Stefan Christensen (USA)
Andrea Camporotondo (ITA)
Juha-Matti Rautiainen

Friday 11.8.2017
19.00 – 22:00
Voluntary 5 euro entry fee
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Stefan Christensen (USA)

Since the demise of long-running New Haven punk outfit Estrogen Highs, the bands’ leader, Stefan Christensen, has stayed busy with an outpouring of solo recording. Incorporating influences ranging from Xpressway/Precious Metal Records artists like The Dead C, Gate, Alastair Galbraith, and Peter Jefferies, the UK DIY scene, Ohio weirdo and outsider punks, and the Twisted Village contingent, and always tinging it with his own personal brand of song writing and noise making, to create sounds that drive forward, despite their keen observance of the past. With songs ranging from 40 second damaged acoustics to 20 minute freakout noise jams, the exact sound is hard to peg down.
The live shows see Stefan solo or joined by ‘Friends,’ a revolving door of New Haven noise makers, who create often lengthy free form rock music. Stefan’s first solo cassette was recently reissued by Minneapolis’ Night People Records, and two upcoming releases on Buffalo’s the Loki Label loom just around the corner, with even more coming down the line on the newly minted C/Site Recordings.


Andrea Camporotondo (ITA)
Born Roma 15/08/71. Lived in Australia Melbourne from 1994 to 2006, living in Helsinki Finland since June 2006. Member of Australian Psy/ Experimental/ Prog/ Ambient band Lung UPC, ex-member of Italian Grunge/Metal bands DTM and Mud, as lead guitarist. Since technology has entered in to my life I have recorded few solo albums. I started last year when I reluctantly decided to plug my beautiful guitar into the computer. So far I’ve made a few albums, Voices, The Red Prince, Running Out Of It, Rusty The Rat, The Enigmatik, Attention to Coordination, The Search, Northern Chills, The Holiday, The Giant, Singles, The Notepad.


Juha-Matti Rautiainen / Mr. Randomizer
I’ve been working on some new material for the next album and about three tracks have been skecthed at the moment. This time I’ve got a coherent concept in my head so the compositions will be going through stricter selection. The theme that is swirling around in my head is quite dark, so the outcome will be more or less darker than my previous album. I’m trying to compose the rest of the material during the summer and I hope that the album would see the light not later than next year.
There are also three outtakes from “The Endless Now…” and they’re waiting to be mixed. They’re very different in mood from the ones that I’ve worked recently, so they won’t be fitting on the forthcoming album. They are most likely the most optimistic and accessible tracks that I’ve recorded. I’m going to publish them at my bandcamp as soon as I get them mixed.
…And finally an advertisement: If you would like to have a physical copy of “The Endless Now…”, act quickly! There are only 35 copies left… It can be ordered from bandcamp.

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