Måns Groundstroem

Måns Ivar Åkesson "Måsse" Groundstroem [grʊndström][1] (born April 23, 1949) is a Finnish bass player, studio technician and music producer.

However, his father bought him a guitar, and thus Groundstroem was able to "rebel with rock music, which at the time was turning young people wild".

Already in 1965 he was playing semiprofessionally, and the following year he made his recording debut on Jukka Kuoppamäki’s album Mitä kansa haluaa (‘What the people want’).

He produced albums for e.g. Jukka Tolonen, Jim Pembroke, Pekka Pohjola, Dave Lindholm, Juice Leskinen, Albert Järvinen, Muska, Maarit as well as for Hurriganes and Kaseva.

[…] Being a producer was essentially a practical job – it included planning, drawing up schedules and staying up late.

He then returned to music producing and bass playing, just in time for the re-emergence of Tasavallan Presidentti and Wigwam.