Kiwa (electronic music act)
Kiwa is an electronic music live act from Finland by Markku Louhio. Original members also included Matti Elsinen. Since 2016 Markku has continued the project as a solo artist.
Markku and Matti began their musical careers as producers in the psychedelic trance scene in 1995. The group started to make a name for themselves performing in underground raves and forest parties in the late 1990s. After their first releases on the Helsinki-based label Surreal Audio Recordings in 2000 and 2001, Kiwa started to gain followers also internationally. The music of Kiwa has influences among other styles from funk, breaks, house and drum 'n' bass. Kiwa's first two albums, Dreamtime Enhancer and Retroactive , represent a style blending mix of psy trance, breaks, electronica and occasional references to drum and bass. Kiwa's third album On the Frequency shows a more progressive approach on dance music.
Markku Louhio is also known for his other projects Headphonics, Highpersonic Whomen, Omen Sisters and The Faithealers.Discography
;Albums
- Dreamtime Enhancer
- Retroactive
- On the Frequency
- Satisfiction - Part 1
;EPs and singles
- Kiwa EP 12"
- Phat Cat / "Disco Infection" 12"
- Deep Scan
- Drop Control
- Dynamite / "Stream Funk"
- Redemption
- Turn the Flame / Killabyte
- Evacuate The Soul
- Feed The Static
- Boomstick
;Remixes
track title - original artist
;Compilations
track title - release
- Planet of the Apes - Beats And Beyond CD
- Rahat Mulle - Custom File CD
- Fancy Medical Experience - Open CD
- Phat Muffin - Complications CD
- Arachnoid Dub - Elucidations CD
- Looper - Loopus In Fabula CD
- Alpha Sector - Psycholympics CD
- Dawn Dub - 13th Moon: Journey Into Future Consciousness CD
- Wider Chanting - Angelic Science CD
- Alpha Sector - Trance Of Scandinavia 2xCD Trance Of Scandinavia
- Offset - Ultrapop CD
- Nasha Universo - Hidria Spacefolk - Nasha Universo
- Chronic - Funland Boogie Files CD
- Get Wet - Ultrapop 2 CD
- Inside - Ear Pleasure CD
- Hertz So Good - Psy Trance Euphoria 3 x CD
- Glaset Läcker - Redrama / Mark Nomen