Ilkka Alanko

Ilkka Alanko is a Finnish singer/songwriter who made his TOP strike album debut in ’09 2009 using the electro-pop work Elektra after a two-decade tenure as the frontman from the chart-topping rock-band Neljä Ruusua. Delivered on November 21, 1969, in Joensuu, Finland, he’s the younger sibling of Finnish rock and roll vocalist/songwriter Ismo Alanko, who furthermore experienced chart-topping achievement. He started his profession as an associate from the music group Neljä Ruusua. Founded in 1982 in Helsinki, Finland, the music group is made up of Petteri “Kode” Koistinen (electric guitar), Jari “Lade” Laakkonen (bass), and Kari “Kämy” Kämäräinen (drums), furthermore to Alanko (vocals, electric guitar). They produced their eponymous record debut in 1987 with Neljä Ruusua, accompanied by another record each year or two. In the past due ’90s they released a few English-language efforts, Disposition (1996) rather than on the market (1998). Their following Finnish-language record, Uusi Aalto (1999), was a industrial blockbuster achievement, topping the graphs and spawning the smash strike singles “Varjo” and “Hunningolla.” A chart-topping greatest-hits compilation, Popmuseo (2000), premiered in the wake of the success. Following full-length initiatives Valuva Taivas (2001), Karelia Express (2004), and Ensi-Ilta (2006) had been all at least Best Five hits in the Finnish albums graph and spawned the particular strike singles “Missä Vaan,” “Popstars,” and “Tahdon.” On the other hand, a lot of the band’s back again catalog was reissued in some remastered albums. Alanko embarked on the solo profession in the past due 2000s, producing his documenting debut in 2008 using the solitary “Kesä Meidän” on EMI, the long-time label of Neljä Ruusua. He produced his solo recording debut the next 12 months with Elektra (2009), a high Ten strike that spawned the singles “Sattuu” and “Etsin Sua.”