Husky Rescue

Husky Rescue
Husky Rescue performing at the Ilosaarirock 2009 festival
Background information
Origin	Helsinki, Finland
Genres	Ambient
Years active	2002–present
Labels	Catskills Records Minty Fresh Records
Website	husky-rescue.com
Members
Marko Nyberg Reeta-Leena Korhola Ville Riippa Anssi Sopanen Miika Colliander

Husky Rescue is an ambient-pop band from Helsinki, Finland.

History

The band was formed by Marko Nyberg who began composing under the name in 2002, wanting to create cinematic music influenced by film, photography and painting. When recording the debut album Country Falls Nyberg recorded around 20 musicians and singers for use on the album—each of them good friends of Marko'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."^[1]

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

"My World" has been used in Hyundai's "Think About It" advertisements, and "New Light of Tomorrow" was used in a P&O TV commercial.^[2]

The new album, "Ship Of Light" is going to be released on January, 2010; with a new single coming out in December 2009

Discography

Albums

• Country Falls (Catskills, 2004)
• Ghost Is Not Real (Catskills, 2007)
• Other World: Remixes and Rarities (Catskills, 2007)
• Ship Of Light (Catskills, 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)

References

External links

• Husky Rescue (official site)
• Husky Rescue at MySpace
• "New Light of Tomorrow" artist commentary
• Interview (June 2008) from Webcuts

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