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Saturday, February 11, 2012

Finland: Kaisa Vala is in la-la-la-la-love

Isn't it typical that a good idea seldom is hatched in one mind at the time? There is a slight risk this year that Cyprus and Finland will be represented by the same hook in Baku.

Which is about as awkward as two ladies coming to a party wearing the same dress.

Kaisa Vala, one of the remaining acts in UMK - the Finnish national final - is in la-la-love, very much like Ivi Adamou of Cyprus.

Even though UMK is quite some distance from making a real splash with the audience so far it seems quite a few people have found themselves with Kaisa's simple but effective chorus hammering in their heads. It is very catchy indeed, but I would still like to tamper with it a bit.

All the songs have been worked on by professional producers, but I would still like to re-arrange "Habits Of Human Beings" quite a lot. Make it rougher, give it more edge. As it is now, Kaisa sounds a bit like a Finnish Kylie on a rye bread diet and a synthesizer she inherited from some older cousin who wanted to make music in the 80's.

I'd like a more heavy factory sound, more industrial, more new wave. Less Kylie and more Kraftwerk.

With those enhancements under the belt, Kaisa Vala could prove a proud choice and make several viewers fall in la-la-love with Finland.

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