
The release of The Job will be celebrated at the G Livelab club in Helsinki on Saturday, December 19, 2026, when Timo Kaukolampi, Tuomo Puranen and Vilunki Viljakainen will take to the stage – each with their own solo gig.
The music and visual world created by Op:l Bastards can be viewed through the thought of cultural critic Mark Fisher: “To be in the twenty-first century, is to have twentieth-century culture on high-definition screens.” The band’s playful retro-futurism was born from the sharp rhythms of Detroit electronic, the attitude of 80s New York punk disco and the hypnotic guitar snarl of Spacemen 3. It is a genre-defying, timeless monument to a time when the future still sounded like something completely new.
The future of the 2000s ultimately brought nothing comparable to Finnish or international machine music – no new Op:l Bastards were ever created. Despite this, this music, created 25 years ago, still sounds disconcertingly fresh, fun and totally futuristic. It has withstood the ravages of time exceptionally well and speaks to new generations as strongly as when it was first released.
Sales closes at 19.12.2026 23:30.