Indica (Finnish band)
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Indica is a Finnish
pop rock
group founded in 2001. Jani Jalonen of Sony Music
became interested in the group, and a recording contract was signed 2003. Indica's first album, Ikuinen virta
was released in 2004. It has since sold platinum in Finland.
Indica supported Nightwish
during their Scandinavia
n tour 2007 in which they performed English versions of their songs. Tuomas Holopainen
of Nightwish produced their next album, Valoissa
, while many of the songs employed the orchestral talents of Pip Williams
and the literary talents of their lyrics collaborator Rory Winston
. The band was also added to the line-up for Nightwish's 2nd half of the Dark Passion Play
Tour with Pain.
The album was co-produced by Gabi Hakanen and Erno Laitinen, and from here began the journey of Indica and Erno together which took them through three albums. The 30,000 platinum-selling debut album Ikuinen virta was released in 2004, and from this album the title track as well as the song Scarlett were released as singles. Indica's second record Tuuliset tienoot was released in the autumn of 2005 and went on to sell over 20,000 discs, and the third album Kadonnut puutarha was released in spring 2007.
Indica's music and lyrics are written by the band's charismatic singer Jonsu, who started her composer's career even before she went to school, writing little 'symphonies' two bars long. Jonsu has explained that, to her, the biggest inspirational source for writing music is the music from movies. The lyrics stem from her own life, the lives of her friends, and also from dreams.
Indica, known for their playful and lively stage presence and their distinctive music, went travelling outside Finland near the close of 2007 when they performed as the support act for Nightwish during their Scandinavian tour. Indica were well received in the other Nordic countries. A tight collaboration between Indica and Nightwish frontman Tuomas Holopainen started on this tour, aimed at creating the next album. Tuomas was the producer of the fourth Indica longplayer, released autumn 2008 and titled 'Valoissa' ('In The Lights'). The first single 'Pahinta tänään' ('Worst of Today') was released on May 8, 2008, followed by 'Valoissa' in August 2008, and '10 h myöhässä' ('10 Hours Late') in January, all with accompanying music videos.
Work on their fifth album 'A Way Away' is
finished, with a release date of June 2010. It
is a CD of English reinterpretations of some previously published compositions. Some that have been rewritten are 'Pahinta tänään', 'Noita' ('Witch') from 'Kadonnut puutarha' ('The Lost Garden') and 'Vuorien taa' ('Beyond the Mountains') from 'Tuuliset tienoot' ('Windy Shires'), which has been rewritten as 'Siren Song', of which a short piece can be found on their website, and on live performances on 'Youtube', along with a few other English versions. The song was altered for the album and renamed 'Islands of Light'.
The album 'A Way Away' includes Production by Tuomas Holopainen
as well as collaboration on all lyrics by the poet and screenwriter Rory Winston
, as well as orchestration by Pip Williams
. Two videos have been recorded in Tokyo for this English album by the French photographer Denis Goria (Nightwish, PAIN, Amorphis, Hypocrisy, NAKED, TAROT, The Hellacopters...). The original Finnish songs that have been remade in English are Pahinta tänään, renamed Straight and Arrow, and Valoissa as In Passing. The videos for both are available on Youtube.
Finland
Finland , officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden in the west, Norway in the north and Russia in the east, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland.Around 5.4 million people reside...
pop rock
Pop rock
Pop rock is a music genre which mixes a catchy pop style and light lyrics in its guitar-based rock songs. There are varying definitions of the term, ranging from a slower and mellower form of rock music to a subgenre of pop music...
group founded in 2001. Jani Jalonen of Sony Music
Sony Music Entertainment
Sony Music Entertainment ' is the second-largest global recorded music company of the "big four" record companies and is controlled by Sony Corporation of America, the United States subsidiary of Japan's Sony Corporation....
became interested in the group, and a recording contract was signed 2003. Indica's first album, Ikuinen virta
Ikuinen virta
Ikuinen Virta is the first album by Finnish pop rock band Indica, released in 2004. It spent a total of 29 weeks in the Finnish Top 40, peaking at number 4 in January 2005.-Track list:#Saalistaja - 3:29#Scarlett - 3:29...
was released in 2004. It has since sold platinum in Finland.
Indica supported Nightwish
Nightwish
Nightwish is a Finnish symphonic metal band from Kitee, Finland. Formed in 1996 by songwriter and keyboardist Tuomas Holopainen, guitarist Emppu Vuorinen, and former vocalist Tarja Turunen, Nightwish's current line-up has five members, although Tarja has been replaced by Anette Olzon and the...
during their Scandinavia
Scandinavia
Scandinavia is a cultural, historical and ethno-linguistic region in northern Europe that includes the three kingdoms of Denmark, Norway and Sweden, characterized by their common ethno-cultural heritage and language. Modern Norway and Sweden proper are situated on the Scandinavian Peninsula,...
n tour 2007 in which they performed English versions of their songs. Tuomas Holopainen
Tuomas Holopainen
Tuomas Lauri Johannes Holopainen is a Finnish composer known best for symphonic metal music. He has also studied jazz and classical styles, but prefers to be influenced by harmonic film music....
of Nightwish produced their next album, Valoissa
Valoissa
Valoissa is the fourth album of the Finnish band Indica and was released in 2008. It was produced by Tuomas Holopainen.- Track listing :# "Elä" - 3:24# "Pahinta tänään" - 3:24# "10 h myöhässä" - 3:40...
