Category: Community event

sonic arts community events organised at the toinen kerros sonic arts space facilitated by Äänen Lumo

  • 15.9.-15.12. / Peer Performance Workshop

    15.9.-15.12. / Peer Performance Workshop

    This workshop aims to provide a laboratory for people who wish to develop their live performances. This first edition is hosted by Satu and M, two artists who wonder “how can I translate my music to a live setting?” Maybe you have a similar question and want to experiment about it within a structured timeline and with peer support

    Bring your own projects and questions to this teacherless-course! Each session 2-3 participants will present works in progress and have the opportunity to give and receive feedback. The finale will be a “real” performance (open to the public). 

    When: Tuesdays from 18:00-19:30

    (Mostly) biweekly from Sep 15th 2026 to Dec 15th 2026 

    (dates: 15.9., 29.9., 13.10., 27.10., 10.11., 24.11., 8.12., 15.12.) 

    Where: Toinen Kerros 

    Max participants: 10 (but if there are some people in bands/duos then the group itself would be considered as 1 participant)

    We’re filling up the workshop on a first come first serve basis

    To sign up email Satu & M : 

    kankkonen.satu

    m.lore.wingren

    Both ATgmail.com

  • 5.9. / De/composing

    5.9. / De/composing

    Konsertti-installaatio / Concert Installation
    La 5.9.2026. klo 18 / Sat 5th of September at 6 pm
    Äänen Lumo, Toinen Kerros
    Nokiantie 2-4
    vapaaehtoinen pääsymaksu / pay what you want

    Aaro Lehtovaara, fagotti, sävellys, yms. / bassoon, composition, etc.
    Sara Leppänen, viulu, sävellys, yms. / violin, composition, etc.
    Anna Kirvesniemi, viulu, sävellys, yms. / violin, composition, etc.

    De/composing is simultaneously an ensemble, a concept, collective (un)learning project and concert installation. First presentation will be held on the 5th of September in Toinen Kerros. The evening will include mostly instrumental, more or less improvised experimental compositions by the group.

    Lullaby—Ease—Post-Classical—Deconstruction
    For over one and a half a year performing artists Aaro Lehtovaara, Sara Leppänen and Anna Kirvesniemi have been reimagining music through workshops. Being all originally classically trained, the group shares an interest to create a new relationship with music and related conventions around it.
    By combining knowledge from their different artistic backgrounds in professional fields of theatre, classical music and pedagogy a practice for gentle, non-virtuoso music making started to form. A major part of their process is learning by doing co-created exercises for improvisation and composition in addition to a critical discussion about music institutions, genre or scene formations and other structures. In the near future the group wishes to open the process in a text format for further open discussion and perhaps even inspiration.

    Drone—Open-Form—violin—violin—bassoon

  • 1.9. / Heli Hartikainen: Interbody + Flux

    1.9. / Heli Hartikainen: Interbody + Flux

    Tuesday 1.9.2026 at 19.00 at Toinen Kerros, award-winning saxophonist, composer and sound artist Heli Hartikainen performs two works: Interbody (released as an EP in April 2026), and a pre-premiere of Flux, an upcoming commission for Oulu2026. 

    Cal Cashin from Loud and Quiet Magazine wrote: “Interbody is a delight in exploratory noise making. Hartikainen’s sax is meshed with the live electronics of an erratic sampler, with their playing percussive and rolling to match the barrage of scattergun electronics; a barbed and pointy exemplar of contemporary soundscape work.” 

    Flux, a work for tenor saxophone, electromechanical solenoids, sensor controlled electronics and speakers, is a commission for Oulu2026 European Capital of Culture and will be performed at Oulu Cathedral on 18.9.2026. 

  • 21.-28.8 / Latvieshi International

    21.-28.8 / Latvieshi International

    “Latvieshi International” is an international contemporary visual art pop-up exhibition and public event series taking place in Helsinki, Finland, from August 21 to 28, 2026.


    Information:
    – Venue: Toinen Kerros, Nokiantie 2-4, 00510 Helsinki
    – Exhibition opening: August 21 at 18:00
    – Exhibition dates: August 21–28
    – Exhibition tour for children and youth: August 25
    – Discussion and musical performance evening: August 26
    – Free admission
    – Further information: https://datuainavas.org/projekti

    The central theme of the exhibition is “background noise”—a phenomenon that six Latvian artists who live in Latvia, Finland, and Iceland (U. Albiņš, A. Bikše, J. Peters, M. Ratniks, S. Ruļuks, L. Zaneripa) explore as a defining feature of the contemporary Nordic-Baltic region. In an era of hyper-connectivity and geopolitical tension, the ability to distinguish the essential (signal) from the inessential (noise) has become an existential necessity. The artists’ new audiovisual works will deconstruct this phenomenon through various prisms, from electromagnetic interference and industrial sound pollution to digital surveillance mechanisms and the residues left by cultural displacement on memory and identity. The exhibition thus addresses the question: is noise merely a disturbance, or is it also fertile ground for new cultural forms?

