Keijo
Based in Jyväskylä, Finland, Keijo Virtanen is somewhat of a legend in the whole Finnish psych scene (on the same level as Pekka Airaksinen – in fact the two have collaborated before). He’s been working on music for ages but his work has only been starting to get attention in the beginning of century. This artist’s music is unlike any other, it is often based in ambient and drone and incorporates weird traditional folk instruments from around the world just as much as electronic instruments… and then you’ve got the voice. Keijo is renowned for his throat singing skills which truly sound alien-like and fits his drones very well, giving them an even weirder feel. And when he’s not throat singing and actually forming words, his strong, nasal voice makes any of his songs bizarre beyond descrip
Links: Official site · FMA profile
Catalogue & Listenership
Tracks
24
Albums
4
Total audio
2h 49m 53s
FMA listens
42,538
Favourites
44
Avg bitrate
320 kbps
Genre & Licence Profile
| Genre | Tracks |
|---|---|
| Folk | 4 |
- Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 — 20
- Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike — 4
Top Tracks by Listens
| Track | Album | Year | Duration | Listens |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A Home in the Forest | WHNZ:16:MYTIME | 2010 | 5m 35s | 4,553 |
| Walking My Way | WHNZ:57:WAMAWA | 2013 | 9m 19s | 4,276 |
| All the Time | WHNZ:16:MYTIME | 2010 | 9m 10s | 3,189 |
| When You Wake Up | WHNZ:68:TDNGHT | 2016 | 15m 26s | 2,930 |
| Dance to the Dawn (with Kheta Hotem) | WHNZ:25:ATEASE | 2011 | 2m 53s | 2,225 |
| Gone | WHNZ:16:MYTIME | 2010 | 5m 55s | 1,850 |
| All the Time I Had | WHNZ:16:MYTIME | 2010 | 7m 12s | 1,798 |
| Beyond Touch | WHNZ:16:MYTIME | 2010 | 4m 25s | 1,789 |
| All My Time | WHNZ:16:MYTIME | 2010 | 5m 09s | 1,737 |
| Fading Away | WHNZ:57:WAMAWA | 2013 | 7m 26s | 1,642 |
Track Length Distribution
| Length | Tracks | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1–3 min | 1 | 4.2% |
| 3–6 min | 11 | 45.8% |
| Over 6 min | 12 | 50% |
Release Timeline
Artists in the Same Folk Lineage
- 134 Big Blood tracks
- 99 Derek Clegg tracks
- 65 Roger McGuinn tracks
- 57 David Rovics tracks
- 46 Ed Askew tracks
- 42 Night Viking tracks
- 31 Kelly Latimore tracks
- 31 Garm tracks
Track Catalogue
24 tracks shown
| Track | Album | Genre | Duration | Listens | Licence |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Today Is the Night [33, 49] | WHNZ:68:TDNGHT 2016 | Folk | 8m 14s | 1,005 | Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike |
| This Time Climb [33, 49] | WHNZ:68:TDNGHT 2016 | Folk | 10m 01s | 870 | Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike |
| To Be True [33, 49] | WHNZ:68:TDNGHT 2016 | Folk | 12m 19s | 1,347 | Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike |
| When You Wake Up [33, 49] | WHNZ:68:TDNGHT 2016 | Folk | 15m 26s | 2,930 | Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike |
| To a Nest to Rest [3, 38, 49] | WHNZ:57:WAMAWA 2013 | 5m 14s | 1,385 | Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 | |
| All Alone [3, 38, 49] | WHNZ:57:WAMAWA 2013 | 4m 18s | 1,242 | Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 | |
| With the Blue of the Time [3, 38, 49] | WHNZ:57:WAMAWA 2013 | 5m 59s | 986 | Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 | |
| Almost Not True [3, 38, 49] | WHNZ:57:WAMAWA 2013 | 7m 45s | 934 | Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 | |
| Fading Away [3, 38, 49] | WHNZ:57:WAMAWA 2013 | 7m 26s | 1,642 | Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 | |
| As Anything Goes By [3, 38, 49] | WHNZ:57:WAMAWA 2013 | 7m 11s | 1,624 | Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 | |
| Walking My Way [3, 38, 49] | WHNZ:57:WAMAWA 2013 | 9m 19s | 4,276 | Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 | |
| At the Unguarded Gates [38, 47, 49] | WHNZ:25:ATEASE 2011 | 11m 29s | 788 | Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 | |
| With the Spirits [38, 47, 49] | WHNZ:25:ATEASE 2011 | 7m 18s | 1,534 | Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 | |
| Contacting You [38, 47, 49] | WHNZ:25:ATEASE 2011 | 5m 37s | 779 | Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 | |
| At Ease [38, 47, 49] | WHNZ:25:ATEASE 2011 | 3m 37s | 1,465 | Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 |