Conscious Youths

(FIN/SWE)
hiphop with Jamaican influence

Call it “thinking man’s rap” with extra flavour from reggae and dancehall!

Times are tough with violence raging and climate warming all over the world, but this crew brings knowledge and positive energy to make a change in mankind’s self-inflicted chaos.

When Conscious Youths started only last year, every one of its members was already a well-established rapper. The Finns, Paleface and Redrama had and have their solo careers and solo albums, while the also Finnish Cape Nape fronts the reggaematic Foundation crew. The debut album of Conscious Youths will be out on EMI/Virgin in the fall. Meanwhile you can sample it through the fresh Don’t Worry single.

Lineup

Name
Instrument
Antti Lauronen
saxophones, flute
Jaakko Markkanen
guitar, sitar
Joakim Bachmann
samples, percussions
Jouni Kari
keyboards
Kari Hulkkonen
bass
Paleface
MC
Redrama
MC
CapeNape
MC
Ville Nissinen
trombone
Ville Väätäinen
drums

Performances in 2008

Date
Time
Venue
19.07.2008
21.00
Otava Factory