Ismo Alanko could well be dubbed the chameleon of Finnish rock. He is a textbook example of an artist who is constantly in search of something new and has always avoided the trap of getting stuck in a rut for too long. It does not come as a surprise, then, that Alanko's latest band Säätiö has during its not very long career changed line-up and musical genre for a few times already. Their first album Pulu (1998) was strongly inclined to world music. The third album Hallanvaara (2002) became known as an art album because of its magnificent strings, and last year's Minä ja pojat is again something else completely: exuberant, rootsy rock like the stuff mr. Alanko liked to indulge in back in the days of his legendary band Hassisen Kone.
Alanko and boys are right now in such a gig shape that they undoubtedly make many bands much younger to s**t their pants. But can you imagine what kind of music Ismo Alanko is going to think up next? That is a different story altoghether.
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