Biography
Neighbourhood Tower is a project by Helsinki-based artist and DIY producer Markku Ruottinen. Neighbourhood Tower creates atmospheric alternative music by blending elements of pop, rock, trip-hop, krautrock, AOR, and shoegaze.
Neighbourhood Tower was born around 2018 when my previous band projects had slowed down, and I started going through some demos I had written with an electric piano on my computer. The first three-song EP, Talking Wind, was released in 2019.
During the COVID year of 2020, there was plenty of time to stay inside and produce music. This resulted in the single A Wave of It All in 2020. A second five-track EP, titled Terror & Silence, was released on April 30, 2021. Since then, Neighbourhood Tower has released two singles: A Different Kind of Light in 2022, followed by Irresistible Party Zone / Crossing Time in 2023.
Over the past couple of years, Neighbourhood Tower has been slowly writing and producing new material in a home studio. A new single, Stranger in a Strange Land, will be released for streaming on January 10, 2025. An album full of new material is currently in the works and is expected to see the light of day later in 2025.
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