Vaiko Eplik

Vaiko Eplik (born 1 August 1981)

He has been part of several collectives: Claire's Birthday, Ruffus and Koer. In 2006, Eplik started his solo project under the name Eliit. He has released eight albums, regularly reaching the top of Estonian album charts. In 2014, he released two albums in close sequence, "Nõgesed" ("Nettles") and "Nelgid" ("Carnations"). He has emphasised his aspiration to "earn enough money to get by, and keep being intelligent and free to be creative with music." Eplik is a principled independent artist, producing his music at home and releasing it under his independent record label. In 2006 he commented on it in the following words:"Home-made music has no rival... From now on to in about five years time, record companies will be bankrupt."

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Collaborations Claire's Birthday – Venus (2000) Claire's Birthday – City Loves (2001) Claire's Birthday – Future Is Now (2003) Ruffus – Lessons in Pop (2005) Koer – Pure (2004) Lenna Kuurmaa – Lenna (2010)