Cassette release party by Giant Corn and friends!
16.10. at 19.00 in Toinen Kerros

“A shed is a place where rarely used objects get stored and eventually forgotten. However the objects in a shed hold enough importance to keep, as there might be memories connected to them. It’s a place for semi-useful objects, too useful to get rid of, but unnecessary in daily life. What can these objects tell us, what kind of life have they had?”

An evening of performances and films, presented inside an actual shed!

Line-up:

19:00 doors open

19:20 Juan Duarte

20:00 Film by Shubhangi Singh

20:20 Kanttoripoika

21:00 Film by Hanan and Saara Mahbouba

21:20 Giant Corn

22:00 DJ Midnight Mangonada

Be there or be □

Saturday 4.10. at 18 / lauantai 4.10. klo 18

Kaleva – A journey into the folklore of the Baltic Sea through improvised music and movement

Kaleva is a performance inspired by Finno-Ugric folklore. The performance awakens ancient symbols through sound and movement, offering the audience a timeless journey into the heritage of the Baltic Sea region. The performance intertwines peoples and traditions – Estonian and Finnish cultural roots find common ground and artistic expression together with artists from Japan and South Korea.

Matka Itämeren kansanperinteeseen improvisoidun musiikin ja liikkeen kautta.

Kaleva on musiikillinen esitys, joka ammentaa inspiraationsa suomalais-ugrilaisesta kansanperinteestä. Esitys herättää muinaiset symbolit eloon musiikin ja liikkeen kautta ja tarjoaa yleisölle ajattoman matkan Itämeren alueen kansanperinteeseen. Esityksessä kansat ja perinteet kietoutuvat yhteen – virolaiset ja suomalaiset kulttuurijuuret löytävät yhteisen perustan ja taiteellisen ilmaisun yhdessä japanilaisten ja eteläkorealaisten taiteilijoiden kanssa.

Performers / Esiintyjät
Annika Johanna Sirkiä (FI), tuba / tuuba
Kristjan Kannukene (EE), viola / alttoviulu
Sakiko Ishii (JP), kantele
Dongbin Lee (KR), dance / tanssi

Free entrance, we suggest a 5–15 € donation to the musicians (MobilePay or cash)
Vapaa pääsy, vapaaehtoinen tukimaksu 5–15 € esiintyjille (MobilePay tai käteinen)

Come join us for an evening satiated with lush sounds from a variety of sonic territories. Four artists, four distinct approaches to the craft of ambient, drone, and electronica, with four distinct outcomes.

Kernal (SWI)
Edward Trethowan (UK/FIN)
Resonant House (FIN)
Odeur (FIN)

3.10. in Toinen Kerros (Nokiantie 2-4, Helsinki)
Doors at 19, shows at 19:30-22.
Free entry, suggested fee of 5-15€ (cash or Mobilepay)

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Welcome to an evening of improvisational music, where every sound is created in the moment. Expect experimental, playful, and surprising pieces that unfold through spontaneous interaction between the performers and the space. The result is a unique concert experience full of unexpected twists, lively energy, and shared discovery—an evening that spices up your night with bold creativity and exciting improvisations.

2.10 at Toinen Kerros
Doors 6 pm
Showtime 7 pm
Free entry! Suggested donation 5-15 €.

Performers:
Si Paton, bass
Gon Muruaga, electric guitar
Teemu Mustonen, drums
Heliä Mailiis Viirakivi, voice, flutes

About the performers
Si Paton is a composer, improviser, bassist, academic, event curator, noisemaker, smart mouth and general antagonist. He has completed his PhD at Royal Birmingham Conservatoire and previously studied electric bass and jazz composition at University of West London. As an improviser, he has played with many well known figures, and was previously the bassist and bandleader in the math-jazz group Selectric. His solo performances, the trans-Atlantic no wave duo Phame, as well as a duo with drummer Rob Nettleship are currently his most prominent projects. He was previously the founder and curator of Thinking/Not Thinking Fest, and currently runs the concert series Don’t Mind Control. Picture credits John Convery.

Gonzalo Muruaga Olguin is an Argentinian electric guitar player, improviser and composer. His musical approach combines elements of jazz, free improvisation, contemporary music, experimental music, sound investigation, and interdisciplinary cooperation. He is active in the Nordic and Baltic experimental music scenes and holds a degree of Contemporary Improvisation from the Estonian Academy of Music and Theater. In his artistic work he focuses on pushing the limits of deep listening with electroacoustic music and sound design.

Teemu Mustonen is an improvising percussionist from Helsinki. He explores the possibilities of the drum kit and its preparation in solo and ensemble contexts, and performs widely in various ensembles and projects.

Heliä Mailiis Viirakivi is a versatile Finnish MMus vocalist-flutist, performer, improviser, and composer working across innovative new music, experimental music, improvisation, and interdisciplinary concepts. In her art she blends extended vocal and instrumental techniques with folk melodies, and strong classical singing to shape her unique artistic voice.

