Artist description Quality dancemusic from Finland.

Music Style Trance, Dance, House

Musical Influences Ari Lehtonen (La Cream, Drömhus, Waldo's People, Dr. Alban), Juha Myllylä (Drömhus, Antique), Jaakko Salovaara (JS16, Darude, Bomfunk MC's), Andre Tanneberger (ATB, Sequential One), Sascha Lappessen (Sash!), Martin Eriksson (E-Type), Max Martin (Britney Spears, Backstreet Boys, 'N Sync, Celine Dion etc.)

Similar Artists ATB, Sash!, Paul Van Dyk, Mauro Picotto, Robert Miles

Artist History I started making music in 1994 with trackers,then i held a two year break of musicmakingNow i'm making music fully with midi equipment.In the beginning themusic was oldskoolish,in 1998 i started making eurodance/housepop, andin the beginning of 2000 i started adding sometrance and house influences.

Group Members Joonas "Dj Manfex" Mäkilä - Composing, Arranging, Remixing, Vocals, Lyrics

Instruments Kurzweil K2000VP, Roland JD-800, Yamaha DX21, Roland R-8M + 6 Expansion cards, Behringer Virtualizer Pro, Boss RBF-10 Flanger, Zoom 505, Behringer MX3282A mixer, Mackie MS1202 mixer, Shure SM58 Dynamic Microphone, AKG C1000S Condenser Microphone, AKG K240DF Headphones, Tascam Porta-03 4-track recorder, Sony MD-R30 Minidisk Recorder, AMD K6-2 550MHz, SB Live!, various audioprograms

Albums The First Step - My old tracks with a low price, if someone is interested in them. i'm putting them away from the main page soon.

Press Reviews Sweetly energetic Trance and House grooves glossedover with a melodic Euro sheen. Climbing synthsupstage bouncy beats and saccharine vocal clips.- Melissa P. @ www.listen.com

Location Kerava - Finland

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