Islaja Concert History

Islaja is Merja Kokkonen, a visual artist and musician from Helsinki, Finland, now living and working in Berlin, Germany. She records her music at home using a rainbow of instruments to accompany her personal vocal delivery sang in Finnish. Islaja's debut album Meritie (2004) gained praise in international music media such as The Wire, Dusted Magazine and WFMU. The follow-up release Palaa aurinkoon (2005) caused even more excitement and created quite a stir.

Jan 11, 2007 –
Jan 12, 2007
NEO FESTIVAL 2007
Mika / Peter Bjorn and John / Digitalism / Enter Shikari / The View / The Magic Numbers / Kraak & Smaak / Reverend and The Makers / Datarock / el perro del mar / Patrick Wolf / Dune / Mumm-Ra / Tunng / Anna Ternheim / Goose / Gabriel Rios / Buraka Som Sistema / Johnossi / Air Traffic / Loney Dear / Joakim / The Sunshine Underground / Joy Denalane / Lo-Fi-Fnk / Stuck In the Sound / Planningtorock / Brainstorm / Salem Al Fakir / Ленинград / Ozark Henry / Das Pop / Oh No Ono / Dave Clarke / Finn / Textures / Poni Hoax / Duke Special / Marlene Kuntz / Shitdisco / Dead Combo / Daan / La Caution / Pale / Krazy Baldhead / Voltaire / Hello Saferide / Mine / Bromheads Jacket / Rubik / Styrofoam / Linea 77 / Metro / Hot Club de Paris / Breed 77 / DJ Mehdi / Neo / zZz / Luca Bacchetti / 120 Days / Alex Neri / James Yorkston And The Athletes / Lunik / Alternosfera / Five O'Clock Heroes / Tying Tiffany / Larrikin Love / Awkward I / Ant / Montevideo / Flux / Ephel Duath / Hot Gossip / Julie's Haircut / The Standard / Mau Mau / Velojet / Julie Feeney / Islaja / The Alice Rose / Please The Trees / A Silent Express / The Hormonauts / Antwerp Gipsy-Ska Orkestra / Navel / Pétur Ben / The Staggers / Illicit / Reykjavik! / Humanzi / The Delilahs / The Psyke Project / Krause / Minimono / Jazzinho / Disco Drive / Bloodpit / Yo Yo Mundi / Mo And Grazz / Storybox / About Band / The Je Ne Sais Quoi / MONSTERTUX / BILLIE KING / Keynote Speakerz / Feverdream / Taxi To The Ocean / Vence / Les Enfants Terrible / Members of Marvelas / ADHD Spietmobiel / House of Games / De Looze / Kouwemakkers / KILLTEAM / Ivo Bic / Mama's homemade dress / The Elizabeth Knowhow Show all bands
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Binnenstad Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands
Dec 08, 2006
Islaja

ATP Nightmare Before Christmas

Butlins Minehead Resort Minehead, England, United Kingdom
Dec 08, 2006 –
Dec 10, 2006
All Tomorrow's Parties - ATP 2006
Dinosaur Jr. / The Stooges / Melvins / Gang Of Four / Deerhoof / Iggy & the Stooges / Sonic Youth / Thurston Moore / Current 93 / Six Organs of Admittance / Flipper / Bardo Pond / Prurient / Negative Approach / Comets On Fire / Wolf Eyes / Nurse With Wound / Sun City Girls / Wooden Wand / Richard Youngs / Magik Markers / Alexander Tucker / The Dead C / Sunburned Hand of the Man / Jackie-O Motherfucker / Be Your Own Pet / Charalambides / Awesome Color / Aaron Dilloway / Fursaxa / Islaja / The No-neck Blues Band / Hair Police / Ashtray Navigations / Major Stars / Hive Mind / Notekillers / Dkt-mc5 / Mouthus / Lambsbread / My Cat Is An Alien / White Out / Double Leopards / No Neck Blues Band / The Skaters (US) / Leslie Keffer / Blood Stereo / Family Underground / Monotract / Dead Machines / M-vee / The Bummer Road / and others / Peter Brotzmann and Han Bennink / The Bark Haze / 16 Bitch Pile-up / Mv & Ee and the Bummer Road / Taurpis Tula Show all bands
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Butlins Minehead Resort Minehead, England, United Kingdom
Show Duplicate for Dec 08, 2006
Apr 09, 2006
Islaja / Es / Kiila Paradiso Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands
Mar 24, 2006
Islaja St Giles-in-the-Fields Church London, England, United Kingdom
Sep 18, 2005
Lau Nau / Kuupuu / Tomutonttu / Islaja / Davenport Empty Bottle Chicago, Illinois, United States
Sep 07, 2005
Lau Nau / Davenport / Islaja / Kuupuu / Tomutonttu / Hush Arbors Pilot Light Knoxville, Tennessee, United States
Sep 02, 2005
Lau Nau / Davenport / Pekko Käppi / Islaja / Kuupuu / Tomutonttu AS220 Providence, Rhode Island, United States
Folk
Experimental
Psychedelic
Avant-Garde
Finnish
Neofolk
Freak Folk
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2024 1 concert
2022 1 concert
2018 4 concerts
2017 1 concert
2016 2 concerts
2014 1 concert
2013 4 concerts
2012 3 concerts
2011 2 concerts
2010 7 concerts
2009 1 concert
2008 7 concerts
2007 13 concerts
2006 3 concerts
2005 4 concerts

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