, while many of the songs employed the orchestral talents of Pip Williams
Pip Williams
Pip Williams, is a record producer, arranger and guitarist, best known for producing albums for Status Quo and The Moody Blues.-Career:...
and the literary talents of their lyrics collaborator Rory Winston
Turn left at Gilgamesh
Turn left at Gilgamesh is a play by , in which civilization develops solely through a series of misunderstandings.Winston's first full-length effort, Turn Left at Gilgamesh centers around 3 characters whose every effort to be understood furthers their sense of alienation...
. The band was also added to the line-up for Nightwish's 2nd half of the Dark Passion Play
Dark Passion Play
Dark Passion Play is the sixth studio album by Finnish symphonic metal band Nightwish, released on 26 September, 2007 in Finland, 28 September in Europe and 2 October 2007 in the United States. It was the first Nightwish album with the band's current lead singer, Anette Olzon, and the first album...
Tour with Pain.
History
Johanna Salomaa (vocals, violin), Heini Säisä (bass), Sirkku Karvonen (keyboards), Jenny Julia (guitar) and Laura Häkkänen (drums) founded Indica in 2001. Before this the girls had already spent their entire childhood surrounded by classical music and had also played in a few different band line-ups. In the Christmas of 2002 Indica signed a management contract with Peter Kokljuschin and in 2003 a record deal with SonyMusic, leading to Indica starting work on their debut album.The album was co-produced by Gabi Hakanen and Erno Laitinen, and from here began the journey of Indica and Erno together which took them through three albums. The 30,000 platinum-selling debut album Ikuinen virta was released in 2004, and from this album the title track as well as the song Scarlett were released as singles. Indica's second record Tuuliset tienoot was released in the autumn of 2005 and went on to sell over 20,000 discs, and the third album Kadonnut puutarha was released in spring 2007.
Indica's music and lyrics are written by the band's charismatic singer Jonsu, who started her composer's career even before she went to school, writing little 'symphonies' two bars long. Jonsu has explained that, to her, the biggest inspirational source for writing music is the music from movies. The lyrics stem from her own life, the lives of her friends, and also from dreams.
Indica, known for their playful and lively stage presence and their distinctive music, went travelling outside Finland near the close of 2007 when they performed as the support act for Nightwish during their Scandinavian tour. Indica were well received in the other Nordic countries. A tight collaboration between Indica and Nightwish frontman Tuomas Holopainen started on this tour, aimed at creating the next album. Tuomas was the producer of the fourth Indica longplayer, released autumn 2008 and titled 'Valoissa' ('In The Lights'). The first single 'Pahinta tänään' ('Worst of Today') was released on May 8, 2008, followed by 'Valoissa' in August 2008, and '10 h myöhässä' ('10 Hours Late') in January, all with accompanying music videos.
Work on their fifth album 'A Way Away' is
finished, with a release date of June 2010. It
is a CD of English reinterpretations of some previously published compositions. Some that have been rewritten are 'Pahinta tänään', 'Noita' ('Witch') from 'Kadonnut puutarha' ('The Lost Garden') and 'Vuorien taa' ('Beyond the Mountains') from 'Tuuliset tienoot' ('Windy Shires'), which has been rewritten as 'Siren Song', of which a short piece can be found on their website, and on live performances on 'Youtube', along with a few other English versions. The song was altered for the album and renamed 'Islands of Light'.
A Way Away (2010)
A compilation album called 'Pahinta tänään: Kokoelma', has been released in Finland on October 21, 2009, and contains old tracks, along with four new or unreleased ones. One of these unreleased songs is 'Valokeilojen vampyyri' (Translated on their webpage as 'Vampire in the Light Beams'). This is an old Indica song which was played at a few gigs in 2004, and Indica said it would never be heard again. This song is also their last single, and a video has been made, with the theme of Indica's early days.The album 'A Way Away' includes Production by Tuomas Holopainen
Tuomas Holopainen
Tuomas Lauri Johannes Holopainen is a Finnish composer known best for symphonic metal music. He has also studied jazz and classical styles, but prefers to be influenced by harmonic film music....
as well as collaboration on all lyrics by the poet and screenwriter Rory Winston
Turn left at Gilgamesh
Turn left at Gilgamesh is a play by , in which civilization develops solely through a series of misunderstandings.Winston's first full-length effort, Turn Left at Gilgamesh centers around 3 characters whose every effort to be understood furthers their sense of alienation...
