Valtakunta was a two-day indoor festival at a huge youth center in Turku. Too bad for the organizers, there were not too many people inside, but it started to look like a party for a while, when I started playing and the people crawled out from their holes and headed for the dancefloor. Really! :-)

There were some rap artists and bands, but I played the C=64 in prime time after an electronic chill-out band called Deepsea Submarines, and after me there was Mesak.

Mobile game warehouse Universomo had some kind of business suit party at the sauna cabinet of Olutravintola Konttori and I entertained them for a while with the Commodore 64.

Hytky (the friends of techno culture at the University of Helsinki) arranged a "disco" night with Polytron, me, DJ Bob Ryynänen and DJ Wilai. Nice!

The tour continued on the next day to Päiväkoti in Turku. I thought it was a bit nicer than the previous day: Much more of the local -- and even Helsinki's -- electro scene had dropped in to enjoy the stuff. Photo by Rideon.

DJ Lupaus on the decks. Looks like he's wondering what all those knobs are for.


We actually went on a small tour with Dr.Robotnik. The first gigs were at Liberté, deep in the heart of Kallio in Helsinki. The club was arranged by DJ Rideon and Jaakko from Imatran Voima.


Protos by Rideon.

Fourth time at Flash, I think :-).

Rose Garden was a fun place, the main room looked a lot like the long-gone sOda Underground, but there were lots of other stages in there where people could hide... It looked like it wasn't going to be a huge success when I started, but that changed pretty fast when people moved towards the dance floor from the other rooms.

There weren't as many computer scene people around as in previous Flashes.

Vastavirta is a club for alternative music in Pispala, Tampere. They had lots of bands in this event: 8 Bits High, Kasperi Laineen Kummitusorkesteri, The Kolmas...

It was not too crowded in the audience though, but at least the few people there were really into it.

My third time at Telex. Only Nu Science has accomplished this remarkable achievement before me. :-)

Another rock gig at Lutakko, warming up for Imatran Voima. It was nice, really lots of people. I think IVO hasn't been playing in Jyväskylä as much as they should!


Photo by dRk.