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December 22, 2009 For Topias

December 22, 2009 For Topias

LISTEN Dear listeners, In order to celebrate the last show of this year today, I will play my solo guitar piece called “For Topias“, that I composed  for Topias Tiheäsalo, one of the extra ordinal free improvisers in Finland. It was premiered and recorded live at Helsinki Guitar Festival, on October 31, 2008 at the [...]

December  15, 2009 Antoine Verhaverbeke (live studio guest)

December 15, 2009 Antoine Verhaverbeke (live studio guest)

LISTEN Today’s live studio guest is Antoine Verhaverbeke. He would play live in the studio and talk about his music. Though bit old, here is an info about him from AVANTO festival 2004. Thanks for coming and your beautiful live show, Antoine!

December  8, 2009 FREE ACOUSTIC INSTRUMENTAL IMPROVISATION

December 8, 2009 FREE ACOUSTIC INSTRUMENTAL IMPROVISATION

LISTEN Free improvised music by two  groups are introduced today: 1) David Stackenäs (guitar) + Martin Küchen(sax) from Sweden and 2) Elena Kakaliagou (horn) + Saara Rautio (harp) + Solmund Nystabakk (guitar), an international group from Greece, Finland and Norway respectively. The first one is the recording I made at the POTLACH Club the last [...]

December  1, 2009 CHARM OF SOUND (ÄÄNEN LUMO)

December 1, 2009 CHARM OF SOUND (ÄÄNEN LUMO)

LISTEN Today’s show introduces the most important music association (or the only one in Finland) in the field of experimental, electronic music and sound art: CHARM OF SOUND or ÄÄNEN LUMO in Finnish. Our live studio guests today are the new board members of the association, Teemu Korpipää and Antti Ravelin. Here is the official [...]

November 24, 2009 SIRPA JOKINEN – live studio guest

November 24, 2009 SIRPA JOKINEN – live studio guest

LISTEN Sirpa Jokinen, artist, is today’s live studio guest. She present her newest sound installation as well as her other works. Here is her web site and here is the info about her on-going solo exhibition (18/11-5/12 2009). Thanks for your visit, Sirpa!

November 17, 2009 IKIHEVONEN (No Podcasting!)

November 17, 2009 IKIHEVONEN (No Podcasting!)

The Nov. 17 Silakka radio show is dedicated to IKIHEVONEN (Eternal Horse in Finnish), the greatest post rock, psychedelic garage band from Finland. The band members are Antti Ruuhela, Kalle Leino and Anders Bergman, all of whom are graduates of Finnish Academy of Fine Arts and the finest artists. SILAKKA Productions produced early this year [...]

November 10, 2009 PESSI PARVIAINEN (live guest!)

November 10, 2009 PESSI PARVIAINEN (live guest!)

LISTEN Today’s live studio guest is Pessi Parviainen, INTERDISCIPLINARY ARTIST, who works in the fields of experimental music, improvisation, visual art, and performing art. His web site: http://www.pessiparviainen.com/ Welcome, Pessi, to the Silakka Radio Show!

November 3, 2009 SVETLANA MARAŠ (live guest!)

November 3, 2009 SVETLANA MARAŠ (live guest!)

LISTEN SVETLANA MARAŠ is today’s live studio guest. Her web site: http://svetlanamaras.weebly.com/ Due to some problems of the CD player, the works below did not play correctly. I put the link to her composition page of the web site for listening to the right version. – It’s about spy stations (2009) – Haaksirikko, music for [...]

October 27, 2009 Three students from Theater Academy

October 27, 2009 Three students from Theater Academy

LISTEN I today introduce 3 students from Department of Lighting and Sound Design at Theater Academy of Finland. All of them are fine musicians! 1. Jussi Österman: To arrive, To leave and Gone 2. Janne Hast: Cycle Suite 3. Jussi Matikainen: untitled

October 20, 2009 NOISE

October 20, 2009 NOISE

LISTEN The topic of today’s show is NOISE. I introduce different definitions and approaches towards NOISE. The short intermissions by different color noises are inserted: White, Pink, Red, Blue and Violet + Black. The article and books I introduced: – The Aesthetics of Noise by Torben Sangild – Listening by Stephen Handel – Noise, Political [...]