Äänen Lumo

Category: Community event

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

  • 25.8.25 / Tender Wreckage XX: The Invasion of the Olympic Shit Man!!!

    25.8.25 / Tender Wreckage XX: The Invasion of the Olympic Shit Man!!!

    Tender Wreckage XX:
    Evil Moisture (UK)
    Putriefier (UK)
    Musa Dward
    Keränen
    Kluik

    25.8.25
    Doors 18:00
    Sound 18:30

    15 €

    20-vuotisjuhliaan viettävä Tender Wreckage on silloin tällöin satunnaisesti järjestetty reippaamman kokeellisen elektronimusiikin tapahtuma. Vuosien varrella tilaisuuksissa on vierallut useita alan huipputekijöitä, nimeltä voisi mainita ainakin sellaiset kuin Borbetomagus, Sewer Election, Altar of Flies ja Testicle Hazard. Merkkivuotta juhlistetaan 25.8. Vallilan Toisessa kerroksessa, jolloin paikalliseherkkujen ohella ohjelmassa ovat mukana alan legendat Evil Moisture ja Putrefier.

    Putrefier
    Edellisen kerran vuonna 2000 Suomessa vieraillut, Jyväskylässä ja Mäntsälässä (!) ihastuttanut Putrefier julkaisi ensimmäisen kasettinsa “Beyond Scathing” vuonna 1986 omalla Birthbiter -kasettimerkillään. Läpi vuosikymmenten rauhalliseen tahtiin julkaisuja pukanneen Putrefierin tyyli on muovautunut varhaisvuosien kolkommista industrial -tunnelmista 90-luvun romuluiseen sähkömeluryöpyttelyyn ja edelleen analogisynteesin sekä elektroakustisen musiikin suuntaan. Viime vuosina Mark Durgan on usein esiintynyt ja tehnyt julkaisunsa syntymänimellään, mutta Helsingissä tullaan todistamaan mitä on Putrefier anno 2025.

    Musa Dwarf
    Musa Dwarf esiintyi edellisen kerran Tender Wreckagessa lokakuussa 2021, kun kynnettiin melko syvällä korona-alhossa. Noista päivistä maailma on muuttunut, kaiken muun ohella kyseinen tapahtumapaikka (Pien Brewpub) on lopettanut, illan DJ on poistunut joukostamme…Mutta Musa Dwarf on täällä edelleen! Kuten on myös herra promoottorin tuolloin tusaama, toivottavati edelleenkin relevantti artistiluonnehdinta: Musa Dwarf on helsinkiläinen duo, jonka leppeästi pulppuileva musiikki levittelee lonkeroitaan suuntiin jos toisiinkin – venyviä kilkutuksia, pöllähteleviä sampleja ja aamumetroon torkahtaneita rytmintynkiä.

    (more information soon)

  • 23.8.25 / Written n’ Experimental

    23.8.25 / Written n’ Experimental

    An evening where composed music and the art of improvisation come together to celebrate new creation, experimentalism, and artistic openness. Join us for a night of experimental sounds, unique ideas, and excellent international performers—where curious minds meet and music takes unexpected turns.

    At Toinen kerros, Äänen Lumo on Saturday the 23rd of August

    Doors 18.00, Show time 19.00

    Free entry. 

    Welcome!

    Performers:

    Henri Penttinen – Electric Guitar

    Heliä Mailiis Viirakivi – Voice/Flute

    Teemu Mustonen – Drums

    Andrea Mancianti – Electronics

    Jonathan Bäckstrom – Bass

    Kristjan Kannukene – Viola/Voice

    Gon Muruaga – Electric Guitar

  • 22.8.25 / Heijastumia

    22.8.25 / Heijastumia

    Heijastumia -konserttisarjassa esitetään improvisoitua musiikkia. Tervetuloa!

