caption website years_active birth_place label article_title name background birth_date genre image origin birth_name occupation
anssi kela -lrb- 2012 -rrb- -lsb- http://www.anssikela.com www.anssikela.com -rsb- 2001 -- present kerava , finland the fried music anssi kela
 anssi kela solo_singer 29 july 1972 rock anssi kela 2012 may.jpg helsinki , finland anssi kela singer , songwriter , multi-instrumentalist
anssi kela

anssi kela -lrb- born 29 july 1972 in kerava , finland -rrb- is a finnish singer-songwriter multi-instrumentalist who has published six albums .
during his career , kela has sold over 230,000 records in finland .
he received four emma awards in 2002 .
anssi kela comes from a musical family .
his late father was a keyboardist and songwriter in a gospel band called pro fide , his mother is a cantor and brother a drummer .
kela began his musical career playing various stringed instruments , including the violin , cello and contrabass .
however he was more interested in rock music , and wanted to play bass instead .
at the age of 13 in 1985 kela formed a gospel band yhdeksäs hetki with his school mates .
in the band he played bass and wrote the songs .
after the band gave up gospel music and changed their name to pekka ja susi .
kela started to sing in the band as well as playing bass .
in 1993 the band won the contest `` finnish rock champion '' and got a record deal with bmg .
their only album in 1994 was a flop .
it included one minor hit `` karhun elämää '' .
in 1999 the band broke up to musical differencies and kela started to write material to his first solo album .
the debut , `` nummela '' , is one of the best-selling finnish records -- it has sold over 150,000 copies -lrb- quintuple platinum -rrb- .
the album is named after kela 's former hometown nummela , in vihti .
his biggest hits from that album were `` mikan faijan bmw '' , `` kaksi sisarta '' , `` puistossa '' and `` nummela '' .
the next single `` milla '' was in the triple platinum version of the album .
it is the best selling single ever in finland .
the 2nd album `` suuria kuvioita '' in 2003 included one of his biggest hits , `` 1972 '' .
the album sold platinum .
the 3rd album `` rakkaus on murhaa '' got a gold record in 2005 .
the 2009 album , `` aukio '' , was a concept album telling a story of a miner .
it debuted at number four on the finnish album chart , but the sales were disappointing .
only the song `` aamu '' was a hit .
kela ended the deal with sony music after the compilation album `` singlet 2000 - 2010 '' and signed a deal with live nation .
his self-titled album `` anssi kela '' was published in march 2013 .
on the album he plays all the instruments himself , except one saxophone solo , and like in all of his albums he has written all the songs himself .
he also produced , arranged and recorded the album .
the first single `` levoton tyttö '' was the most played song on the finnish radio in 2013 .
the song resulted in his comeback .
apart from music , anssi kela drove in the finnish formula 3 class in 2004-2007 .
he gained four victories and 13 podium positions .
also interested in literature , in 2008 kela published his debut fiction novel , kesä kalevi sorsan kanssa -lrb- summer with kalevi sorsa -rrb- .
he has also published a book called matkamuistoja -lrb- travel memories -rrb- in 2012 .
it tells a humorous story about his life on the road with the band .
