Dashing Waves
Dashing Waves is a summer band in its truest sense, with a big sound and bombastic rhythms!
Dashing Waves is a summer band in its truest sense, with a big sound and bombastic rhythms!
Dashing Waves was founded in 1997, and the band’s music was initially based on reggae rhythms and multiculturalism. The vocalist Cheka Kalupala writes lyrics in Lingala, French and English, and the themes of the songs are social and urban. For a long time, the core of the lineup consisted of vocalist Cheka, backing vocalist Susanna Hakulinen and three pairs of siblings, i.e. guitarist and drummer Janec and Joakim Bachmann, keyboardist and backing vocalist Helmi and Tuuli Saksala and guitarist and bassist Shigeki and Yoshiki Tamura. Today, Kim Rantala is the band’s keyboardist. The lineup also includes Baabelin torvet, i.e. Erno Haukkala and Eero Savela, and percussionist Aki Lahtinen.
The band’s interesting lineup combines family relationships and roots in Käpylä, Congo and Japan. The acclaimed debut album Rockers International was released in 2003. The band will release a new album in 2024.
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