Muscular

Muscular’s sound is a mixture of electronic music with grooves of Funk, harmonies of Soul, synthesizer sounds from the future i.e. deep basses, vocoded singing and sparkling arpeggios stirred with organic instruments such as pianos, guitars, horns and percussion. It has been compared to Daft Punk, Franc Moody, Kavinsky and Prince.

“Electronic funk is the supporting element of Muscular, against which both soul and r'n'b as well as retro-futuristic synthesizers go tonally. The tension arises from the meeting point of the rousing rhythmicity and the streamlined synthetics, where there is a surprise every time you think the sound is going to be too streamlined.” -Turun Sanomat (review in local newspaper)

The brain behind this Muscular project is Finnish keyboard player and pianist Ilmari Aitoaho (b.1988). Currently he is also part of funk-rock group East Funk Attack, Motown inspired soul band Punomo and indie-rock band Yournalist.

Muscular’s debut album “On The One” was released on 23rd of September. It contains 9 tracks, 40 minutes of electronic funk music. 4 of those have been released as a single (“Auraraver”, “Word On The Wire”, “Demons” and “Keep The Lights On”). It has been rated high on Finnish newspapers and media. The album will be released on vinyl on 13th of January 2023 and the album release concert will take place the next day, 14th of January in Turku.