Yrjänä Rankka Geboren in Porvoo, Finland, opgegroeid in Helsinki. Yrjänä woont nu al zo lang in Amsterdam dat hij niet meer wil weten hoe lang eigenlijk. Zijn muzikale carriëre begon hij op de viool toen hij zes jaar oud was. Hij heeft muziek gestudeerd aan de Helsinki Conservatory Music School, de Vantaa Music School, de Music School of Northern Helsinki en Rovala Opisto, Rovaniemi. Met een schitterende toekomst achter de rug, is zijn huidige muziekinstrument de elektrische basgitaar en de contrabas. Hij speelt regelmatig in het jam-session circuit in en rond Amsterdam. Sinds november 2005 speelt hij bij Big Red 'n Blue.

Yrjänä
Rankka
A native of Porvoo, Finland, grown up in Helsinki, Yrjänä currently resides in Amsterdam, NL, where he has stayed for longer than he cares to remember. He began his musical career with violin at tender age of 6 and has studied music in Helsinki Conservatory Music School, Vantaa Music School, Music School of Northern Helsinki and Rovala opisto, Rovaniemi. With a brilliant future behind him, his main instruments nowadays are Contrabass and Bass Guitar.
He may be sighted playing in the jam session circuit in and around Amsterdam as well as gigs with Mariandoro, ChiefXX, Peter Lavell, Britt and others. When not playing with bands, he composes and produces his own music with almost anything that makes a sound. He also does sound engineering, design and recording.
Yrjänä has experience in a huge variety of musical styles - from Punk to Finnish dance music to Rock to Blues to Latin to Jazz/Fusion.
Since November 2005, he is playing with Big Red 'n Blue.
He also is an experienced software developer but that's another story.
Instruments:
5-string electric bass, Fretless electric bass, Contrabass, Electric guitar, Acoustic guitar, Keyboards, Violin
Spellings:
This is a collection of different spellings of the name seen so far: Jurana, Uri, Uriana, Yurianna, Ulyana, Manolo