    The exhibition is accompanied by a public program: opening and closing events, a moderated discussion on Nordic-Baltic cultural identity, an evening of sound performances, and artist-led tours for various age groups, including educational sessions for students of the Helsinki Latvian Diaspora School (Pikku Putni).

    The event is organized by the association “Datu ainavu kartogrāfi” (Jurģis and Džesika Peteri).

    Supported by: Culture Capital Foundation (VKKF), Culture Moves Europe, Embassy of the Republic of Latvia in Finland, Rozentāls Seura, Äänen Lumo, Toinen Kerros.

    Free admission to the exhibition and public program.

    The event will be photographed and filmed.

  • 6.8. / Boundary Collapse

    6.8. / Boundary Collapse

    An evening of abstract acoustic and/or electronic music.

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    Forces
    https://joonassiren.fi/
    https://ffforces.bandcamp.com/

    Devina Boughton & Orion Boughton
    https://devinaboughton.weebly.com/
    https://djjorts.bandcamp.com/

    Jonas Hammerer
    https://www.hammererer.net/

    Fabian Lanzmaier
    https://www.fabianlanzmaier.com/

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    Thurday 6th of August, 18.00 - 22.00
    Toinen Kerros (Nokiantie 2-4, Helsinki)
    Äänen Lumo / Charm of Sound
    https://aanenlumo.com/
    5e-15e (pay what you can)

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    Jonas Hammerer
    Jonas Hammerer is a Vienna-based musician and sound artist working with
    synthetic, process-oriented systems for live performances, sound
    installations and collaborative works.
    In his artistic practice he uses analog and digital sound synthesis as
    material and form-giving process, exploring instability and emergent
    behavior in which form develops without fixed compositional structures.
    He also realizes commissioned sound works and audio software for artists
    and cultural institutions.
    He studied electroacoustic and experimental music at the University of
    Music and Performing Arts Vienna, where he was working at the Artistic
    Research Center as part of the AESR sound projection lab. He is a member
    of kv.r., an independent venue and collective organizing experimental
    music shows in Vienna.

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    Fabian Lanzmaier
    Fabian Lanzmaier is a musician and sound artist living in Vienna. He is
    currently focusing on live performances that incorporate real-time audio
    synthesis and multichannel speaker setups, as well as site-specific
    audio installations, which often emerge from collaborative processes. He
    is interested in the possibilities and surprises that arise when working
    with systems and situations involving chance and unpredictability.

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    Orion Boughton
    Orion Boughton (they/them) aka DJ Jorts is a music producer,
    saxophonist, and audio engineer based in Portland Oregon. They hold a
    Bachelor of Arts from Portland State University in Sonic Arts and Music
    Production. Orion has versatile musical experience, including large
    ensemble wind band, contemporary chamber music, jazz, hyperpop, rap,
    folk, live sound, and sound art. Fusing their skills of performance and
    production, Orion bends the medium of sound to their artistic vision,
    taking influence from the environment and world around them. They have
    performed both independently and in ensembles across the US, in Finland,
    and in Slovenia as part of the Etno Histeria World Orchestra.

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    Devina Boughton
    Devina Boughton (they/them) is a versatile performer hailing from rainy
    Portland, OR, based in Helsinki, Finland. With a Bachelors degree from
    Berklee College of Music, Devina moved to Helsinki as a 2021-22
    Fulbright Grant recipient, and graduated from Sibelius Academy's Global
    Music department with a Masters degree in 2025. They were a 2024-25
    Microtonal Music Studios Resident, and received Finlandia Foundation
    funding in Summer 2025. Devina serves as artistic director of Symbioosi
    Choir (2023-present), and works as a freelancer in Helsinki and beyond,
    as a performer, composer, artistic researcher, and pedagogue. Devina
    explores and intertwines sound worlds, often blurring improvisation and
    composition together. They are inspired by timbre, tuning, melody,
    groove, nature, human experiences, words, and are passionate about
    interdisciplinary collaboration. Their art-science Flagellate
    Collective´s project Playing with Algae, combining micro- and macro
    algae with Nordic shepherd´s horns, is supported by the KONE Foundation
    in 2026. You may find them drinking coffee or tea, exploring nature,
    practicing Finnish, baking, or reading.

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    Forces
    Constantly mutating rhythms and sharp digital textures shape the sound
    of Forces. Forces is the electronic music project of Finnish
    interdisciplinary artist Joonas Siren (they/them). Different live-coding
    and processing techniques are used to make dense atomized swirls;
    electronic and sometimes chaotic abstract oceans of sound. Forces’ music
    has been released on Biodiversità Records, evo-natura, mappa, Infinite
    Machine, Gin & Platonic, Genot Centre, Conditional and Bio Future
    Laboratory, and has also been played in DJ mixes by experimental
    producers like Aphex Twin, Daniel Ruane and ZULI.
  • 1.8. / AXE CONCERT

    1.8. / AXE CONCERT

    Thomas Mellan, Los Angeles-based contemporary music organist and electronic musician known for his experimental bass/cinematic synth project DeKapital, will make his first appearance in Finland. 