, as well as orchestration by Pip Williams
Pip Williams
Pip Williams, is a record producer, arranger and guitarist, best known for producing albums for Status Quo and The Moody Blues.-Career:...
. Two videos have been recorded in Tokyo for this English album by the French photographer Denis Goria (Nightwish, PAIN, Amorphis, Hypocrisy, NAKED, TAROT, The Hellacopters...). The original Finnish songs that have been remade in English are Pahinta tänään, renamed Straight and Arrow, and Valoissa as In Passing. The videos for both are available on Youtube.
Members
- Johanna "Jonsu" Salomaa – vocals, violin, guitars, keyboards
- Heini Säisä – bass guitar, backing vocals
- Sirkku Karvonen– keyboards, clarinet, backing vocals
- Jenny Julia – guitars, backing vocals
- Laura Häkkänen – drums
Studio albums
- Ikuinen virtaIkuinen virtaIkuinen Virta is the first album by Finnish pop rock band Indica, released in 2004. It spent a total of 29 weeks in the Finnish Top 40, peaking at number 4 in January 2005.-Track list:#Saalistaja - 3:29#Scarlett - 3:29...
(The Eternal Stream) (2004) - Tuuliset tienootTuuliset tienootTuuliset Tienoot is the second album by Finnish pop rock band Indica, released in 2005. It spent a total of 27 weeks in the Finnish Top 40, peaking at number 12 in February 2006.-Track listing:#Vuorien Taa - 3:16#Pidä Kädestä - 3:49...
(Windy Shires) (2005) - Kadonnut puutarhaKadonnut puutarhaKadunnut puutarha is the third album by Finnish pop rock band Indica, released in 2007.-Track listing:#"Viimeinen jyvä" - 2:45#"Linnansa vanki" - 3:35#"Ikävänkantaja" - 4:08#"Ulkona" - 4:05#"Nukkuu kedolla" - 4:25#"Noita" - 4:09...
(The Lost Garden) (2007) - ValoissaValoissaValoissa is the fourth album of the Finnish band Indica and was released in 2008. It was produced by Tuomas Holopainen.- Track listing :# "Elä" - 3:24# "Pahinta tänään" - 3:24# "10 h myöhässä" - 3:40...
(In The Lights) (2008) - A Way AwayA Way AwayA Way Away is the fifth album from Finnish pop rock band Indica. This is the band's first English album and it contains English versions of songs from previous albums. The album is released in many editions such as CD, CD + DVD, Deluxe Edition, Diary Edition and Suitcase Edition...
(2010)
Singles
- "Scarlett" (26 March 2004)
- "Ikuinen virta" (5 August 2004)
- "Vettä vasten" (23 March 2005)
- "Ihmisen lento" – Promo (2005)
- "Vuorien taa" + "Nuorallatanssija" (19 October 2005)
- "Pidä kädestä" – Promo (2005)
- "Niin tuleni teen" – Promo (2005)
- "Linnansa vanki" – Promo (2007)
- "Noita" – Promo (2007)
- "Ulkona" – Promo (2007)
- "Pahinta tänään" – Promo (8 May 2008), Internet single (12 May 2008)
- "Valoissa" (August 2008)
- "10 h myöhässä" (14 November 2008)
- "Valokeilojen vampyyri" (Autumn 2009)
- "In Passing" (4 June 2010)
- "Precious Dark" (10 September 2010)
Music videos
- "Scarlett" (2004), directed by Kusti Manninen
- "Ikuinen virta" (2005), directed by Kusti Manninen
- "Vuorien taa" (2006), directed by Marko Mäkilaakso
- "Pidä kädestä" (2006), directed by Marko Mäkilaakso
- "Linnansa vanki" (2007), directed by Jesse Hietanen
- "Pahinta tänään" (Spring 2008), directed by Jesse Hietanen
- "Valoissa" (Autumn 2008)
- "10 h myöhässä" (Christmas 2008)
- "Valokeilojen vampyyri" (Autumn 2009)
- "Straight and Arrow" (Winter 2009)
- "In Passing" (March 2010)
- "Islands of Light" (June 2010)
- "Precious Dark" (August 2010)
Collaborations
- "Erämaan viimeinen" (Last of the Wilds) (NightwishNightwishNightwish is a Finnish symphonic metal band from Kitee, Finland. Formed in 1996 by songwriter and keyboardist Tuomas Holopainen, guitarist Emppu Vuorinen, and former vocalist Tarja Turunen, Nightwish's current line-up has five members, although Tarja has been replaced by Anette Olzon and the...
) - "Sydänten tiellä" (Jonsu & Jukka Poika)