Biography
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Years Active
1999 – 2012 (13 years)
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Founded In
Pori, Satakunta, Finland
Magyar Posse was a Finnish instrumental post-rock band formed in 2000 in the city of Pori, Finland. They have released 3 albums. Their debut album We Will Carry You Over the Mountains was released on Verdura Records in 2002, and it got a good reception. The Second album Kings of Time on the same label in 2004 gave them more publicity. It went to Top40 album list in Finland and was praised by critics. Magyar Posse released their third album, titled Random Avenger May 17, 2006.
Magyar Posse's music is instrumental and usually has a soundtrack-like atmosphere. Their biggest influence is a soundtrack composer Ennio Morricone, although their music reminds more of certain post-rock bands like gy!be, Sigur Ros and Tortoise.
The band has toured in Europe, Russia and China at least.
In mid-2012 the band announced that they would break up due to a general lack of motivation and passion with the group. Harri Sippola later founded Alkemia and released an ambient album in 2021 on Bandcamp.
'Magyar' means 'Hungarian' in Hungarian. The band has got its name from Magyar Fehér Bor white wine, which is the most popular white wine in Finland.
http://www.myspace.com/magyarposse
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