Anssi Kela

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Anssi Kela
Anssi Kela playing drums.
Background information
Birth name	Anssi Kela
Born	June 29, 1972 (1972-06-29) (age 39) Kerava, Finland
Origin	Helsinki, Finland
Genres	rock
Occupations	singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist
Years active	2001–present
Labels	Sony Music
Website	www.anssikela.com

Anssi Kela (born July 29, 1972 in Kerava, Finland) is a Finnish singer-songwriter multi-instrumentalist who has published five albums. The first, Nummela, is one of the best-selling Finnish records – it has sold over 150,000 copies (fivefold platinum). The album is named after Kela's former hometown Nummela, in Vihti. Kela became famous with his hit "Mikan faijan BMW". His song "Milla" is on the soundtrack of the movie Me and Morrison. His 2009 album, Anssi Kela, debuted at number four on the Finnish album chart.^[1] Before his solo career Kela played in a band named Pekka ja Susi.

Anssi began his musical career playing various stringed instruments, including the violin, cello and contrabass. In his teens he however became increasingly interested in rock music, and started to focus on guitar and bass instead. He also picked up singing at an early age, and has later shown skills with the drums as well. During his career, Kela has sold over 230,000 records in Finland.^[2]

Apart from music, Anssi Kela also a friend of motorsports, driving himself in the Finnish Formula 3 class. Also interested in literature, in 2008 Kela published his debut fiction novel, Kesä Kalevi Sorsan Kanssa (Summer with Kalevi Sorsa).

Discography

Albums

• Nummela (2001)
• Suuria kuvioita (2003)
• Rakkaus on murhaa (2005)
• Aukio (2009)
• Singlet 2000 - 2010 (2010)

Singles

• Mikan faijan BMW (2000)
• Kaksi sisarta / Kaksi sisarta (demo) / Mikan faijan BMW (demo) (2001)
• Nummela (radio edit) (promotional single) (2001)
• Puistossa / Puistossa (Flegmaatikot-remix) / Puistossa (demo) (2001)
• Milla / Milla (video) / Mikan faijan BMW (video) (2001)
• Suuria kuvioita (2003)
• 1972 (promotional single) (2003)
• Laulu petetyille (radio edit) / Laulu petetyille (promotional single) (2003)
• Karhusaari (promotional single) (2005)
• Anssi Kela on spuge (promotional single) (2005)
• Jennifer Aniston / Insomnia / Kaksi sisarta (live) / Mikan faijan BMW (live) / Jennifer Aniston(video) (2005)
• Älä mene pois (promotional single) (2005)
• Rakkaus on murhaa (single version) / Rakkaus on murhaa (album version) / Puistossa (live) / Rakkaus on murhaa (live) / Rva Ruusunen (live) (2005)
• Suomalainen (2007)
• Aamu (2009)
• Kaivos (2009)
• Nolla (2010)

See also

• List of best-selling music artists in Finland

References

External links

• (Finnish) http://www.anssikela.com, official site in Finnish
• http://www.harhaa.com, an unofficial fan site – photos, translated lyrics etc.
• http://www.youtube.com/anssikela

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