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.

​​Stefkovic van Interesse (DE)​
​​Static Noise Bird​

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Stefkovic van Interesse (DE)
Shaking jungles, melting mountains, journeys into freezers, speaking wood, burning snow, rolling metal. Stefkovic van Interesse is building new scenarios and changes natural laws. His collection of alienated field recordings creates perfect illusions for your mind.

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Static Noise Bird
The Helsinki-based electronic wizard Static Noise Bird’s first-ever live set will feature special ambient versions of his hypnotic rhythmic works as well as unreleased material. SNB’s music invites to explore massive mountains of cool modern electronic sounds.

Sonja Horlacher (GER) & JP Kervinen

Wednesday 12.7.2017
19.00 – 22:00 PM
Voluntary 5 euro entry fee
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Sonja Horlacher, flutes
Jukka-Pekka Kervinen, computer

Rotations: 11 episodes for flute and electronics (2017)

Music for flute and/or computer, glitch, drones and minimal(ist) compositions and improvisations, human/computer interactions and transformations.

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Sonja Horlacher
Sonja Horlacher born 1984 in Eutin, northern Germany, studied flute with Angela Firkins in Lübeck and a specialized master in contemporary music with Mike Svoboda in Basel. Sonja is interested in various kinds of music and performs a wide range of styles: ancient music, classical, contemporary, free improvisation and rock. A special dedication of hers is the microtonal repertoire, which she keeps exploring on her instrument.
She has collaborated with composers such as G.F. Haas, Bernhard Lang, Manfred Stahnke, Anne La Berge and played at international festivals, among them the Lucerne Festival, Festival Rümlingen, Musikfest Bremen, Chiffren-Kieler Tage für Neue Musik, Off-Festival Donaueschingen and November Music (NL).

Jukka-Pekka Kervinen
Jukka-Pekka Kervinen (b. 1961) is a Finnish composer, writer and visual artist. He is mainly focused on computer-generated /-assisted compositions, improvisations and various techno/ electronic/glitch productions and live performances.
Listen: Soundcloud

Paul Pignon, Sergio Castrillon & Jukka Kääriäinen
Petri Kuljuntausta
Tuomas Timonen / Textormance

Tuesday 27.6.2017
19:00-21:00 PM

Voluntary 5 euro entry fee

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Paul Pignon, sax, electronics
Jukka Kääriäinen, guitar
Sergio Castrillón, cello

Petri Kuljuntausta, guitar, electronics

Tuomas Timonen, typewriter, fuzz pedals

Paul Pignon (UK/SWE)

Internationally (slightly) renowned composer of electronic and instrumental works, real-time composer/performer on various winds, voice, computer. Exploration in music/sound art for over 50 years. Chairman of SEAMS, board-member of Fylkingen, initiator of The Pignon Agenda. Google search “paul pignon” AND music OR musika OR musik OR Музыка  for more, or don’t

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Sergio Castrillón (COL)

Improvisation has been a constant practice along my whole life and musicianship. However, my professional work as improviser started in 2008 in Buenos Aires (Argentina) while studied a master degree in Music creation, new technologies and traditional arts and a major in Contemporary Music composition at the UNTREF and CEAMC respectively. There, I collaborated with electronic, experimental and free jazz musicians as well as contemporary dancers and theatre directors among others. Since 2012 I have got into the Improvisation scene in Helsinki (Finland) where I try to be very active participating in several projects and collaborating with multidisciplinary artists such as dancers, performers, actors and poets. Furthermore, since 2013 I have been also developing my work as improviser in Scandinavia, UK, central and southern Europe and other countries in South America. During that period I have been collaborating with underground as well as well know improvisers from all over the world.

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Jukka Kääriäinen

Jukka Kääriäinen is a finnish musician concentrated to experimental and free improvised music. Jukka’s instruments vary between plain acoustic and prepared guitar to back bag of pedals, live-electronics and bowed electric guitar. Jukka has toured many European countries such as Italy, Hungary, France, Germany, Russia and Estonia.  Alongside solo concerts Jukka has been collaborating with musicians like Teppo Hauta-Aho, Jone Takamäki, Roomet Jakapi, Pauli Lyytinen, Emilio Gordoa and Paul Pignon

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Petri Kuljuntausta

Petri Kuljuntausta is a composer, improviser, musician, and sonic artist. He has performed music for an underwater audience, improvised with the birds, and made music out of whale calls and the sounds of the northern lights. As an artist he often works with environmental sounds, live-electronics, and installation art.
Kuljuntausta has performed or collaborated with Morton Subotnick, Atau Tanaka, Richard Lerman, David Rothenberg, and Sami van Ingen, among others. He has made over 100 recordings for various record labels in Australia, Colombia, Finland, France, Germany, India, Sweden, UK and the USA. Star’s End and Inner Space radio shows selected Kuljuntausta’s ”Momentum” as one of the most significant CD releases of the year.
Kuljuntausta has published three books on Sound Art and Electronic Music. In 2005 he won an award, The Finnish State Prize for Art, from the Finnish government as a distinguished national artist.

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Tuomas Timonen / Textormance

Tuomas Timonen (not to be confused with his namesake free jazz drummer) is a free jazz drummer named Tuomas Timonen. But even more, he is a poet and a type writer experimentalist, who strives to make his poems sound, if not good, at least better, than in paper. Thus the name TEXTORMANCE. Other things involved: bands such as LÄSKI and Arkaainen Verenhimo and a poet collective black mödernism.

Belorukov & Zherbin
Filter Feeders
Pasha Rotts

Friday 5.5.2017
Doors: 19.00
Voluntary 5 euro entry fee

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Dmitri Zherbin is a musician and sound artist. The music of Dmitri Zherbin is dark, murky and abstract – definitely not easy listening, but definitely an adventurous one.
DZ: -“It’s hard to say how and when exactly I became interested in experimental music. I listen to lots of stuff, not only experimental. I think it was those American rock bands (Velvet Underground, Sonic Youth, Animal Collective, just to name a few) who first introduced me to experimental side of alternative music. I also got introduced to DIY culture by going to hardcore punk shows. Putting on gigs, releasing records – it’s all from there. Only that at some point I realized, that I felt more comfortable playing different kind of music. So yeah, it might seem a bit complicated, but I think all those elements together somehow affected my current musical preferences.”