Avarus are a band from Tampere

Tampere

Tampere is a city in southern Finland. It is the most populous inland city in any of the Nordic countries. The city has a population of , growing to approximately 300,000 people in the conurbation and over 340,000 in the metropolitan area. Tampere is the third most-populous municipality in...

, Finland

Finland

Finland , officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden in the west, Norway in the north and Russia in the east, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland.Around 5.4 million people reside...

. They were formed in 2001 by members of The Anaksimandros and Pylon

Pylon (band)

Pylon is an American rock band from Athens, Georgia. The band's danceable jangle pop sound influenced the Athens music scene and the 1980s American pop underground. Allmusic wrote that Pylon's "role as elder statesmen of the alternative rock explosion is unassailable".-History:All four members of...

 and soon absorbed members of other Finnish bands such as Kiila

Kiila

Kiila is the eighth studio album by the Finnish rock band Apulanta. It was released on March 16, 2005. Some tracks on the album also contain violins. The album is sung in Finnish...

, Munuaissymposium 1960, Kemialliset Ystävät

Kemialliset Ystävät

Kemialliset Ystävät is the name of a recording project of musician Jan Anderzén of Tampere, Finland. Anderzén began recording under the name in 1995 and although he has enlisted numerous musicians over the years, most Kemialliset Ystävät recordings are solo productions...

 and solo performer Lau Nau

Lau Nau

Lau Nau or Laura Naukkarinen, is a singer-songwriter and musician from Helsinki, Finland. She is also a member of free improv and psych folk bands Kiila, Päivänsäde, the Anaksimandros, Avarus, Maailma, and the trio Hertta Lussu Ässä formed by fellow acid folk singer-songwriters Islaja and...

. Avarus' floating line-up varies between 10 and 20 members.

Avarus are considered a key element in the Finnish psych folk

Psych folk

Psychedelic folk or psych folk is a loosely defined form of psychedelic music that originated in the 1960s through the fusion of folk music and psychedelic rock...

scene which emerged in the early 2000s.

Discography

• Horuksen Keskimmäisen Silmän Mysteerikoulu CD-R (Lal Lal Lal, 2001)
• Posum Ekor Kait Dataran 3" CD-R (Lal Lal Lal, 2001)
• Luonnon ilmiöitä 7" (Boing Being, 2002)
• III LP (HP Cycle Records, 2002)
• A-V-P CD-R (267 Lattajjaa, 2003)
• Kimi on tintti CS (Lal Lal Lal, 2004)
• Vaahtera Jäniksen Hännänkieliset Seikkailut 7" (Gold Soundz, 2004)
• Jättiläisrotta CD (Secret Eye, 2005)
• Ruskeatimantti dbl-CD (tUMULt, 2005)
• II LP (HP Cycle Records, 2006)
• Vesikansi CD (Secret Eye, 2006)
• Rasvaaja LP (Secret Eye, 2007)
• Kirppujen saari LP (Arbor, 2008)
• IV LP (Secret Eye, 2009)
• Toosassa LP (Ultra Eczema, 2009)

External links

• Profile at Secret Eye
• Profile at Lost Frog
• [ AMG profile]