Beats and Styles is a Finnish

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group led by DJ Alimo and in the past also DJ Control, whose real name is Jaakko Manninen. Beats and Styles sings in

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and has collaborated with wide variety of artists, such as

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and

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History

The band was originally a duo, consisting of DJ Control (guitar, vocals) and DJ Alimo whose real name is Asmo Soivio (vocals). Alimo and Control started their career as DJs and club promoters. In 2000, they got their own club culture TV show on

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local television. They became more and more interested in making music, and they made

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music in solo and later

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music under the name Alimo&Control. The Alimo&Control project's most famous song was "Tarkkaillaan", featuring

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from

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as the vocalist. In 2003, Alimo and Control released an album, '' This is... Beats and Styles'', whose most famous songs were "Dynamite" and "Girls' Anthem". In 2004, the duo released the album '' We're Not Ready Yet'', whose most famous hit was "Renegades", sung by Michael Monroe and Alimo, as well as "Fire" and "Dance, Dance, Dance". In 2005, they released the album, '' Everything is Everything'', whose most famous songs included "Invitation to the Dancefloor" and the title song "Everything is Everything", whose

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was shot in Prypiat near

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. Beats and Styles won a bronze award in the 2005 Muuvi music video competition and a special mention for productive and good quality video work. The group's music has been published in

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and

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among other countries, but so far the duo has not achieved a true international breakthrough. Beats and Styles released their fourth album ''Walk, Don't Talk'' on 14 February 2007. The album's first single was "Ocean Wave", featuring guest artist Michael Monroe from

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. The video for "Ocean Wave" was shot in

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and was directed by

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. The group also participated in the Finnish

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selection for the Finnish entry with their song "See the Signs", but got last place. Soon after that Alimo stopped performing at the gigs and doesn't appear at all at the Beats and Styles album Schizosonics released on 16 September 2009. DJ Control said his departure was caused by musical differences: "Alimo didn't want to join the new album's pop vibes.""Hymy Magazine"
9 September 2009, p.9

Discography

* ''This is... Beats and Styles'' (2003) * ''We're Not Ready Yet'' (2004) * ''Everything is Everything'' (2005) * ''Two White Monkeys (France)'' (2006) * ''Walk, Don't Talk'' (2007) * ''Straight Forward - The Best of Beats and Styles'' (2008) * ''Schizosonics'' (2009)

External links

Official site

Beats and Styles at Last.fm

Notes and references

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