Finnish Rockcello-Virtoso Elias Kahila, 25, released his debut cellorock-solo album "Break Point" in ´06. A large tour of 116 gigs followed in bars, festivals and showcase gigs, in Holland & Finland. Kahila is on a long journey to develop funk/rock -technique and playing style for the cello. Influences are Red Hot Chili Peppers, Toto, Stevie Wonder, to name a few. Along that, Kahila likes to co-work with bands & artist, in all styles. He is a member in "Dead By You" and Antony Parviainen(Machine Men) trio. Kahila started playing at the age of 7. So far he has done about 550 gigs, from classical solo competitions, solo tours, tv/radio broadcasts, improvised performances to rock´n roll. In studio, he has worked with many great producers, for ex. Jyri Sariola (Soul Captain Band, Idols) & Johnny Lee Michaels (69 Eyes). He is working on his 2nd solo album, follow-up to the "Break Point" album. http://www.kahila.net http://www.myspace.com/eliaskahila http://www.youtube.com/eliaskahila <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Elias+Kahila">Read more on Last.fm</a>. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.