LINEUP 2026
HAINBACH performer and electro-acoustic composer
Based out of Berlin, Germany, electro-acoustic composer Hainbach (*1978 Freiburg im Breisgau) creates experimental music that is both visceral and whimsical. Using esoteric synthesizers, test equipment and magnetic tape he creates “one hell of a trip” in his live sets and recorded music.
He shares techniques on experimental music on his YouTube channel, which has attracted an ever growing audience of more than 200.000 subscribers and over 20 Million views, with several videos going viral.
His body of work includes film soundtracks, pop productions, chamber music, theater music, sound art installations and music software. Hainbach’s music has been featured in Pitchfork, The Wire, Bandcamp Daily, Bleep and Boomkat.
youtube.com/@hainbach✵ instagram.com/hainbach101✵ hainbachmusik.com
Yalla Collective DJ Collective
From the intimate spaces to the dance floor – that is Yalla’s recipe for celebration. Blending traditional and contemporary soundscapes from the SWANA* region, the collective has pioneered a unique series of parties in the Helsinki music scene since 2022. Whether it is electrifying dabke from the Levant or chaabi from North Africa, combined with pop, house or techno, Yalla Collective's mission is for the audience to feel at home, wherever home might be outside the dance floor.
*SWANA is an anti-colonial term referring to the regions of South-West Asia and North Africa
KOFU Multidisciplinary artist
Kofu (b. 1995), artistic alias for Moriamo Ahmed, is a Finnish-born Nigerian multidisciplinary artist - spoken word, vocal harmonies, violin, and experimental synthesis form the sonic character of Kofu’s being.
Based and raised in Helsinki, they have long explored the inner workings of their mind through music, performance, and poetry. Like many individuals of the ever-growing diaspora, Kofu’s work revolves around concepts of love and identity, and the strain it causes when the two don’t meet. Through words, they seek to reach into the obstacles that plague their everyday life, including themes of depression, existential crisis and the occasional proclamations of love, and make sense of them.
Kofu has performed at the inaugural Helsinki Music Week, Mad House Helsinki, and Kontula Electronic. They released their debut EP in the absence of apathy in April 2025 via acclaimed label Émotsiya Music, established by local electronic music visionary and sweetheart Katerina Andonov.
https://kofuworld.com/✵ https://www.instagram.com/kofuangelmusicbaby/✵ https://kofu.bandcamp.com/
Trio Tresensus Ensemble
Trio Tresensus - synthesis of three instruments and feelings which brings the audience into the world of undiscovered sounds, moods and atmospheres. Since December 2015, three musicians from Latvia - Līga Griķe (kokle), Aigars Raumanis (saxophone), Uģis Upenieks (percussions) - have united in a musical journey in search of new colors, thoughts and viewpoints.
The ensemble, consisting of students and graduates of Jāzeps Vītols Latvian Academy of Music, has participated in many festivals at their home country, promoting the Latvian national instrument Kokle as a concert instrument for the contemporary classical concert hall. Trio Tresensus has collaborated with several contemporary Latvian composers and more than twenty pieces have been dedicated to this unique ensemble. Tresensus’ repertoire also includes self-arranged pieces from folk songs and music from the baroque period and minimalist and rhythmic music of the 21st century.
The main goal of Trio Tresensus is to collaborate with peer composers and look for new possibilities and colors in music and to bring the works of the youngest Latvian composers to concert halls and festivals.
Kokle. Saxophone. Percussions. Three very different and powerful instruments that come together in a unique world of unheard music and sound.
Dominic Stokes Violist and creative director
Dominic Stokes is a violist, composer, and director recognised as one of London’s leading young contemporary artists. He has performed as a soloist and ensemble musician with prestigious groups like the Riot Ensemble, Jacob Collier and 12 Ensemble, featuring on BBC Radio 3 and 4 and major European stations. His career has taken him across Europe, Asia, and North America, performing at festivals including the Venice Biennale, Lucerne, and Montreux Jazz.
As a dedicated collaborator, Dominic has premiered works by composers such as Anna Thorvalsdottir, Ben Nabuto and Sally Beamish at venues like Wigmore Hall and the Barbican. He is the founder and the director of the award-winning Rothko Collective, where he has commissioned over 25 new works and released music with labels like Another Timbre. Driven by a mission to make classical music more accessible, Dominic continues to push the boundaries of the concert format through innovative performance and curation.
https://www.rothkocollective.co.uk/dominicstokes ✵ https://rothkocollective.bandcamp.com/album/iink
Jasmine Morris Composer and performer
Jasmine Morris is a British composer based in upstate New York. Her compositional approach integrates instrumental writing with field recordings and electronic experimentation. She has been awarded multiple residencies and workshops (Venice Biennale, LSO Soundhub, Jack Studio, Britten-Pears Young Artist, Dartington Music Festival, Luxembourg Composition Fellow) and prizes (BBC Young Composer of the Year). Her work has premiered at the Barbican, Aldeburgh Music Festival and King's Place. Further commissions have come from the Riot Ensemble, Solem Quartetand the Viktoria Mullova Ensemble. She holds a Bachelor of Music from the Royal College of Music and is pursuing a D.M.A in Composition at Cornell University.
