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Years Active: 2004–present
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Islaja is Merja Kokkonen, a visual artist and musician from Helsinki, Finland, now living and working in Berlin, Germany. She records her music at home using a rainbow of instruments to accompany her personal vocal delivery sang in Finnish.

Islaja's debut album Meritie (2004) gained praise in international music media such as The Wire, Dusted Magazine and WFMU. The follow-up release Palaa aurinkoon (2005) caused even more excitement and created quite a stir.

2007 saw the release of her third album Ulual yyy on Fonal and a live CD Blaze Mountain Recordings on Ecstatic Peace label. Her latest album is called Keraaminen pää, released on Fonal in the end of 2010.

She has already played numerous large festivals including Eurosonic, by:Larm, Sonar, Itsenäisyysyö at the B2 club in Moscow, Russia and All Tomorrows Parties 200 curated by Thurston Moore. Animal Collective invited Islaja to play a two week support tour with them in Europe.

Islaja is also a member of Hertta Lussu Ässä, a free folk super trio with Lau Nau and Kuupuu.

Islaja performs folk, experimental music and can be booked for (private) corporate events, personal appearances, or other music performances. The estimated booking fee range to book Islaja for your event, Please Contact. Islaja has more than 35.2K listeners worldwide and really knows how to entertain your audience. Similar artists are  Lau Nau, Paavoharju, Spires That in the Sunset Rise, Fursaxa, Kuupuu, Larkin Grimm, Metallic Falcons, Joose Keskitalo, Orion Rigel Dommisse, Big Blood, Charalambides . Contact AAE Music agency for ratings, reviews, videos and information on scheduling Islaja for an upcoming event.

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