Bändi

BÄNDI plays Finnish Tango BÄNDI is the only German band that plays Finnish Tango and they do it with the same amount of passion as the Finns themselves – however, not without adding their very own special touch. “Tango is the Finnish blues,” Finnish filmmaker Aki Kaurismäki once said. This quite wondrous and strange land of music has much more to offer than just its popular musical traditions such as “Humppa” and “Rokki”. A very different kind of tango has emerged: Finnish Tango. Russian romantic tunes and German military marches are both essential compositional styles of Finnish tango – which is still today an ingredient to any great Finnish dancing, drinking and bonding event. BÄNDI combines the traditional Finnish doleful, but catchy tunes of the Forties, Fifties and Sixties with bossa nova, blues, rumba and country elements: moaning violins flirt with jazzy drums and a gentle elfish voice. E-guitar riffs nestle against sad sounding tenors and thus create the perfect soundtrack for anybody in love. -all with a sense of humor and a top-quality cultural exchange. It all began with a trip to the Baltic Sea from Turku to Stockholm. Drummer and artist Tomas Salzmann had the pleasure to meet the beautiful Finnish girl Anna: blonde, always in a good mood and very well built. She sang a lovely Tango song for him which touched him deeply and would not let him go for the rest of his life - the passion of Finnish tango finally got him. Full of spirits, he managed to gather a small group of like-minded people in less than a decade: BÄNDI was born BÄNDI released their first CD called „Satumaa -Finnischer Tango“ with K. Debelius (voc, p), T. Frisch (voc, viola), V. Denkel (git), T. Salzmann (drums, perc) and J. Kramer (b). It was the first release of a complete record with Finnish Tango played by a german band ever. BÄNDI refer to oneself as embassador for Finnish Tango in Germany but also as artists who want to inspire with their new interpretations of this wonderful music they love. Now the time is right to bring the Finnish Tango back home to Finland with a twinkle in ones eyes. And that’s exactly why BÄNDI wants to hit number one the Finnish charts ! THE PRESS THINKS ABOUT BÄNDI „ Great Finnish Tango is coming now also from Frankfurt. “ (RadioRBB– Radio-Multikulti) „ Bändi plays Finnish Tango in a thrilling, charming and a bit melancholic way.…..A fresh and and unpretentious thing in a humorous presentation. “ (FrankfurterAllgemeine Zeitung) „ Therea lot of bands playing special music, but BÄNDI is a very special band...A female barsinger enchantes the lonely male hearts and the - german –band brings back the Finnish Tango to South America. “ (FOLKER- music magazin)