    Thomas Mellan and Orest Smovzh will join for some ambient, noisy, and unpredictable improvisations using electronics, recordings, harmoniums, sampled crumhorns, and stuff

    Time: Saturday 1.8. starting at 20.00

    Entrance by donation (0-10€) to support the venue.

  • 12.6. / Another Layer #3 – BRYAN EUBANKS & JOE FOSTER

    12.6. / Another Layer #3 – BRYAN EUBANKS & JOE FOSTER

    BRYAN EUBANKS (b. 1977, US) develops his music through solo work and collaboration. Since 1999 he has participated in many short and long term projects, and regularly presents his work internationally. Continually active in a variety of contexts: improvisation; composing electronic and acoustic works for small ensembles, solo instruments, computers, and electronics; organizing and curating concerts for other artists; building electronic instruments. He currently lives in Berlin.

    JOE FOSTER (b. 1972, California) has lived in Seoul since 2002, where he was a founding member of the 403, Relay, Dotolim, and Bulgasari scenes, following several years in Portland Oregon. He has played music with against JP Jenkins, Bryan Eubanks, Kevin Parks, Bonnie Jones, Ryu Hankil, Choi Joonyong, Hong Chulki, Jin Sangtae, Otomo Yoshihide, Andrea Ermke, Sachiko M, Anais Tuerlinckx, Toshimaru Nakamura, Dave Quam, Taku Unami, Andrew Lafkas among many others. He is in the groups Stateside and The Mighty Cloud, was in the groups English and Super Unity, and has been working with Dan Reynolds’ musical and extra-musical Old Music since 2002. You can hear Joe’s music on releases from sacred realism, erstwhile, the manual, balloon&needle, homophoni, and rasbliutto, among others.

    Wednesday 12.6. 19-21
    Price: 5-10€
    Toinen Kerros, Nokiantie 2-4, Helsinki

    Support: Helsingin kaupunki

    Facebook event

  • 10.-11.6. / takakeno-festivaali [-festivaali]

    10.-11.6. / takakeno-festivaali [-festivaali]

    10.6.

    14-1530 (open) rehearsal / Blowjob

    16-17 Hildegard yoga / Linnea
          Slow and relaxing yin-yoga with encient live music. Bring your own mat.

    19-19.45  Detritus: Hittiparit
    Claudio Monteverdi (1567-1643): Si dolce tormenti
    Sebastian Dumitrescu: Sweet tormented interlude
    Claudio Monteverdi: Quel sguardo sdegnosetto
    Þorkell Nordal: Siru (Thorkell on electronics if needed)
    Gottfried Heinrich Stöltzel (1690-1749): Bist du bei mir
    Leevi Räsänen: Puluseni
    John Eccles: Find me a lonely cave
    Niilo Tarnanen: Find me a lonely cave (ke.)
    Tarquinio Merula (1595–1665): Hor ch’e tempo di dormire
    Tuomas Kettunen: Insomnia


    20-21.45 Blowjob & Lauri Supponen
    Blowjob’s bassoon-recorder-clarinet-electronics-set and a premiere of Mikko Sarvanne’s new bass-oboe piece by Lauri Supponen

    21 Mikko Sarvanne
    syklit jotka puhkeavat

    11.6.

    14.30-16 avoin workshop uuden teoksen äärellä, Matilda Seppälä & Detritus

    16.30-17.30 primavistajaiset / play along
    bring your instrument (a1=440Hz) and let’s play together. Scores will be projected on a wall and  you can bring your own favourites too.

    19-19.45 Aaro Lehtovaara, Linnea Sundfær Casserly & Sini Ström,
    Aaro Lehtovaara: Aaro Lehtovaara: Q1 (ke.)
    Linnea  Sundfær Casserly & Sini Ström:
    Marsel Nichan: Nature by Human – Human by Nature
    Joel Järventausta: Soliloque
    Marsel Nichan: Snow in Finland

    20-21 Maija Anttila:
    Tytti Arola: Trunk talk
    Karlheinz Essl: Sequitur II
    Þorkell Nordal: Hymn (k.e.)
    Maija Anttila: Algarve 

    21 Lauri Supponen & Elias Girod
    northeast
    limbotävling : just how much in takakeno you can go

  • 6.6. / Tender Wreckage 66:

    6.6. / Tender Wreckage 66:

    Esiintymässä / Performing:

    Thomas Ankersmit

    Sewer Election

    Iridophonics

    Manööverit

    Liput / Tickerts: 15 euroa

    Aika / Time: 6.6.

    Ovet / doors: 15:00

    Ennakkolippuja voi kysellä osoitteesta / You can inquire for tickets in beforehand die.schiene.editionen AT proton.me

  • 5.6. / E:MF Hki -26

    5.6. / E:MF Hki -26

    E:MF Hki returns for the first time since 2019.

    5.6. at Toinen Kerros (Nokiantie 2-4, Helsinki)
    Doors at 18:30, Showtime 19:00.

    Lineup:
    Pas Musique (US)
    Mathieu Sylvestre (FRA)
    Astral Zombie
    [ówt krì] feat Sonja Peuhkurinen & Lauri Peltonen
    Lung Knots

    Entry:
    Pay what you can

    Good times only, no nazi bullshit.

    Facebook event here