Janne Westerlund

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::summary Finnish musician, songwriter and visual artist ::

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Field	Value
name	Janne Westerlund
image	Janne Westerlund.jpg
birth_date
origin	Hamina, Finland
instrument	Guitar, banjo
genre	Experimental rock, krautrock, folk
occupation	Musician, singer, songwriter
years_active	1990–present
label	, 9pm Records, Bad Vugum, BV2 Productions
associated_acts	Circle, Pharaoh Overlord,
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| name = Janne Westerlund | image = Janne Westerlund.jpg | alt = | caption = | image_size = | birth_date = | origin = Hamina, Finland | instrument = Guitar, banjo | genre = Experimental rock, krautrock, folk | occupation = Musician, singer, songwriter | years_active = 1990–present | label = , 9pm Records, Bad Vugum, BV2 Productions | associated_acts = Circle, Pharaoh Overlord, | website =

Janne Westerlund (born 1973) is a Finnish musician, songwriter and visual artist known from such Finnish groups as Circle (with the band since 2001), Pharaoh Overlord, and . His main instrument is guitar but on his solo gigs he plays banjo as well. He sings and writes lyrics mainly in English. Westerlund's career started in the beginning of the 1990s in a small Finnish city called Hamina when he founded Sweetheart, an experimental noise rock group, with his friends. After Sweetheart, he released two albums of "organic electronica" with a trio called .

All the studio and live recordings with his past and present bands included, Westerlund has played on approximately 50 albums. In the autumn of 2012 he released his debut solo album named Oran.

In 2013 he started a collaboration with , a Finnish cartoonist and musician, composing a soundtrack album for his comics book, Kehittymättömät ufot ("The Undeveloped Flying Objects").

Marshland, his second solo album, is released in January 2015 on Ektro Records.

Discography

Chainsmoker

• 2001: Guarana Planet, CD (Bad Vugum)
• 2003: Stations, CD (BV2 Produktions/Bad Vugum)

Circle

Pharaoh Overlord

Plain Ride

• 2005: Oh the Flow, CD ()
• 2007: Strange Trial, CD (Ektro Records)
• 2009: House on the Hill, CD (Ektro Records)
• 2011: Stonebridge, CD (Ektro Records)
• 2014: Skeleton Kites, LP/CD (Ektro Records)

Solo career

• 2012: Oran, CD
• 2013: Kehittymättömät ufot, a soundtrack LP/CD for a comics book by Jyrki Nissinen
• 2015: Marshland, LP/CD

Sweetheart

• 1991: Mr. Cocktail / White-Eye, 7" (Bad Vugum)
• 1992: Forestside / Rag Paradise, 7" (Bad Vugum)
• 1992: Well-Dressed Meat, LP/CD (Bad Vugum)
• 1993: Branchline / Diesel Engine, 7" (Bad Vugum)
• 1994: An Ordinary Family Visits Hell, LP/CD (Bad Vugum)
• 1996: Intoxicated Boom Boom, CD (Bad Vugum)
• 1998: Stitches Removal Day, CD (Bad Vugum)

References

References

1. (1 January 1970). "Music – Pharaoh Overlord". BBC.
2. "Information". Plain Ride.
3. "Ilosaarirock 2009 | Club Kasettiaseman kesäterveiset: Janne Westerlund". Ilosaarirock.fi.
4. "Janne Westerlund Discography at Discogs". Discogs.com.
5. "Circle – NWOFHM". Circlefinland.com.
6. Nyyssönen, Janne. (4 December 2014). "Plain Riden monitoimimies Westerlund: Kraut on täysin loppuunkaluttu sana".

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