    Esiintymässä:

    Aino Juutilainen – Sello

    Topias Tiheäsalo – Kitara

    Teemu Mustonen – Lyömäsoittimet

    Matti Luokkanen – Puhaltimet 

    Alkaa kello 19.00

    Vapaaehtoinen tukimaksu 5-15€

    Tapahtuma Facebookissa

    Tapahtumaa tukee Helsingin kaupunki

  • 14.-19.8.25 / Seikka II Installation & Night of Arts & Fluxus performance

    14.-19.8.25 / Seikka II Installation & Night of Arts & Fluxus performance

    Seikka II Installation in Toinen Kerros 14-19th of August

    Recorded fragments of poetry resonate from paper speakers. Sounds sprout from the silences—perhaps it is music…

    The second part of Olli Moilanen’s interdisciplinary Seikka performance series brings a sculptural sound installation to the Runokuu (Poetry Moon) festival for one week. The speaker modules have been built by multidisciplinary artist Priss Niinikoski. The voices emerging from the speakers recite poetry by German poet Simone Goldschmidt-Lechner and Finnish poet Tuukka Pietarinen. The poetry was curated in collaboration with the Nuoren Voiman Liitto. 

    Olli Moilanen’s work is supported by the Kone Foundation, Priss Niinikoski’s work by the Arts Promotion Centre Finland, and the construction of the installation was supported with a materials grant from the Arts Promotion Centre Finland.

    Installation is open in August as follows:
    Thu 14th 19-21
    Fri 15th 16-20
    Sat 16th 14-18
    Sun 17th 14-18
    Tue 19th 16-20

    Poesia Night Club on Thursday the 14th at 19-21 in Toinen Kerros

    As part of the installation and Poetry Moon festival opening event, Osuuskunta Poesia’s night club will feature performances by this autumn’s poets, Aki Salmela and Aura Siltala. The evening will also include a discussion with Erkka Filander about his new collection Siemenholvi, published in June.

    In the same space, there will be a book exhibition dedicated to Erkka Filander’s Siemenholvi. The work is a monument to the printed word, its carefully crafted architecture guiding the reader through imagery of destruction and displacement that echoes Western cultural heritage, and the rituals and literature that arise from the need to remember. The book’s exceptional ambition is also reflected in its scale: the physical object is cut to the dimensions of classical codices (300x400mm), resembling a temple or a literary counterpart to the Svalbard Global Seed Vault. It is a means of preserving and remembering possibilities.

    More info here

    Fluxus Performance 16th of August 15.00-16.00

    Naarmu is a collective of experimental music and performance art enthusiasts, rooted in the research-based full-length production of The Great Learning by Cornelius Cardew, realized on the Tulkinnanvaraista forum between 2020 and 2024.

    The group is sustained by its members’ shared interest in learning together through experimentation, dialogue, mutual trust, and the cultivation of polyphony. Its members come from diverse backgrounds and age groups. Everyone interested is warmly welcome to join the activities.

    At the Runokuu Festival, the group will perform text-based Fluxus scores by Ben Vautier, Emmett Williams, and La Monte Young.

    More info here

  • 31.7.2025 / Musa ullakolla 9

    31.7.2025 / Musa ullakolla 9

    MUSA ULLAKOLLA 9 

    Émilie Payeur & Alexandra Tremblay (CAN)
    Olli Aarni
    Kaapinkoi
    Luokkanen & Tanner
    dj Hetaetana

    31.7.2025
    at 19
    Toinen kerros (Äänen lumo space, Nokiantie 2-4)

    Olli Aarni
    Olli Aarni will give a special, non-linear guided tour to his new album/world called “Dimension Scrolling”, which will be released the day after the performance by Mondoj. This is a unique chance to get early access to the vast virtual landscapes the album emerged from, and their immediate surroundings. A low-key record release show if you will.
    https://olliaarni.bandcamp.com/album/dimension-scrolling

    Émilie Payeur & Alexandra Tremblay (CAN)
    Collaborating together since 2023, the approaches of Émilie and Alexandra share common concerns for the territory, magic and dreams while they work in different media. They will present at Äänen lumo what they have been working on during their residency at AARK (in Korppoo) in July.

    Kaapinkoi : 4th Relay
    Kaapinkoi (Oskar Liljeblad, Ilmi Penkkala, Krasimir Jovanovic Hyvärinen) explores film playfully as a medium in their live cinema performances by deconstructing it to light, shadow and sound. Random objects and materials come together on screen accompanied by a warm buzzing score.

