Poko Rekords

A Finnish medium sized label, a notorious catalog of several different styles, including electronic.

Short history:

Poko Rekords was founded in 1977 as a part of Poko International to release music from international artists.

In 1987 Helenius' friend and the manager of Unitor Oy went bankrupt in 1993.

In 1992 Helenius had set up a company called Shoeling Oy to buy the PolyGram's share of Unitor Oy, and after the bankruptcy it was used to buy the old master catalog from Poplandia Music Oy. After the bankruptcy he acquired the shares of Jee-Jee Music to Poplandia Music Oy.

In 2001 EMI announced its acquisition of Epe Helenius continued as a consultant. The release policies changed: Poko continued mainly releasing music from the old back catalog and from the Finnish rock artists already signed to the label. No new artists were signed, and A&R was taken care by EMI.

Since 2013 the main company EMI Finland continues with old labels.

Helenius started a new record company, Sound of Finland, and signed several artists that were disbanded by Poko during the EMI era.

Distributors:
Universal Music Oy 2013-