Kemialliset Ystävät

Kemialliset Ystävät (“Chemical Friends”) is the long-running project of Jan Anderzén, started in 1995 in Nekala, a suburb of Tampere, Finland, with his sister Janica among the founding members. The first idea was to release only compilations, with each track credited to a different band. Anderzén has drawn in many collaborators over the years, yet much of the music is collaged by him alone: detuned guitars, mandolins, balalaikas, toys, hand percussion and borrowed samples, often described as psychedelic folk.