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Magenta Skycode is back!

Magenta Skycode is one of the most recognized and established Indie bands in their native Finland. The band has headlined the main stage of Flow Festival in Helsinki among artists such as Kanye West, Röyksopp, Lykke LI etc. 

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Magenta Skycode is an award winning indie rock band from Turku, Finland. The band is fronted by multitalent Jori Sjöroos, one of the most successful producers/song writers in Finland, who has produced such acts as PMMP, going multi platinum as a producer and sold over 400.000 records, as well as Niko Kivikangas, Kalle Taivainen, Valtteri Lipasti, Mitja Kiviluoma Nina Sinkkonen and Jessika Rapo.

Magenta Skycode has released two albums to date, their first album, entitled IIIII (pronounced Five Bars) was released in 2006. The band’s classic debut album IIIII reached the Top 40 on Finnish sales charts and got excellent reviews worldwide. In 2010, Magenta Skycode released their sophomore album, Relief, to excellent reviews. The album won the award for Best Indie Album at the Finnish Emma Awards (which is the Finnish equivalent of a Grammy) while also being among the contenders for the Finnish nominee for The Nordic Music Prize due to the album’s outstanding lyrics and emotional impact of Sjöroos’ voice. The album, with heartbreak anthems such as Kipling and Trains Are Leaving the Yard has been shared on sites such as The Cool Hunter and Vimeo where it featured as a staff pick, earning Magenta Skycode huge amount of plays on various sites in the process. Relief stayed as number one on the Finnish sales charts for several weeks, as featured on the top sales charts for as long as six weeks. 

Sjöroos has teamed up with american songwriter/producer M. Maurice Hawkesworth to write the lyrics for the both albums, which were both written during numerous Skype calls. Writing for latest Relief album concluded on a trip to Arizona were the lyrics were shaped by the solitude and beauty found in the desert of America. 

To listeners and friends: As Magenta Skycode they call it quits. We would like to say our deepest thanks to anyone who ever felt touched by their music. 

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