He rose to fame and leading guitarist position in Finland playing in every possible connection; live concerts, studio sessions, movies, television shows and theatre musicals among them.
The band performed in MTV Music Awards show in New York, Roskilde Festival in Denmark and starred several Leningrad Cowboys movies of Finnish director Aki Kaurismäki.
The record Husband contains nine original compositions of Vartiainen that range from raunchy funk of "Sir Dalud", via jazzy "Baritone" and soft ballad "Le Mu" to percussive world music celebration of "Koiruus".
The tight Husband consists of bassist Harri Rantanen and drummer Anssi Nykänen who have backed dozens of Finland's top artists together during the last two decades.
Guest musicians are the cream of the crop in the Finnish music scene today: Abdissa "Mamba" Assefa increases the percussive power, saxophonist Timo Lassy brings in shades of classy, sophisticated contemporary jazz, vocalist Sami Pitkämö finesses the melodies and Timo Pratskin with keyboards, Jarmo Savolainen with Rhodes/synths and vibraphonist Arttu Takalo both enhance the harmony of the music.