Puoskari
Encyclopedia
Puoskari is Oskari Nuotio, a Suomisaundi
artist from Helsinki
, Finland
. His influences in psy-trance music come from old 80's video games to disco
and funk
, making his music a mixture of the past and the future - where psy-trance is combined to other genres - and all this in a groovy fashion. He has collaborated with Suomisaundi artists Okta
and Vallaton.
In spring 2007, Faerie Dragon Records (Hong Kong
electronic music label) licensed and re-issued Puoskari's "The Audio Hustler" as an enhanced digipak
CD
release.
More tracks also on FDCD03 (Freakdance
, 2003).
and on No Tone Unstirred(faerie dragon) [(2007])
Suomisaundi
Suomisaundi, also known as suomisoundi, suomistyge or spugedelic trance, is a style of freestyle psychedelic trance that originated in Finland around the mid 1990s. "Suomisaundi" literally means "Finnish sound" in Finnish; music that features many of the characteristics of suomisaundi has gained...
artist from Helsinki
Helsinki
Helsinki is the capital and largest city in Finland. It is in the region of Uusimaa, located in southern Finland, on the shore of the Gulf of Finland, an arm of the Baltic Sea. The population of the city of Helsinki is , making it by far the most populous municipality in Finland. Helsinki is...
, 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...
. His influences in psy-trance music come from old 80's video games to disco
Disco
Disco is a genre of dance music. Disco acts charted high during the mid-1970s, and the genre's popularity peaked during the late 1970s. It had its roots in clubs that catered to African American, gay, psychedelic, and other communities in New York City and Philadelphia during the late 1960s and...
and funk
Funk
Funk is a music genre that originated in the mid-late 1960s when African American musicians blended soul music, jazz and R&B into a rhythmic, danceable new form of music. Funk de-emphasizes melody and harmony and brings a strong rhythmic groove of electric bass and drums to the foreground...
, making his music a mixture of the past and the future - where psy-trance is combined to other genres - and all this in a groovy fashion. He has collaborated with Suomisaundi artists Okta
Okta
In meteorology, an okta is a unit of measurement used to describe cloud cover. Sky conditions are estimated in terms of how many eighths of the sky are obscured by cloud, ranging from completely clear, 0 oktas, through to completely overcast, 8 oktas...
and Vallaton.
In spring 2007, Faerie Dragon Records (Hong Kong
Hong Kong
Hong Kong is one of two Special Administrative Regions of the People's Republic of China , the other being Macau. A city-state situated on China's south coast and enclosed by the Pearl River Delta and South China Sea, it is renowned for its expansive skyline and deep natural harbour...
electronic music label) licensed and re-issued Puoskari's "The Audio Hustler" as an enhanced digipak
Digipak
Digipak is a patented style of CD, DVD or BD packaging, and is a registered trademark of AGI World Ltd., an Atlas Holdings company.-Features:...
CD
Compact Disc
The Compact Disc is an optical disc used to store digital data. It was originally developed to store and playback sound recordings exclusively, but later expanded to encompass data storage , write-once audio and data storage , rewritable media , Video Compact Discs , Super Video Compact Discs ,...
release.
Discography
- The Audio Hustler (FreakdanceFreakdance RecordsFreakdance Records is an Espoo, Finland based record label. They release suomisaundi music. They have CD releases from such artists as Huopatossu Mononen, Puoskari and Luomuhappo....
, 2004) - Open The Forest (6-Dimension Soundz, 2006)
- The Audio Hustler (Faerie Dragon digipak re-issue, 2007)
More tracks also on FDCD03 (Freakdance
Freakdance Records
Freakdance Records is an Espoo, Finland based record label. They release suomisaundi music. They have CD releases from such artists as Huopatossu Mononen, Puoskari and Luomuhappo....
, 2003).
and on No Tone Unstirred(faerie dragon) [(2007])