Chorale

Chorale is a Finnish Eurodance/Europop project formed in 2000 at Toijala by the producers Tero Laihanen and Markus Ahola. Chorale signed to Scandinavian A1 Music at winter 2003. The “Scooter of Finland” released their first album in 2005 and it entered the local album charts at #15. Chorale’s first singer was Maija-Helena Meskanen (Maikku) in 2000, but she performed only one tune (Huominen). In 2001 came Hanna-Leena Saarinen (Hansku), who sang their few next eurodance tunes. In the fall of 2001, a girl from Tampere contacts the boys. Tero and Markus are convinced of the new singer's skills, and Lydia becomes part of the Chorale. They try to work together on a new song. This is how Lydia Luoma-aho (born on December 1977) found her way to Chorale. Besides Chorale, Lydia also has a solo project called La Masina. In 2005, guitarist Santtu Saarela joined the group. Shortly after the release of the second album "Another Kind", Lydia left the group in 2010. The band returned in 2010 with a new vocalist, Susannah. In 2011, guitarist Santtu Saarela left the band and was replaced by Vesa Urpanen. In 2013, Chorale signed a record deal with AXR Music Oy and released the first digital single "Kuule mua".