Kevin Slangar

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My name is Kevin Slangar, born 1998 and raised in Karperö, Finland, now living in Jakobstad-Pietarsaari. I’m a guitarist, bassist and up and coming arranger with guitar as my main instrument. I strive for playing many genres. Luckily, during my music studies, I have been able to play a variety of different styles, such as Blues, Pop, Jazz, Metal, Orchestral, Rock, Latin, Reggae, Country, Soul and more. When it comes to my own music, and bands I play in, it leans towards prog/rock/metal/jazz/fusion combinations. 

I play in the fusion experiment band PLATAPIES, in alt progressive rock/metal group SIGNS OF ECHO and started  CULTURE CRASH, a tribute band for The Aristocrats, as a result of my deep admiration of the group. I play in various temporary band projects as well.

I love the world of harmonies and arrangement! A resent collaboration is transcription and co-arrangement for the vocal group SASABEL (Vaasa, FI) for the upcoming single "I Can’t Let You Go", which is produced and mixed by Christian Knollmüller at Crosslight in Germany.  In this particular song, I also sing the tenor part.

 At a very early age I started with kantele lessons and later on moved to the rhythm section. During middle school, drums were my main source of music expression although it didn’t really become a passion and my interest started to dwindle. I moved on to the bass but It wasn’t until I turned 16, I started taking music seriously due to my first guitar teacher, the guitar virtuoso Henri Aalto   Since then, I’ve been bitten by the bug and have studied at Kuula Institute in Vasa, got my musician papers from YA! Vocational College in Jakobstad, and now studying at Novia UAS at Campus Allegro for a bachelor’s degree as musician as well as music teacher.