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• Architecture in Helsinki is a five-piece Indie-pop group from Melbourne. Their music is influenced by a broad range of styles, from electronic to rock, and will often switch between these influences within a single song. They support their flexible compositional style with a vast selection of instruments, from synthesizers to the glockenspiel, in both their recorded music and their live performances.

• Fast Facts

  1. Origin: Melbourne, Australia
  2. Years active: 2000 - Present
  3. Record labels: Tailem Bend, Polyvinyl, Scotland Yard, Bar/None, Trifekta, Moshi Moshi
  4. Absorbed the three-piece, The Rhinestone Horns, two of which later left the band
  5. Performed at the 2008 Coachella Music Festival

• The Collective Grows and Contracts

  Similar to their expansive sound, the band's lineup was well known for its size. Shortly after working together with a band called The Rhinestone Horns, Architecture in Helsinki added all 3 members to its original 5. And while two of the added members eventually left the group, Architecture in Helsinki recorded and toured with all 8 members for nearly 3 years.

• Discography

• Studio Albums

  1. Fingers Crossed 2003
  2. In Case We Die 2005
  3. We Died, They Remixed 2006
  4. Places Like This 2007

• Singles and EPs

  1. Like a Call 2002
  2. Kindling 2003
  3. Keepsake 2004
  4. Do The Whirlwind 2005
  5. Maybe You Can Owe Me / It'5! 2005
  6. Wishbone 2006
  7. Heart It Races 2007
  8. Hold Music 2007
  9. Like It or Not 2008

• Group Members

• Current Members

  • Cameron Bird
  • Gus Franklin
  • Jamie Mildre
  • Sam Perry
  • Kellie Sutherland

• Former Members

  • Isobel Knowles
  • Tara Shackell
  • James Cecil

• Quotes

  "When we were in Norway at the end of last year there were a few Finnish interviewers who came to interview us mainly about the name. I think they were quite perplexed. To us, the name means having to answer many questions and inquiries about the name, which I guess, is entirely understandable."

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