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Oct 3, 2025
Tinyhawk & Bizzarro's new album Neko-A-Sekai is released today
Guitar group Tinyhawk & Bizzarro released their long-awaited second album Neko-A-Sekai today on vinyl and digital.
Tracklist:
A
1. Nekopolis
2. Tokyo No Go
3. Donichi
4. Ramen Break
B
1. Pikushi
2. Moto Ai
3. Ebi
4. Neko-A-Sekai
The Album Neko-A-Sekai can be streamed from
this link.
Credits:
All songs by Jenni Kinnunen
Arrangement by Tinyhawk & Bizzarro, Tuukka Tervo
Jenni Kinnunen: electric guitars, synthesizer (A2, A3, A4, B2, B3)
Markus Väisänen: electric guitars
Teemu Aho: bass
Jaakko Pöyhönen: drums & percussions
Tuukka Tervo: acoustic guitar (A2), electric guitar (A1, A4, B4), synthesizer (A1, A2, A3, B1, B2, B3, B4)
Proto-Torvinen: vocals (A2)
Produced by Tuukka Tervo & Jenni Kinnunen
Recorded by Sampsa Väätäinen & Tuukka Tervo
Mixed by Tuukka Tervo
Mastered by Sampsa Väätäinen
Cover art by Yasou Noniwa, photograph and digitalization by Kyozuke Nakashima
Aug 15, 2025
Ramen Break, the last single from the upcoming Tinyhawk & Bizzarro album flirts with the world’s most sampled drum beat
Tinyhawk & Bizzarro release their long-awaited second album Neko-A-Sekai on October 3rd. The third and final single from the album is called Ramen Break and it was released today, August 15th.
The upcoming single is one of Jenni Kinnunen’s earliest compositions. She has this to say about its creation process:
- The song came into being over ten years ago during a very strange and mystical Turku-Stockholm-Tampere adventure. We were driving to Tampere, and I started to hear a clear structure of a song. There was a guitar at the place where we were staying, and I rushed to write the tune down on a staff I scawled on a grid paper. And now, years later, when we were arranging the song, I got this idea of ”playing the Amen Break of your own life”. Our producer Tuukka Tervo hauled the structure over one more time, and thus the song was ready to be played. Our guitarist Markus Väisänen suggested adding the letter R in front, connecting it to all things Japanese, which is our trademark, and also to the platform games we remember from our childhood.
The drummer Jaakko Pöyhönen has this to say about Ramen Break single:
- This firework of a tune was one of the easiest to knock into shape! Its name and mood toy with the world’s most sampled drum beat, which is from the song Amen Brother by The Winstons. This tune is very much written solely by Jenni, all the way to the drums. And what a joy this was to make! The tune has all kinds of surprises in addition to the main theme and its mood. And when played live, it is already living its own life.
The single Ramen Break can be streamed from
this link.
May 23, 2025
Tinyhawk & Bizzarro's new single is dedicated to friendship and doing things together
Guitar group Tinyhawk & Bizzarro release the second single from their album Neko-A-Sakai, which is coming out in September 2025. The single Donichi was relased today, May 23rd.
”Donichi is japanese for weekend, and it symbolizes time spent together. The song is a love letter to playing together in a band.”, says Jenni Kinnunen, the band’s guitarist and composer. ”The song once again conjures up the streets and lights of Japan, but as opposed to the previous single, this time the mood is very light and warm.”
The single is accompanied by a music video. The video is by Jukka Ollikainen, and it consists of clips from gigs the band made after their debut album.
Neko-A-Sakai is released on vinyl, CD and digital on Humu Records. The single Donichi can be streamed from
this link.
Donichi - music video:
Feb 28, 2025
New single Tokyo No Go is out now! Watch new music video!
Tinyhawk & Bizzarro’s career took wing quickly after the release of their debut album in late 2023. The album Nekorok was widely praised by the music media, and at the Finnish Indie Awards they won the Newcomer of the Year award. This amazing journey was capped off by unique and quirky Nekorok winning the Teosto Prize, one of the most significant Nordic music prizes.
After a busy festival summer and an autumn tour of concert halls it is time for new material. Tinyhawk & Bizzarro are currently finishing their second album Neko-A-Sekai, which will be released in autumn 2025. The album’s first single is called Tokyo No Go, and it was released today. A music video directed by Jukka Ollikainen was released also today. While the first album leaned heavily towards Japan, Tokyo No Go finds the band moving even further onto Japanese soil, even though they don’t quite reach their destination.
The single features alternative musician Proto-Torvinen on vocals.
”When the composition and its mood started to take shape, I could see Tokyo’s neon lights and blue-hued nighttime scenes in my mind. And in the middle of all that I could hear Proto-Torvinen’s voice”, says Jenni Kinnunen, the band’s guitarist and composer. ”Proto-Torvinen’s vocal harmonies build a statue of sound in the middle of nighttime Tokyo.”
Humu Records releases the album Neko-A-Sekai in September 2025 on vinyl, CD and digital.
The single Tokyo No Go can be streamed from
this link.
Tokyo No Go - music video:
Jun 07, 2024
Tinyhawk & Bizzarro is heading on tour with Pekka Laine & The Enchanted in autumn 2024
Apr 22, 2024
The Teosto Prize 2024 goes to the works of Tinyhawk & Bizzarro and Minna Leinonen
The winners of the 2024 Teosto Prize are Jenni Kinnunen's compositions and Kinnunen's and her team's arrangements on Tinyhawk & Bizzarro's album Nekorok + Minna Leinonen's composition "...and we are rotating with it"
Recognising bold, original and innovative works of music, the Teosto Prize is one of the biggest art prizes in the Nordic countries.
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Feb 28, 2024
Band is nominated for the 2024 Teosto Prize
The nominees for the 2024 Teosto Prize were selected from Finnish works of music published or premiered in 2023. The Teosto Prize, which was first awarded in 2003 and is now being awarded for the 19th time, is one of the most noteworthy art prizes in the Nordic countries. The purpose of the prize is to recognise bold, original and innovative works of music.
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Jan 26, 2024
Indie Awards - New band of the year
