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Loituma song Ieva's Polka an internet hit in Russia
Loituma, a band Timo is a member of, released their first CD in 1995. Now, eleven years later, the most popular track of the CD, an acapella song called Ieva's Polka, has become a spontaneous internet hit in Russia. The popularity started from a flash animation someone put on the internet with a piece of the song as a soundtrack. People became fascinated by the music and within a week two thousand people has visited this site looking for more information. TVfolk.net, a Swedish site hosting a video of Loituma performing Ieva's Polka, drew way over 10 000 people in a couple of days. There is also a cool remix out there on the wild, wild web, hosted on the site of Emplosia, a Russian electro-synth band.