Lord Est

Lord Est is Dancehall/Reggae group that comes from Tampere, Finland. Lord Est has released 4 albums so far which are called Aatelinen (2002), Päivät Töissä (2005), Tulin teitä muistuttaan (2008) and Se on päätetty (2009). Group consists of 2 members: brothers Est and Uncle Tan (in the first album called D Mon). Est toasts and sings and is mainly responsible of lyrics while Uncle Tan compose songs. Est started rapping in the early 90's as a part of finnish hiphop group Ghetto Blasta. His graffiti tag was Est, hence the name. The title Lord was invented by his friend from Ghetto Blasta, Big Jay (nowadays manager of the group). Group did few demotapes, but eventually broke up due lack of time and different interests. Est got then heavily interested in new dancehall sound after hearing new riddims from Radio Mafia's late-night show Roots & Culture, hosted by Tero Kaski. After spending couple years in UK, he came up with the fresh idea of doing dancehall in finnish after having heard such artists like Fintelligens and Jukka Poika. The co-operation with Uncle Tan started out unintentionally. Est had the idea of Viskit ja rommit with lyrics and sketch of the beat and asked some assistance from his brother Uncle Tan. The next day song was recorded in Cosmic Studios, Tampere with Lex Luthor. Viskit ja rommit had some airplay on Radio Mafia and became a minor hit in summer 2001. In the year 2002 Lord Est released their first album called Aatelinen. Before 2nd album in spring 2005 Lord Est toured alongside with Oakleaf Soundsystem and Rockin' Da North hiphop-collective. Lord Est was also featured on RDN's song Kingsize. In 2005 Lord Est released Päivät töissä with singles Hellä ori and Heristä nyrkkii. 3rd album Tulin teitä muistuttaan was released in January 2008 and it was the first album entirely produced by DJ Control of Beats & Styles. It included singles like Sä teet and Sun vieres on lämmin. 4th album Se on päätetty was released 30.9.09 and first single Nyt saa juhlia taas was included in radio Voice's summer hit competition. 2nd single from album is Tänään räjähtää. For updated gig listings and sound clips check out http://www.myspace.com/lordest