Flow Festival, August 17-19, 2007, Helsinki, Finland
Press Release July 10, 2007
Nuspirit Helsinki is proud to present the fourth annual Flow Festival of Helsinki, Finland. This year’s programme includes current top acts from indie rock and folk to electronic music, bossa nova and jazz. Flow Festival is organised in August 17-19 as part of the Helsinki festival.
The Brazilian, million-selling singer Bebel Gilberto will be performing in Finland for the first time as well as popular indie bands !!! (“Chk Chk Chk”) (USA), and Architecture in Helsinki (AU). Also making their Finnish debut will be New York cult band ESG, who have been highly influential in the modern disco, hip-hop and dance-rock genres, celebrated sister duo CocoRosie (US), and Chicago soul legend Terry Callier. Other great acts on the bill are the lovely Swedish singer Jenny Wilson, Canadian tech-fusion wizard Mathew Jonson and Sébastien Tellier (FR). True to the Festival’s roots, the programme also includes the current cream of the Finnish jazz and soul crop, Ricky-Tick Records’ very own The Five Corners Quintet, Timo Lassy, Jukka Eskola and The Stance Brothers as well as Nicole Willis & The Soul Investigators, and Tuomo performing. Also, Finnish indie-pop, electronica and folk are well represented with performances from the likes of Luomo, Op:l Bastards on their exclusive comeback show, Pepe Deluxé, Jori Hulkkonen, Korpi Ensemble, The Valkyrians, Rättö & Lehtisalo, Katusea Sounsystem, Pooma and Fonal Records’ Risto, Shogun Kunitoki and Eleanoora Rosenholm.
Flow wouldn’t be its true self without showcasing the world’s leading DJs, represented this year by Detroit techno pioneer Carl Craig, American turntablist Cut Chemist, jazzy, soulful British trendsetter Gilles Peterson, rising German electrohouse superstar Tiefschwarz and the Philadelphian hip-hop DJ Cosmo Baker.
This year’s festival will also launch a new, unique venue in the former powerplant-area of Suvilahti in Helsinki. The building was constructed in 1909 to host the first powerplant in Helsinki, and served that use until 1974. The main stage will be built in the impressive yard area, and the former power plant itself will serve as the location for the club events of the night.
More information about the festival, artists and tickets can be found at the website: www.flowfestival.com.
Press accreditation through press pages at the website: accreditation.html
Further information and interview requests:
Press Coordinator Jere Leskinen, press (at) flowfestival (dot) com, +358 (0)40 5430455
Festival Director Tuomas Kallio, info (at) flowfestival (dot) com
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Friday 17.8. (17–04)
Pihalava / Yard
18.00 Nicole Willis & The Soul Investigators
19.30 Sebastien Tellier
21.00 Terry Callier
22.30 CocoRosie
Teltta / Tent
19.00 Pooma
20.30 K-X-P
22.00 Pepe Deluxe
23.30 The Five Corners Quintet, Jukka Eskola, The Stance Brothers, Timo Lassy, Dj Antti Eerikäinen
Klubi / Club
22.00 DJ
23.30 Mathew Jonson
00.30 Tiefschwarz
02.00 Carl Craig
Saturday 18.8. (14–04)
Pihalava / Yard
15.00 Rättö ja Lehtisalo *
16.30 The Valkyrians
18.00 Architecture in Helsinki
19.30 Op:l Bastards *
21.00 !!!
22.30 ESG
Teltta / Tent
16.00 DJ
17.30 ASS (Andreas Söderström Solo)
19.00 Shogun Kunitoki
20.30 Quiet Village
21.30 Quiet Village
23:30 Hannulelauri
00:30 Luomo
01:30 Jori Hulkkonen
Klubi / Club
22.00 DJ
23.30 Cut Chemist
00.30 Gilles Peterson
02.00 Cosmo Baker/ The Rub
Sunday 19.8. (14–24)
Pihalava / Yard
15.30 Risto
17.15 Tuomo
19.00 Jenny Wilson
20.45 Bebel Gilberto
Teltta / Tent
16.30 Rosenholm
18.15 Jaakko Eino Kalevi
20.00 Korpi Ensemble
21.45 Katusea Soundsystem
