Markus Kaarlonen

Markus Kaarlonen
Born	16 November 1973
Genres	Alternative rock, electropop, techno
Occupations	Musician
Instruments	Keyboard
Years active	2003–present
Labels	Insomniac, Playground
Associated acts	Poets of the Fall, Dance Nation, Aikakone

Markus "Captain" Kaarlonen (born 16 November 1973) is a Finnish musician/songwriter/producer, and the keyboardist of the Finnish rock band Poets of the Fall. Kaarlonen catapulted to considerable underground fame with his Amiga MOD music in the early 1990s. His first commercial album was released as Dance Nation's album "Dawn" in 1994. After that came moderate success with Aikakone.

Kaarlonen also works for the software company Futuremark as a Senior Web Developer and Audio Designer.

Discography

Mod era

• Spacemuzaxx
• Space Debris (Horizon Party 1990, Vårby school, Stockholm, Sweden)
• Beyond Music (The Gathering 1991, Parikkala, Finland)
• Broken Dreams (Assembly 1993)
• Mickus (Assembly 1994)

Commercial productions

• Dance Nation: Dawn (1994)
• Poets of the Fall: Signs of Life (2005)
• Poets of the Fall: Carnival of Rust (2006)
• Poets of the Fall: Revolution Roulette (2008)
• Shattered Horizon Original Soundtrack (2009)
• Poets of the Fall: Twilight Theater (2010)
• Rochard: Original Soundtrack (2011)

Persondata
Name	Kaarlonen, Markus
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Short description	Finnish musician/songwriter/producer
Date of birth	16 November 1973
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