Family Visits Hell, LP/CD (Bad Vugum)
- 1996: Intoxicated Boom Boom, CD (Bad Vugum)
- 1998: Stitches Removal Day, CD (Bad Vugum)
External links
- https://twitter.com/westerlundjanne
- https://soundcloud.com/jannewesterlund
- https://www.facebook.com/Westerlund.Janne/
- https://www.discogs.com/artist/333759-Janne-Westerlund
Notes and References
- Web site: Music – Pharaoh Overlord . BBC . 1 January 1970 . 2012-09-06 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150925095036/http://www.bbc.co.uk/music/artists/a88146b9-5a2e-4865-9d07-96d6b2819878 . 25 September 2015.
- Web site: Information . Plain Ride . 2012-09-06 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110715092108/http://www.plainride.com/info.html . 15 July 2011.
- Web site: Ilosaarirock 2009 | Club Kasettiaseman kesäterveiset: Janne Westerlund . Ilosaarirock.fi . 2012-09-06.
- Web site: Janne Westerlund Discography at Discogs . Discogs.com . 2012-09-06.
- Web site: Circle – NWOFHM . Circlefinland.com . 2012-09-06 . https://web.archive.org/web/20121029094315/http://www.circlefinland.com/ . 29 October 2012.
- Web site: Plain Riden monitoimimies Westerlund: Kraut on täysin loppuunkaluttu sana . Nyyssönen . Janne . 4 December 2014 . . fi . https://web.archive.org/web/20160304092526/http://www.kaleva.fi/blogit/kalevan-blogit/pahki-kirjoituksia-musiikista/131/plain-riden-monitoimimies-westerlund-kraut-on-tays/4418/ . 4 March 2016.
