{{Short description|Finnish musical group}} {{Multiple issues| {{MCN|date=November 2024}} {{Expand Finnish|topic=cult|date=June 2013}} }} {{Infobox musical artist | name = Aavikko | image = | image_size = | image_upright = | landscape = <!-- yes, if wide image, otherwise leave blank --> | alt = | caption = | alias = | origin = Siilinjärvi, Finland | genre = | years_active = 1995 <!-- {{Start date|YYYY}}–{{End date|YYYY}} (or –present) --> | label = Bad Vugum | website = {{Official URL}} | current_members = | past_members = | module = | module2 = | module3 = }} '''Aavikko''' is a Finnish synth music band, formed in Siilinjärvi in 1995. Their hallmarks include a campy, decidedly "East European" style and plastic-sounding synthesizer themes. The band themselves call their style "''muysic''" (a portmanteau of "''mystic''" and "''music''"); their motto is "''We play - you dance!''".
One of their well received songs is "Viitostie", which is strongly influenced by Kraftwerk.<ref name="Viit"/> The name is a reference to Finnish national road 5, or "Viitostie", which is a highway in Finland that passes through Siilinjärvi.
==Members== *Tomi Kosonen, keyboards and saxophone *Tomi Leppänen, drums and electric percussion (Leppänen is also a member of Circle, Pharaoh Overlord and K-X-P) *Paul Staufenbiel, keyboards (1998-) ;Former members *Antti Koivumäki (b. 1976, d. 2002), electric organ (1995-1998)
==Discography== * Aavikko 7-inch EP/MCD (Bad Vugum, 1996)<ref name="AMBIO">{{cite web |last1=DaRonco |first1=Mike |title=Aavikko Biography by Mike DaRonco |url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/aavikko-mn0000550103#biography |website=Allmusic |access-date=25 November 2024}}</ref> * Derek! LP/CD (Bad Vugum, 1997)<ref name="AMBIO"/> * Oriental Baby EP (1999) * Multi Muysic (2000) * Viitostie EP (2000)<ref name="Viit">{{cite web |last1=Ravelin |first1=Antti |title=Viitostie Review by Antti J. Ravelin |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/viitostie-mw0001033759 |website=Allmusic |access-date=25 November 2024}}</ref> * Aavikko & Felix Kubin EP (2001) * Aavikko & Mono Pause EP (2002) * History of Muysic (collection, 2003) * Meets Hit Singer Kabar (single, 2004) * Back from the Futer (2005) * Novo Atlantis (2009) * Planet Fun-Fun (mini-LP, 2013) * Monopoly (2019) * Sound of Muysic (2023)
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== * {{Discogs artist}} * {{Allmusic}}
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