Husky Rescue

Husky Rescue
Husky Rescue performing at the Ilosaarirock 2009 in Joensuu, Finland on 18 July 2009
Background information
Origin	Helsinki, Finland
Genres	Electronic, trip hop, ambient, downtempo
Years active	2002–present
Labels	Catskills, Minty Fresh
Website	www.husky-rescue.com
Members
Marko Nyberg Johanna Kalén Antony Bentley
Past members
Reeta-Leena Korhola Ville Riippa Anssi Sopanen Miika Colliander

Husky Rescue are a Finnish electronic music band from Helsinki, formed in 2002. The band consists of Marko Nyberg, Johanna Kalén and Antony Bentley.

History

Husky Rescue was formed by Nyberg, who began composing under the name in 2002, wanting to create cinematic music influenced by film, photography and painting. When recording the band's debut album Country Falls, Nyberg recorded around twenty musicians and singers for use on the album—each of them a good friend of Nyberg's and all Helsinki-based. As Marko Nyberg puts it himself:

"Every track is designed to be a warm breeze to counter the chill of daily life, whether you live in cold climes or not. All moments from life become part of the music. Husky Rescue reflects our background in Helsinki where the winter nights are so cold and long while the summer is hot and short, but oh so sweet. It's melancholic music but there is always hope. Husky Rescue's music is like the first snow on the ground when you can still see the green grass through the snow. It's like spring's sunbeam after the long, dark, sunless winter time."

Husky Rescue also exists as a five-member live band composed of Marko Nyberg (bass), Reeta-Leena Korhola (vocals), Maria Ilmoniemi (keyboard), Anssi Sopanen (drums) and Miika Colliander (guitar). Country Falls was released worldwide in October 2004 on Catskills Records and in the US on 12 April 2005 on Minty Fresh.

"My World" was used in Hyundai's Think About It advertisements, and "New Light of Tomorrow" was used in a P&O TV commercial, while "Rainbow Flows" was featured in Beck's Italian beer commercial.

Their fourth studio album, Ship of Light, was released on 26 January 2010.

In December 2011 the band announced that the new line-up would consist of Nyberg with vocalist Johanna Kalén and guitarist Antony Bentley.

Fans

Fans of the group include English journalist James Delingpole, who commented that their secret "lies in their ingenious combination of Finnish chilliness and melancholy (especially Reeta-Leena Korhola's frail, beautiful vocals, a curious mix of tenderness and icy distance, which lend every song the vague feel of a deeply sad and sinister children's story set in a cruel frosty land) with some of the jauntiest, catchiest most perfect synth pop melodies you're likely to hear all year."

Discography

Albums

• Country Falls (2004)
• Ghost Is Not Real (2007)
• Other World: Remixes and Rarities (2007)
• Ship of Light (2010)

Singles

• "Summertime Cowboy" (2004)
• "New Light of Tomorrow" (2004)
• "Sleep Tight Tiger" (2004)
• "City Lights" (2004)
• "My Home Ghost" (2006)
• "Diamonds in the Sky" (2006)
• "Nightless Night" (2007)
• "Caravan" (2007)
• "We Shall Burn Bright" (2009)
• "Sound of Love" (2010)
• "They Are Coming" (2010)
• "Far from the Storm" (2010)

External links

• Official website
• Husky Rescue at Allmusic
• "New Light of Tomorrow" artist commentary
• Interview at Webcuts