Hiljaiset Levyt

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Hiljaiset Levyt is an independent record label from Finland. It was founded in the mid-1980s by Jukka Junttila. Hiljaiset Levyt is based in Tampere. [1]

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Hiljaiset Levyt is in specializing in punk, but has put out also kind of music.

Hiljaiset Levyt is the longest continues publishing independent record label in Finland.

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  1. "Hiljaiset Levyt". Discogs.com. Retrieved 2016-08-14.