    Luokkanen & Tanner
    Mixed bag of varied long and short sounds heard in order that is determined by organizing them in real time by Matti and Samuli.
    “Charming and unhurried but always highly dynamic”
    Matti Luokkanen – reeds
    Samuli Tanner – electronics
    https://artsyrecords.bandcamp.com/album/kvanillo

    dj Hetaetana in-between

    Tickets 5-15€

    Welcome<3

  • 28.6.2025 / Musa ullakolla 8

    28.6.2025 / Musa ullakolla 8

    MUSA ULLAKOLLA

    Performing:

    Simonas Nekrošius (LT)

    Alanas Gurinas (LT)

    Lumi Mannermaa (FI)

    Makesh (FI)

    dj Hetaetana (FI) in-between the shows

    Tickets 5-15€

    28.6.2025 at Toinen kerros (Nokiantie 2-4, Helsinki)

    doors 19.00, live music starts at 20.00

    Facebook event here

  • 27.6.2025 / Fragments

    27.6.2025 / Fragments

    Fragments is improvised sound and visuals duo by Libero Mureddu (physically modelled piano and effects) and Eevi Oittinen (live drawing). Fragments creates a performative space in which sounds and visuals are equal partners.

    Open Studio is a series of performances in which the duo will expose their artistic practice. In Open Studio 1, Mureddu and Oittinen will invite the audience into a dialogue about their creative process, exploring the “what” and “how” of their work. Following the conversation, the performance will be recorded.

    Performances: Friday 27.6. at 19.00
    In Toinen Kerros (Nokiantie 2-4, Helsinki)
    Free entrance


    Picture: Eeva Oittinen

  • 24.05.2025 / An Evening of Duos, Duojen ilta

    24.05.2025 / An Evening of Duos, Duojen ilta

    24.5.25

    An Evening of Duos, Duojen ilta

    ”Duo means an ensemble consisting of two musicians.”

    Performers / Esiintyjät

    Huutarha

    Huutarhan improvisatorinen musiikki on akustista ambientia todellisen ja kuvitellun välimaastossa. Kontrabasson ja viulun sävelet eriytyvät ja yhdistyvät yhtyeen musiikin soljuessa pysähtyneessä hetkessä. Essi Hirvonen, kontrabasso. Miio Holopainen, viulut https://www.youtube.com/@huutarha

    Improvertebrate

    Improvertebrate on Sulo Kolehmaisen ja Taneli Viitahuhdan harvakseen keikkaileva yhteenliittymä. Kaksikon musiikissa huomio kiinnitetään rankaan. Improvisaatiota kannatteleva, kevyt mutta liikkuvainen tukirakenne syntyy modulaarisen syntetisaattorin äkkiväärän äänipaletin ja jazz-taakkansa alla kamppailevan saksofonin yhteispelistä.

    Koho/Koskenlahti

    Koho/Koskenlahti on laaja-alaisesti äänen parissa työskentelevän J. Kohon ja perkussionisti Minna Koskenlahden muodostama duo. Duon kiinnostuksen kohteina on tutkiskella erilaisiin tiloihin, tavanomaisiin soittimiin ja epätyypillisiin äänilähteisiin säilöttyä soivaa potentiaalia ja etsiä erilaisia keinoja sen vapauttamiseksi.

    sensibili alle foglie

    sensibili alle foglie, a duo specialised in intertwining between instruments, objects, and space. Their work seeks the presence of sound and its path through repetition towards absence, the path of becoming hemmed in between the imagined and the real: a lead into the otherness of listening. The duo will interpret Circular Music No. 6 by the Swiss composer Jürg Frey.

    “When They denied motion, He, as everyone knows, came forward in protest, actually came forward, because He did not say a word, but simply walked back and forth a few times, with which gesture He believed he had sufficiently refuted Their position. ” From: Soren Kierkegaard. “Repetition and Philosophical Crumbs”, 1843.

    Toinen kerros (Äänen lumo) /// Nokiantie 2–4, 00510 Helsinki, Finland. 