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Concert begins at 19:00
Place: Toinen Kerros (Nokiantie 2-4, Helsinki)
Free entrance, we suggest a 5-15€ donation to the musicians (MobilePay)

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BIOS

Cecilia Enberg and Eric Malmberg mix sounds from the legendary Düben Organ, built in 1608, with the Buchla synthesizer, which was constructed in 1968. The result is long atmospheric drones. The duo plays to an ambient film that shows suggestive patterns. Cecilia is an interdisciplinary artist with roots in printmaking, and Eric also plays in Sagor & Swing. This Summer, they have performed at The Great Noise performance festival, Fylkingen Satelliter at Bio Savannen, and PLX festival.

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Libero Mureddu is an Italian-Finnish pianist, improviser, composer, and researcher based in Helsinki. Active in the Finnish and European improvised music scene, he currently leads the ‘murmur trio’ with bassist Andrea Grossi and drummer Cristiano Calcagnile. In his research projects he combines improvisation, composition, digital audiovisual projections, and algorithmic scores to create unpredictable performative scenarios. He teaches free and electroacoustic improvisation at the Sibelius Academy.

Eevi Oittinen is a visual artist fascinated by the interaction of the visual and the sonic arts. Her work includes traditional painting in mixed media as well as interdisciplinary collaborations that bring together painting and contemporary music. With an analogue overhead projector, Oittinen’s drawing becomes a (mute) musical instrument. In direct dialogue with improvised music, free from the hierarchy of one illustrating the other, focus is on presence and communication.

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Sulo Kolehmainen is an improviser and a sound artist based between Helsinki and Venezia. His work usually involves field recordings, nonlinear feedback systems and often some form of collaboration. His engagement with sound deals with memory, agency and inquiries about how the human condition and the so called natural world wrap around each other.

Livia Schweizer is a flutist, improvisor, educator and artistic researcher raised in Italy and based in Helsinki. As an active and versatile freelancer, she enjoys to explore from different angles how improvisation and non-conventional notation can be used as tools for intercultural and interdisciplinary collaboration. Co-founder of Earth Ears Ensemble, she has premiered works by Tytti Arola, Mioko Yokoyama, Turkka Inkilä, Meriheini Luoto and more. She teaches at the International School of Helsinki and is a doctoral candidate at Uniarts, Sibelius Academy.

Welcome to an evening of free improvisation, featuring the fabulous Kenneth Jimenez from New York City as our special guest!

25.9. at 19. in Toinen Kerros (Nokiantie 2-4, Helsinki)
Free entry (suggested donation 5–15€)

Who’s playing?

Kenneth Jimenez is a bassist, composer and photographer from Costa Rica, currently based in New York City. Active in the international jazz and improvised music scene, he has collaborated with artists such as Dave Liebman, Angelica Sanchez, Tony Malaby and Gerald Cleaver, and has appeared at venues including the Kennedy Center, The Jazz Gallery and the National Theatre of Costa Rica. His quartet project Sonnet to Silence will release its debut album on WeJazz Records in 2023. Alongside his musical practice, he develops a strong visual language, recently presenting his award-winning photography project Verolís in Helsinki.

Libero Mureddu is a pianist, improvisor, composer and music technologist. He designs unconventional performative spaces to enable the unexpected and innovative. Active in the European improvised music scene, among his current projects are his artistic research Embodied Algorithms and the murmur trio with Cristiano Calcagnile and Andrea Grossi. He teaches free and electroacoustic improvisation at the Sibelius Academy.

Josefiina Vannesluoma is a jazz vocalist, flutist and improviser based in Helsinki. Her vocal agility and unique multi-genre compositions with her ensembles Mortal Lease and Signe have captivated audiences across Northern Europe. She draws inspiration from parks, cafés, the sounds of nature, and the music of languages.

Jukka Kääriäinen is a musician focused on experimental music. His instruments range from prepared acoustic guitar to electric guitar with effects, depending on the situation. He has performed widely in Europe and at international festivals in the UK, Spain and France, and regularly collaborates with leading improvisers and contemporary composers, premiering works by Riikka Talvitie, Sebastian Hilli, Sami Klemola, Clara de Asís and Tytti Arola.

Livia Schweizer is a flutist, improvisor, educator and artistic researcher based in Helsinki. She explores improvisation and non-conventional notation as tools for intercultural and interdisciplinary collaboration. Co-founder of Earth Ears Ensemble, she has premiered works by Tytti Arola, Mioko Yokoyama, Turkka Inkilä, Meriheini Luoto and more. She teaches at the International School of Helsinki and is a doctoral candidate at Uniarts, Sibelius Academy.

24.9. 19.00 at Toinen Kerros (Nokiantie 2-4, Helsinki)
Tickets: 10-15e

Ryosuke Kiyasu is a pioneering snare drum soloist who has redefined percussion since 2003. Alongside his solo shows, he drums for noise-grind duo SETE STAR SEPT, the Kiyasu Orchestra, Keiji Haino’s Fushitsusha, and has co-founded Canada’s cult hardcore unit The Endless Blockade. With 200-plus releases spanning solo work and band discographies, Kiyasu continues to tour globally, delivering a singular, high-impact blend of extreme dynamics, physicality, and avantgarde vision that has made the snare drum a headline instrument.

Photo: Kazuyuki Funaki