Verde

Verde is the recording name of Mika Rintala, an electronics engineer born in 1966 who has been releasing electronic music since 2014. Rintala also records under the alias Ektroverde and operates from his website verdeaudio.com. As an engineer by training, he specializes in performing with self-built electronic instruments, often incorporating practical objects like vacuum cleaners and humidifiers alongside traditional keyboards and organs into his custom creations.

Verde's sound spans techno, melodic house & techno, tech house, and deep house across peak time driving tempos. His releases appear on established labels including Filth on Acid, Yoshitoshi Recordings, Knee Deep In Sound, Odd One Out, and Viva Limited, with 20 releases documented between 2014 and 2022. In recent years, Rintala has shifted focus toward performing with modular synthesizers, reflecting his technical background in his approach to electronic music production and performance.