    24.5.2025 /// from 18:00 /// Suggested donation 5–10 euros (cash/mobile pay)

  • 21.05.2025 / Mental Alaska: Chris Corsano (US), Darin Gray (US), Sami Pekkola (FI)

    21.5.25

    Mental Alaska:

    CHRIS CORSANO (US) / DARIN GRAY (US) / SAMI PEKKOLA (FI)

    Doors 19.00

    Entrance 10-15 € at the door (cash or MobilePay)

    Äänen Lumo / toinen kerros

    Nokiantie 2-4, HKI

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    CHRIS CORSANO

    Drummer Chris Corsano has been working at the intersection of free jazz, avant-rock and experimental music since the late 90s. Corsano is widely regarded as one of the most versatile and innovative drummers in contemporary improvised music. He has developed a unique musical language that transcends traditional notions of what can be done with drums. Corsano’s playing partners come from the worlds of rock (e.g. Bill Orcutt), jazz (Joe McPhee, Rodrigo Amado) and experimental music. Corsano played on Björk’s Volta album and on the album’s world tour.

    “one of the world’s great drummers” – Guardian

    “…arguably the most riotously energetic and creative drummer in contemporary free jazz” – Wire Magazine

    DARIN GRAY

    Originally from St. Louis and now settled in Finland, bassist Darin Gray is known as a solo artist, tireless collaborator, session musician, improviser, composer, educator and Jim O’Rourke’s regular bassist for over 25 years. Gray’s discography includes over 150 releases. He has composed for film, theatre, dance and radio, and has toured extensively in the US, Australia, New Zealand, Japan, Brazil, Canada, Russia and Europe. Since 2005, Gray and Chris Corsano have performed together under the name Chikamorachi, most often with saxophonist Akira Sakata, either as a trio or in extended ensembles. Gray’s other projects include On Fillmore, a long-running duo with Glenn Kotche, Grand Ulena, Dazzling Killmen, You Fantastic! and Brise-Glace.

    SAMI PEKKOLA

    Saxophonist Sami Pekkola is one of the most active figures in Finnish experimental music and free jazz. Working in a variety of ensembles and projects, the energetic saxophonist has performed with electronic music pioneer Pekka Airaksinen and free jazz legend Peter Brötzmann, among others. In recent years, Pekkola has recorded with the Italian-Finnish band Muumiot and Oaagaada. The latter’s album “Music of Oaagaada” was selected by Bandcamp as one of the best jazz releases of November 2024. Recently, Pekkola has also been actively touring with Oiro Pena and Phardah.

  • 17.05.2025 / Re-defining, A Sonic Experience

    17.05.2025 / Re-defining, A Sonic Experience

    Drummer-electronic artist Axel Filip and electric-guitarist-sound-designer Gon Muruaga fuse rich textures, deep rhythms, and spontaneous interplay into an immersive soundscape where acoustic and electronic worlds collide.

    Exploration, groove, and atmosphere take center stage—then a third, autonomous performer (a system trained in real time during the show) joins the dialogue, adding an ever-shifting layer that makes each performance truly unique experience.

    Event free of charge.

    Date: May 17th at 6pm,

    Location: Toinen Kerros – NEW SPACE FOR SONIC ARTS (Nokiantie 2–4, Helsinki, Finland)

    Axel Filip — drums & electronics

    Argentinian drummer, composer and improviser Axel Filip has been based in Berlin since 2020. Known for fluidly moving between jazz, Argentine folk, avant-garde and electronics, he has appeared on 20+ albums as a sideman and as a leader, including the 2021 solo set Sendero. Live, Filip expands the kit with live-sampling and modular effects, crafting dense rhythmic textures that have featured at Donau115 (Berlin), TOMA (Buenos Aires) and European improv festivals.
    https://www.axelfilip.com/

    Gon Muruaga — electric guitar & electronics

    Born in Argentina and now based in Helsinki, electric-guitarist and composer Gon Muruaga Olguin blends contemporary jazz harmony with real-time signal processing and ambisonic sound design. After completing studies in Contemporary Music (Estonia) he focused on different projects with improvisation, contemporary music and multichannel composing. Beyond performing with projects such as NARAT and duos with voice, flute or cello, Muruaga works at Neural DSP on cutting-edge hardware, bridging his engineering skills with his musician ears.
    http://www.gonmuruaga.com/

    Toinen Kerros is a volunteer-led, low threshold, DIY space for presenting, practicing, and encountering sonic art practices. Founded and currently facilitated by the association Äänen Lumo, it aims to function as a community-driven space. Rent and running costs of the space are partly covered by the Kone Foundation until Spring 2027.
    https://aanenlumo.com/