Before his music career came together, you might have found Finnish electronic musician Jaakko Eino Kalevi—a dreamy sprite with chest-length strawberry blonde hair and a gaze like a pair of moonbeams—spending his days driving a tram around his adopted hometown of Helsinki. Now he left trams behind, packed all his things and moved to Berlin to orchestrate the kind of gorgeous and lush music found on his self-titled debut album Jaakko Eino Kalevi. It’s all moony soft-pop, but supported by an underlying wiry bass groove.

You can check out his EP on our Spotify Playlist. Also, don’t forget to step by our nordic_by_nature instagram to see what Jaakko Eino Kalevi is up to as he’s taking over our Instagram.

In February Jaakko Eino Kalevi will play at Kantine am Berghain in Berlin on the 23th - presented by Nordic by Nature, and we’ve got 2×2 tickets for the show to give away. To become the owner of these tickets, write an email to [email protected] and tell us why you should attend the concert.

As usual, we have asked our Artist of the Week five ripping questions and here are his five ripping answers:

What are the images on the EP cover meant to evoke?

I usually want to leave the interpretations as open as possible and not explain too much about the meanings. Sometimes it’s nice but usually it’s too limiting. It’s great when people hear the lyrics wrong, for example.

What music were you all listening to at the time you recorded the record?

I was working on the record for few years so naturally I was listening to a lot of different music. But these are some of the things I enjoyed: Jon Hassell “Paris I”, Woo “Purple Pussy”, David Bowie Low.

What’s next for the band? Do you currently have more material in the can slated for a future release?