*** LABELS ***

AISTI (quite new label that released the brilliant 2. album from Office Building)
http://www.aistirecords.com/

ANOEMA RECORDINGS (a new label with still just one release, free improvisation, electronics and noise)
http://www.anoema.com/

BV2 (another half of recently spilt up Bad Vugum, couldn't find any contact information, but keep at least the name in mind)

BOING BEING (quite lazy label releasing few 7"s and comics every now and then)
contact: tomustur@uiah.fi

EKTRO (maybe the most important label in Finland at the moment, run by the Mr.Circle himself, Jussi Lehtisalo)
http://www.ektrorecords.com/

FONAL RECORDS (a very good small but active label run by Sami Sänpäkkilä also performing as ES and playing in Kiila+++)
http://www.fonal.com/

FREAK ANIMAL RECORDS (noise and power electronics releases, also a good distribution catalogue)
http://www.cfprod.com/farecs.htm

HOSTILE REGRESSION (if you want to check out some good Finnish hc/grind this would be your bet, loud and straight-to-face)
http://personal.inet.fi/business/hostileregression/

HOT IGLOO (the other half of recently split up legendary Bad
Vugum-label, continuing their work)
http://www.hotigloo.com/

IF SOCIETY (collaboration of few smaller labels, check out their recent
releases for Echo is Your Love and Hero Dishonest)
http://ifsociety.com/

KAOS KONTROL (noise and power electronics)
http://www.kaos-kontrol.org/

LAL LAL LAL (great new label releasing more avantgardish sounds, coming
up LOTS of interesting releases)
http://fi.internations.net/lallallal/

OCTANE GRAMMOPHON (a small label with 7" releases ... formerly known as
Weird Dreams)
Contact: mika.ihanamaki@sunpoint.net

RIKOS RECORDS (check out how Tero's C64 beeps - because you're worth it)
http://www.rikosrecords.com/

SOME PLACE ELSE
http://www.someplaceelse.net

SÄHKÖ RECORDINGS (great label releasing more electronic stuff with a
very good taste, check out their Jazzpuu-series with re-releases of
Finnish jazz from the 70's)
http://www.phinnweb.com/sahko/

VAUVA (quite new label with great releases coming up)
http://members.vip.fi/~anderzen/vauva.html

VERDURA (couple of interesting cds coming up soon)
http://www.verdurarecords.com/

ZERGA (a label run by ex-Deep Turtle and today's Kroko frontman Pentti
Dassum)
http://www.zerga.rauhala.fi/

*** BANDS ***

AAVIKKO (soft electronics and skiing, one of the best live acts on
earth ... without a doubt)
http://www.aavikko.net/

THE ANAKSIMANDROS (Tampere-based improvisation)
http://members.vip.fi/~anderzen/anaksimandros.html

BLACK AUDIO ("Black Audio's humane groove warms your heart as well as it
makes you dance. In today's cold world, can you ask for more?")
http://members.surfeu.fi/black_audio/index2.html

THE BLUBBERHEADS ("Up and going since October 1992. Flowers and noise.
Sometimes nice, sometimes not so nice, always psyched out.")
http://blubberheads.finnishpunk.net/

CAN CAN HEADS (nowave - but I didn't say that!)
http://www.kolumbus.fi/jamatu/cch/index.html

CHAINSMOKER (twisted and repetitive electronics by some of the former
Sweetheart guys)

CESSNA (if there ever was perfect guitar pop, Cessna would make it close
to it)
http://members.surfeu.fi/cessna/

CIRCLE (one of the most important bands during the last ten years ...
has been obstinately releasing their transguiding music with an
increasing speed, yes ... it's kraut)
http://www.verkkotieto.fi/~jl1/cirdisco.html

CUCUMBER FARMER (this is what they say: "Cucumber Farmer is and utopian
socialist community that sees art and music both as a religion and a
holy war. We are dada-priests and surrealistic revolutionaries
simultaneously" ... well, judge by yourself)
http://www.cc.jyu.fi/~samhyto/

DARK SUN (these guys have for sure had their overdose of Hawkwind)
http://hop.to/darksun/

ECHO IS YOUR LOVE (a five-piece noise-pop-lo-fi outfit from Helsinki,
second full-length album about to be released)
http://www.dlc.fi/~oranss1/echo/

EKTROVERDE (a loose collective around Jussi Lehtisalo, containing a
busful of ex- and today's Circle line-up)
http://www.verkkotieto.fi/~jl1/cirverde.html

ES (Sami Sänpäkkilä's audial playground)
http://www.escycle.com/

FUN (noiserock in the vein of Shellac)
http://www.fun.ven.cc/

GREY PARK (pulsing electro bleebs and drones)
http://www.cs.Helsinki.FI/u/pirtola/grey.park/

HINAGESHI BONDAGE (soundscapes by the mainman of Verdura Records)
Contact: janne.martinkauppi@fortum.com

KEMIALLISET YSTÄVÄT (Jan Anderzen and his tribe guiding you through time
and place - unique music beyond description,10th album got just released)
http://members.vip.fi/~anderzen/

KEUHKOT (this is a fan-site but anyway, take a look at one of the most
avantgardish icons in Finnish music: Mr. Kake Puhuu)
http://www.lyytikainen.com/keuhkot/

KIILA (different to describe - you must listen by yourself ... their
debut cd is an outstanding work which sets high hopes for the future
releases)
http://www.fonal.com/kiila/index.html

KROKO (noisy and progressive, jazz and not jazz)
contact: vindova@netscape.net

KUUSUMUN PROFEETTA (first three albums are released under their English
name "Moon Fog Prophet" with more progressive approach ... after that
got released "Kukin kaappiaan selässään kantaa" -album, which must be
one of the most beautiful releases ever in Finland ... offering soft
psychedelics, expressive lyrics and Mika Rättö's voice which is
unforgettable ... the band that has it's fingers in lots of activities
such as theatre, art +++)
http://www.moonfogprophet.com/

