Piirpauke is a Finnish musical group combining free jazz, flamenco, mbalax, Arabesque, carnatic, romantic, modern, classical, humppa, impressionist, hindustani, salsa, Amharic, Lappjoik, Tibetan, Balkan, Karelian, Finnish, national romantic and rock music influences (among others) in their compositions.

[1] The name "Piirpauke" comes from an Sakari Kukko's Karelian father and means a noise or a racket.

[4] Piirpauke's best known song in Finland is "Konevitsan kirkonkellot" ("The Church Bells of Konevets"), based on a traditional Karelian melody.

The song was covered by heavy metal band Sentenced in their 2002 album The Cold White Light.

The same stages were occupied by the biggest names of those days like Miles Davis, Astor Piazzola, Ravi Shankar and Nirvana, just to mention a few from different genres.