About us

The muscle and brain behind manSEDANse is MadAssRevir ry, a non-profit organization based in Tampere. The mission of MARry is to promote electronic music and culture in Finland.

The roots of manSEDANse festival date back to year 2000 when an underground rave by the name SEDAN 2000 was held at a Tamperean penthouse. After the enthusiastic welcome the underground penthouse turned into a popular club venue and SEDAN 2001 knocked the socks off Tampere clubbers with it's cutting edge artists and GIGANTIC visual treats. Simply undescribable.

A series of recurring clubs, such as Comet, Slavic Walkmen, Underground Disco and the New Year Mash-up raves were organised at Klubi between 2002-2005.

The very first manSEDANse festival was organised in 2005. The festival teamed up the original SEDAN line-up with a merry bunch from around Europe: Subjex, Sickboy, Schizoide, Regina, Verde and Pylon among many others. It introduced Tampere to something that was lacking in the finnish cultural climate: a full fledged four day festival of electronic music.

In 2006 MARry was raving to retro tunes with the ultimate glance to the past party, Shake That Acid! manSEDANse also provided the official festival dj's to the Tampere International Film Festival 2007. That was fun!

manSEDANse 2007 brought together for the first time MARry's refined vision of a complete electronic culture festival with not only top quality club nights, but also workshops and seminars, focusing last year on the subjects of audio hacking and copyrights. The club lineup featured bang-up artists from near and far, such as Mr 76ix, Gescom DJ, Dead-O, Pangaea and Kemialliset Ystävät to name a few. In keeping with MARry's modus operandi, the festival was heavily enhanced by decorations and vj's to emphasize the unique atmosphere of manSEDANse. Love is in the details!

In January 2008 MARry was proud to present a Deep Medi Musik night starring Mala, Conquest and Sgt. Pokes. Klubi was jam-packed once again and the bassful delivery was received with pleasure by the blissful crowd.

The successful collaboration with Tampere Film Festival continued in 2008 with a sold out screening of the documentary Darkbeat: An Electro World Voyage and a selection of Warp music videos curated by MARry, followed by a chock-full club night with MARry dj's and guests.

That's the history, folks. manSEDANse 2008 will return with even more to offer! We feel absolutely privileged and honoured to be conjuring up these cultural festivities and escapades for your pleasure! See you at manSEDANse!

Feel the need to be nostalgic? Recap manSEDANse '07 in all it's glory? Well, look no further, our old site can be found here!