Based in Jyväskylä, Finland, Keijo Virtanen (1951-2022) was somewhat of a legend in the whole finnish psych scene (on the same level as Pekka Airaksinen - in fact the two have collaborated before).
He’s been working on music for ages but his work has only been starting to get attention during the last few years. This artist’s music is unlike any other, it is often based in ambient and drone and incorporates weird traditional folk instruments from around the world just as much as electronic instruments… and then you’ve got the voice. Keijo is renowned for his throat singing skills which truly sound alien-like and fits his drones very well, giving them an even weirder feel. And when he’s not throat singing and actually forming words, his strong, nasal voice makes any of his songs bizarre beyond description. His roots and influences are quite obvious (traditional world music, american appalachian folk, jazz and drone), but what he does with them makes his work extremely unique. He is sometimes joined by members of free-jazz outfit Vapaa (going under the name Keijo & The Free Players) on some recordings.
Also he collaborated with Tiitus Petäjäniemi of Vapaa, Robert Horton, Avarus and Kheta Hotem.
Keijo died in Jyväskylä 14 July 2022.
2022
Ikuisuus
Cass, Album
2021
Ikuisuus
Cass, Album
2021
Ikuisuus
Cass, Album
2020
Hangover Central Station
7", EP, Ltd
2020
Ikuisuus
Cass, Advance
2018
Ikuisuus
Cass, Album, C48
2016
We Have No Zen!
File, AIFF, ALAC, FLAC, MP3, WAV, Album
2016
Ultraääni
Cass, Album, Ltd
2016
Ultraääni
Cass, Album, Ltd, Num
2015
Ikuisuus
Cass, Album, C40
2014
Ikuisuus, Hyster Tapes, TNT Tapes & Records Services
LP, Album, Ltd
2014
PseudoArcana
Lathe, LP, Album, Ltd, Num
2014
Antikvariaatti Novgorod
Cass, Album
2014
Makrame Records
CDr, Mini, EP
2013
Luovaja
CDr, Album
2013
We Have No Zen!
7xFile, AAC, ALAC, FLAC, MP3, Album
2013
Ikuisuus
Cass, Album
2013
No Home (2)
Cass, Album
2013
No Home (2)
Cass, Album
2012
We Have No Zen!
File, MP3, Album, 320
2012
Ikuisuus
Cass, Album, C90
2012
Ikuisuus
Cass, Album, C40
2012
No Home (2)
Cass, S/Sided, Ltd
2012
Luovaja
CDr, Album
2012
2011
We Have No Zen!
7xFile, MP3, Album, RE, 320
2011
Ikuisuus
Cass, Album, C60
2011
Ikuisuus
Cass, C60
2011
Cabin Floor Esoterica
Cass, C50
2010
Anti-Guru
CDr, Album, lim
2010
Full Of Nothing
CDr, Ltd
2010
Blind Tapes
Cass, S/Sided, Ltd, C20
2010
We Have No Zen!
6xFile, MP3, Album, 320
2010
Ikuisuus
CD, Album
2010
267 lattajjaa
CDr, Album
2010
ROH Tapes
Cass, Album
2010
Luovaja
CDr, Album
2010
Reverb Worship
CDr, Album
2010
2009
Reverb Worship
CDr, Ltd
2009
267 Lattajjaa
CDr, Ltd
2009
Digitalis Limited
Cass, Ltd, C45
2009
Luovaja
CDr, Album
2009
Ikuisuus
CD, Album
2009
Ikuisuus
Cass
2009
267 lattajjaa
CDr, Album
2009
2008
Centre Of Wood
CDr, Ltd
2008
Ikuisuus
CD, Album
2008
bumtapes
CDr, Ltd
2008
PseudoArcana
CDr
2007
Digitalis Recordings
CDr, Album, Ltd
2007
Music Your Mind Will Love You
CDr, Album
2007
Digitalis Recordings
CD, Album
2007
Fire Museum Records
CD, Album, Ltd
2007
Reverb Worship
CDr, Album, Ltd
2007
Music Your Mind Will Love You
CDr, Album, Ltd
2006
Last Visible Dog
CD
2006
Digitalis Recordings
CD, Album
2006
Foxglove
2xCDr, Album, Ltd
2005
Digitalis Recordings
CD, Album, Ltd
2005
Digitalis Recordings
CDr, Album, Ltd, Num
2005
PseudoArcana
CDr
2005
Foxglove
CDr, Album, Ltd
2005
The Seedy R!
CDr
2005
2004
Outa
CDr
2004
267 Lattajjaa
CDr, Album
2004
PseudoArcana
2xCDr
2004
Foxglove
CDr, Ltd
2004
Foxglove
CDr, Ltd, Num
2003
Lal Lal Lal
CDr, Album
2021
Ikuisuus
Cass, Album
2019
Ikuisuus
Cass, Album
2017
Ikuisuus
Cass, Album, C40
2016
Ultraääni
Cass, Album, Ltd
2014
Sloow Tapes
Cass, Album, Ltd, CS5
2013
No Home (2)
Cass, Album, C30
2008
Music Your Mind Will Love You
CDr, Album
2008
2006
267 Lattajjaa
CDr, Comp
2005
PseudoArcana
2xCD, Album, Comp
2018
2016
Ultraääni
Cass, Album, Comp, Num
2013
267 lattajjaa
39xFile, MP3, 320
2012
We Have No Zen!
40xFile, WAV, Comp
2011
Not On Label (Monolyth & Cobalt Self-released)
4xCDr, Comp, Ltd
2011
Cabin Floor Esoterica
Cass, Ltd, C50
2010
Luovaja
CDr, Comp
2010
267 lattajjaa
CDr, Comp
2007
Lal Lal Lal
CDr, Album, Comp, Ltd
2007
Interzona (3)
CDr, Comp
2006
Foxglove
CDr, Comp, Ltd
2006
Music Your Mind Will Love You
CDr, Ltd
2006
Students Of Decay
4xCDr, Mini + Box, Ltd, Num
2006
Ruralfaune
CDr, Comp
2006
Harha-Askel
CDr
2006
2005
Last Visible Dog
6xCD, Comp
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