Scilla Rajalin Choreographer and dancer
Scilla Rajalin (they/them) is a London-based choreographer, dancer and multidisciplinary-artist working across fields of movement, physical theatre, film and creative writing - creating dynamic, often humorous work around notions of nonsense, un-reliable realities and systematic cycles of routines and patterns. Born in Stockholm, Sweden, Scilla has a creative portfolio that reaches between the US, UK, Italy and Scandinavia, working with Staibdance Dance Company, Margareta Åsberg, Eva Recacha, Linda Pistol, BULLYACHE, Lewis Walker and Liza Tegel.
They graduated from London Contemporary Dance School with a First Class BA Hons in contemporary dance before continuing to freelance as a choreographer, dancer, movement director and rehearsal director between London and Stockholm. They recently launched the project-based company RAJ, collaborating with local sound artists and visual artists, delving into sexuality, opposition and non-linear perceptions of time. Rajalin is particularly interested in the documentative aspects of performance and the playful contradictions of dramaturgical problem solving.
https://www.scillarajalin.com/
Una Collective Performance collective
una, founded in 2024 by Samuel D Loveless (he/him) and Jessica-Rose Hill (she/her), is a dynamic collective of neurodivergent creatives.
This group transcends traditional boundaries in arts education, advocacy, and creation, exploring themes such as companionship, empowerment, independence, and ‘beauty’. una crafts community-centered events that invite audiences to engage in deep listening, personal contemplation, and communal connection, all while enjoying captivating sounds. The performances also offer flexibility for participants to engage at their comfort level under una's guidance.
Since its inception, una has received commissions and performed across the UK and Europe, with notable residencies including CAMP FR in the French Pyrenees.
Wilson Tanner Smith Cellist, improviser and music-theatre artist
Wilson Tanner Smith (USA/FI, he/they) is a cellist, composer, improviser, and music-theatre artist currently based in Hamburg, with roots in the improvised music and performance communities of Chicago. His work at the edges between music and theatre often explores the performance of person-ness, mirroring the alienating, absurd, silly or senseless signals we receive from the world around us in order to cultivate an awareness of the relationships we have with the people, systems, and structures we live with.
As a cellist/improviser he frequently collaborates across music, theatre, and dance projects, and has performed at venues such as the Chicago Museum of Contemporary Art, Estonia Kontserdisaal, the Ragdale Foundation (Chicago), Narva Art Center/Kreenholm Factory, Le Périscope (Lyon), and the Mullbau (Lucerne). He is also a member of the improvising quartet Mad Myth Science, whose debut album was released August 2023 to acclaim from The Wire, the Quietus, Chicago Reader, and Stereogum.
ARTISTS LAB SESSIONS 2024
Axel Filip Drummer, composer and improviser
Axel Filip is a drummer, composer, arranger and improviser from Argentina based in Berlin.
His artistic goal is to continuously work with sound in a way that allows him to express in the most transparent and sincere way, reflecting versatility as a performer within jazz and creative music by collaborating on very diverse musical projects, ranging from duo to big band settings.
As a composer he explores the relationship between jazz, improvisation, poetry and folklore-music, creating sound landscapes that evoke complex yet visceral emotions.
https://www.axelfilip.com
Gnistra Performance artist
Gnistra is a solo performance-art project working with multimedia investigations of energetic themes, to bring into focus alternative possibilities of .....
The approach is that of the clown-scientist, utilizing the imaginable (idea), through the experimental (art-forms), to contact the Unknown (....).
A central element to the performances is the exploration of the multidimensional harmony of the three cosmic realms, Micro, Meso and Macro, and fractally, what the purposeful harmonization of these, feeds back into the work. What happens when the inner biology, the inter-personal field of communication, and the celestial world, is invited to play?
Mariia Solodiankina Filmmaker and visual artist
Mariia Solodiankina is a Finland-based filmmaker and visual artist exploring ecofeminism and sustainability through short fictional and documentary films.
Her work dives into permaculture, somatic body practices, community-driven soil projects and socio-environmental issues. Mariia explores edible and medicinal plants in the northern hemisphere, integrating these elements into her narratives. She employs photography and soundscapes to enrich the atmosphere of her pieces, creating immersive experiences.
Her projects aim to highlight the intricate connections between humans and the environment, advocating for sustainable practices and the empowerment of people within these narratives.
Quantum Foam Composer and electroacoustic musician
Quantum Foam//QNTMFM is Edy Fung’s project that explores noise and information transmission from de-anthropocentric perspectives, through machine interpretations of material and spatial memories via first-hand found sounds, field recordings and electromagnetic interference.
Seraina Grupp Transdisciplinary artist
Seraina Grupp (1998*, CH) is a trans-disciplinary artist with a social practice in art and food, pinpointing matters of current struggles and crisis through the lens of food and the understanding of food as a world de-constructing material.
Her projects aim to queer our thinking and reimagine our relationships, valuing details and small narratives within complex realities. She practices togetherness and caregiving methods, working mostly in collaborations.
In her current project, TRANSFER, she proposes a co-habitat in a decaying food garden to foster co-living in the urban landscape, aiming to break the silence and evoke action in the collapsing Danish food system.