Asko Kallonen

ArtistInfo

Asko Kallonen

g, voc, eg, acg, *1960 FI
Producer of Rock and Pop
A.k.a. Galloway (5)

A Finnish musician and record producer. Born 1960. In 1982 he joined Päät and 2 years later he founded Keba (2) with Ali Alikoski. In 1993 he started as the production manager of BMG Finland Oy. In January 2005 he founded HMC - Helsinki Music Company Oy with Niko Nordström and Pekka "Pequ" Nieminen. He had 50 % ownership in it and he was the chairman of the board, besides he was responsible for signing the artists. Kallonen became the production manager of Warner Music Finland after HMC was sold and merged to it in autumn 2007. He also worked at YLE Radiomafia. He was a judge (and the chairman of jury) in the 1st (2003-04) and 3rd (2007) seasons of Finnish Idols. At the Music & Media Finland event Kallonen has won ''the A&R person of the year'' award for 7 times. Since 2014 he is also a member of the Musiikki & Media Hall of Fame.

Instruments

Guitar
Vocals
Electric guitar
Acoustic guitar

Genres

Rock
Pop
Alternative
Electronic

Plays With

Keba

Päät

Band Members

External Links

MusicBrainz

Discogs

ArtistInfo App

ArtistInfo for iOS and ArtistInfo for Mac are presenting musicians, composers and producers that are envolved in the musical work that you are listening to in Apple Music, iTunes, or Spotify. Discover new music via the network among artists. Manage your favorite musicians and albums via iCloud and share recommendations with your friends via email, AirDrop, or Social Media.

Acknowledgements

To all the music fans that are contributing on Discogs, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia. Thanks to Franz Flückiger for providing Storygram used to visualize band membership.

ArtistInfo for Mac, iPad, and iPhone

Universal Link: https://music.metason.net/artistinfo?name=Asko%20Kallonen

ArtistInfo Community

Most seen topics within ArtistInfo:

Top 10 Artists Top 20 Albums

What others are currently looking for:

Recent Artists Recent Albums