Effective period / Period of releases: 1975 - 2017

Members: Jukka Tolonen, Olavi Louhivuori, Hasse Walli, Ismaila Sane, Rami Eskelinen, Eerik Siikasaari, Sakari Kukko, Ilpo Saastamoinen, Markku Ounaskari, Samuli Mikkonen, Antti Hytti, Karri Koivukoski, Juha Björninen, Jukka Orma, T. T. Oksala, Pekka Rechardt, Malang Cissokho, Kalevi Louhivuori, Jukka Wasama, Jorma Koivulehto, Tauno Railo, Tom Nekljudow, Lauri Salokoski, Nicolas Rehn, Cinta Hermo, Olli-Pekka Wasama, Ville Herrala, Pekka Nylund, Hassan Bah, Joonas Ahonen, Badu Ndjay, Aku Nyyssönen, Luis Moreno (4), Ndioba Gueye, Roi Ruottinen

Piirpauke is a Finnish band, founded in 1974 by Sakari Kukko.

Truly pioneers in the world-music scene, Piirpauke fuse traditional Finnish folk forms with motifs and rhythms from Latin, Caribbean, Arabic, and Asian musical styles. Starting out in the mid-'70s, Piirpauke have remained insistently eclectic, and their range of influences can stretch to encompass Senegalese drumming and Andalucian singing on a single disk.