MOTHER GOOSE (threesome that has been making their noiserock for about
ten years, both beautiful and brutal in the same note)
http://www.geocities.com/kunstjet/

MOUTH ODOUR (stop'n go prog rock or whatever, after years of silence
they're working on a new cd... if I mention Cardiacs and Victim's Family
you know where you're heading for)
http://www.verkkotieto.fi/~elliot/mouth_odour/

MURHAMURHAITSEMURHA (un-music, as they say by themselves)
http://kauha.kauhajoki.fi/~raliimak/wwwrl/mmim.html

NEMESIS ("audio soundtracks for travelling without moving - dreaming
without sleeping")
http://www.nettilinja.fi/~ahassine/index.htm

NIKO SKORPIO ("dark electro madness, drugged-out sick-hop, sample
terrorism.")
http://nikoskorpio.net/

NU SCIENCE (C64 and garbage electronics, the official site is still
under construction)
http://www.nuscience.nu/

NUMINOSUM (free improvisation since '92)
http://www.cc.jyu.fi/~sapeny/numinosum/

O SAMULI A (both audio and visual)
http://osamulia.musicpage.com/

OFFICE BUILDING (walking its own way through melancholic pop, guided by
the frontman Janne Laurila)
http://www.uta.fi/~tp61468/ob/obeng.htm

THE PAISLEY ("Cool neo-sixties Mod.")
http://www.geocities.com/paisleyweb/

PAN SONIC (Mika Vainio and Ilpo Väisänen searching for outer space
contact with their homemade electronics)
http://www.mutelibtech.com/mute/bffp/psonic/psonic.htm

PARAFFIN AFFILIATES (free improvisated noise jazz)
http://users.utu.fi/jojovi/pa/

PINK TWINS (some pretty noisy stuff here)
http://www.pinktwins.com/

PLATYPUS (an excellent band combining elements from kraut to noise)
http://www.uta.fi/~pm54740/platypus/

PNMF! (some improvisated live industrial/electronic/ambient/noise here)
http://www.cs.Helsinki.FI/u/pirtola/pnmf/

NEGA (samples upon soundscapes)
http://www.cs.Helsinki.FI/u/pirtola/nega/

RADIOPUHELIMET (probably the most important Finnish band, been
performing their noisy rock for about 15 years ... all the ten albums
should be included in your collection)
http://www.radiopuhelimet.net/

RED CARPET (solo project of Sister Flo's Petri)
http://www.hansoovoice.com/redcarpet/

THE ROLLSTONS (just SO promising new band with perfect touch for
nyances, good lyrics and innovative pop songs - keep your eye on this
one!)
http://www.cc.jyu.fi/~huli/

ROTTEN SOUND (if you're into brutal grind their latest is all you
need ... if not, well ... just forget it then)
http://www.rottensound.com/

SERGIO (check out their debut 7")
http://yours.at/sergio

SISSY SPACEK (another band of the If Society collective)
http://ifsociety.com/sissyspacek/

SISTER FLO ("Writing simple songs and playing them to other people.")
http://www.hansoovoice.com/sisterflo/

SPACE ROCKET ("veryfreejazz" as they claim to be)
contact: tuomas.rantala@nic.fi

TV-RESISTORI (their brilliant debut 7" seems to be sold out)
http://members.surfeu.fi/tvresistori/

ULTRASPORT (most symphaetic pop songs here...)
http://ultrasport.cjb.net/

UZVA ("meshing elements of prog, folk and jazz into a unique
combination.)"
http://uzva.hypermart.net/

UNIDENTIFIED SOUND OBJECTS (audial and visual playground of Mr. Sami
Pennanen - this stuff is like soap, you  can't get hold of it)
http://www.phinnweb.com/USO/

VALSE TRISTE (some kind of icon in Finnish punk, though going it's own
more experimental way)
http://www.students.tut.fi/~koivuluo/mainpage.html

WASAMI (space-rock it is, just look at the photo...)
http://pww.evitech.fi/lap01s/band/projekti/eetu.htm

*** ZINES ***

HINDUPYÖRÄILIJÄ (an excellent zine released randomly)
Contact: janderze@cult.tpu.fi

MUTINY! (Mutiny! is THE fanzine in Finland, been around for fifteen
years and is quite much one of the responsibles in raising a new
musicwise candid generation ... released quite seldom these days. Run by
Mr. Janne Mäki-Turja)
http://www.kolumbus.fi/jamatu/mutiny/index.html

TULVA (check out also their music releases)
http://go.to/tulva

*** MISC ***

MENTAL  ALASKA (Excellent Tampere-based club that visits also other
cities every now and then ... also a great radio show!)
http://www.homestead.com/mental_alaska/

ORANSSI (a small club with lots of different kind of activity ... gigs,
theatre, food +++)
http://www.oranssi.net

AVANTO (Helsinki media art festival, experimental sounds and moving
image)
http://www.avantofestival.com/

KONEISTO (Festival for electronic music and arts, takes also place in
Helsinki)
http://www.koneisto.com/

PHINNWEB (one of the greatest places in the whole web ... great source
to take a look at what's going on in the more electronic side of Finnish
music ... a LOT of interviews, articles, galleries, literature, arts ...
a MUST to browse through)
http://www.phinnweb.com/

ROCKDATA (the ultimate linkprovider of music scene in Finland, may lead
you to vibes of tango but anyway...)
http://www.sjoki.uta.fi/%7Elatvis/rockdata/