current_members website associated_acts years_active label article_title background genre origin name
jan anderzén -lsb- http://www.kemiallisetystavat.com/ official site -rsb- tomutonttu , islaja , es 1995 -- present fonal records fat cat records kemialliset ystävät
 group_or_band experimental , folk tampere , finland kemialliset ystävät
kemialliset ystävät

kemialliset ystävät -lrb- finnish for `` chemical friends '' -rrb- is the name of a recording project of musician jan anderzén of tampere , finland .
anderzén began recording under the name in 1995 and although he has enlisted numerous musicians over the years , most kemialliset ystävät recordings are solo productions .
often labeled as psych folk , his recordings have included such diverse instruments as detuned guitars , mandolins , balalaikas , toys , hand percussion , and samples from recordings by sun ra , karlheinz stockhausen and vibracathedral orchestra .
