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  • Neural selfie Processed one original selfie image in Photoshop with neural filters, doing incremental changes to the previous frame. Here is the result!
  • Failed Units x @wearetar night tonight at @currents.fm COMMON MULTIVERSE INITIATIVE! I will be the first and I'll play a 40min livecoding set at 18 GMT (19 Berlin, 20 FIN time etc). Will continue until late! 🙃 RSVP at: https://a.currents.fm/common (Chrome only)
  • Fourth and final one of my archival ”post-teasers” this time actually from my first ever released album (or anything really) Plastisphere relased in 2018 by @genotcentre . This track is called ”Great Pacific”. I was overjoyed, when back in 2017 I got an actual reply from sending demos and still feel like it was a pivotal moment for me. Very greatful to @ondrej.genot & @wim.genot for all the support during these years <3. Also kudos for @h5io6i54k for the album cover!
  • Decided to do a full length video of my track WildCat I posted here a few weeks ago. Posted it to Youtube today! Clickable link in the bio. (or here if u like copypasting: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N4Pf0er-_L8)
  • The Virtual platform Cyberia is now up on @ctmfestival website! Here is a portal to our @sfx_space showcase: XquisiteForce.AV featuring 49 different artist (sorry too many 2 tag but much love to everyone <3 ) The portal is made my @_lucas_gutierrez_ and the track playing now is by @johnobject . The portal is open until 14th of March so I really recommend to check it out until it vanishes to the depths of internet. Always much love/hugs to @zoemcphers and @ale.byss for SFX
  • Next up on my archival project is a track called WildCat from my second album Dynamics released in 2018 on the ever-great @conditional.recs which has been a massive influence since the very start. Thanks to Calum for inspiration and all the support <3 computermusic4life https://shop.conditional.club/album/dynamics
  • Amidst the collectively felt sadness, I guess the only thing we can do is keep soldering on. Here is a second documentation vid. A track called ”Joy of SSRIs” from my fourth album Epoch released by @gin_and_platonic last year. Thanks so much to @mrtnstndl & Tomas for believing me <3. Also big thanks to @jiri_macku for the album cover and @wim.genot for mastering! https://ginandplatonic.bandcamp.com/album/epoch
  • Rest in power SOPHIE. I don't think it can be overstated how truly original and inspiring artist we lost today. I'm absolutely gutted. 💔💔💔💔
  • I'll start documenting my earlier records here as these short snippet videos, kind of an archive of sorts. First up is "Climate Denial Machine' released the tail end of 2018 by #biofuturelaboratory This track is the beginning of "Earth Day Alternatives". More info/whole record: www.bio-future-lab.bandcamp.com/album/climate-denial-machine
  • Inauguration of the Pleasure Dome - the video game
  • Some "live coding magic" over at: https://g200kg.github.io/LiveBeats Pretty fun (but rudimentary) platform.
  • Byebye 2020, I won't be missing u. Was thinking what would be something positive this year and the spontaneous uprising of Belarusian people after the re-election of despot A. Lukashenko came to mind as one example. Back in September I was asked to make a track for charity compilation "Peramen!", which benefits a grassroots organisation @byhelpby still helping the protesters everyday! Link/audio in the video!
  • Just found an another of those mysterious steel monoliths! 👽👽👽
  • Few years ago I had a project on mind that I would do a series of self-portraits using only character creation tools of different video games, old/new. I guess the idea was to think about virtual identify / avatars, etc, but the project never really materialized. Here is anyway a bunch of portraits I made back then and a brand new one made with BloodBorne engine! The old ones are: Skate 2, WWE Raw and Mount & Blade.
  • Made a prototype RPG with the incredible Maker4D program! My game is called "Juha Sipilä - The Unemployed", where you play as the former prime minister of Finland, who has to register as an unemployed jobseeker to begin this magical journey of an unemployed person.
  • Best shops: Lidl, Alepa, K-Supermarket and this one 🛒
  • Yung Forces on a Kurzweil K2000 keyboard (2020)
  • I've a two day installation next Sat-Sun 12-17 at @outo.olo gallery! I was invited by Hello dust, who provided me a Vocal Trace track from 2001, Oceanlab's 'Clear Blue Water', as a starting point. I made a spatial / temporal deconstruction, which lasts 5 hours, the gallery opening hours. Please come to check it! 5 persons max, masks recommended. The exhibition also contain works from @olliaarni, @kristinasedlerovavillanen and @e_vain_ !!
  • @bandcamp day today, so all revenue goes straight to the artists/labels. Here is a brief glimpse of +1000 black artists/labels that you should consider supporting! (full list link on my bio). Also if you have the funds, please donate directly to the @blklivesmatter movement or the @bailproject. For the Finnish antiracist context, I recommend reading @zelda_zine s guide for practical antiracism, which can be found on their website. There is much work to be done also in Finland, so I think the protest on Wed and the blackout Tue were only the start for different systemic changes needed in this country. #blacklivesmatter
  • #soundlife at OK11. Welcome to @drms666 exhibition "Rakenna, kärsi ja unhoita" next Thursday at @oksasenkatu11 gallery including our joint sound installation! Open from 4th of June until 21st, Thu-Sun.
  • #datalife
  • Just got my 15 copies of 'Epoch' cassettes from @gin_and_platonic ! Anyone in Helsinki region want a copy just DM me. 6euros a pop. ✨✨✨
  • Tune in tomorrow for a special live streaming event @genotcentre FB page (www.facebook.com/genotcentre) at 4-8PM! I'll play live together with visual artist @h5io6i54k at 6, who of course made the visuals for this video. ⚡⚡⚡⚡⚡⚡⚡⚡⚡⚡ Full lineup: @wim.genot , ecology141, Forces + @h5io6i54k , My Cruelty + yudex
  • After some slight manufacturing delays the 'Epoch' cassettes have now arrived! Grab a copy at @gin_and_platonic s BandCamp! (link in bio) ⚡⚡⚡
  • My fourth album is released today on the Czech label @gin_and_platonic ! It’s called ’Epoch’ and you can find my liner notes about it below, which I wrote about a month ago. Eternal thanks to Martin, Tomas, Jirka and Wim, who were instrumental in getting the album made. I dedicate this album to all my loved ones and the Helsinki City health care. Forces - Epoch (G&P012) https://ginandplatonic.bandcamp.com/album/epoch "This is the epoch of uncertainties; of shifting and unreliable narratives, of rising temperatures and sea levels, of growing economic inequality, of increasing political polarization and far-right influence. ’Epoch’ is a testament of these disintegrating processes. It is also a narrative of my own struggles. The album was made during 2019, when I felt that my mental health was unraveling; panic attacks, anxiety and somatic pains left me almost paralyzed before I got some professional help. My personal troubles can be seen as an indicator of the general political, ecological and social problems. There are many new studies, how the looming possibility of climate catastrophe is causing anxiety and mental health issues. Besides the disastrous effects on climate change, late capitalism is also causing problems on a societal level. The job and social security is poor, especially for younger generations, which in turn generates even more distress, alienation and mental instability. How to remain hopeful in this situation? Rather than reverting to abandoned nihilism, I believe in the force of grassroots activism. Not everybody has to be like Greta Thunberg, but her actions can be seen as an illustrious example, how you can actual make a difference. The album maps out all these topical ideas sonically. Collapsing sound material, unsteady temporal structures, noise and distortion build up intensities without catharsis. The tracks are made with different live programming techniques, peculiar time-stretching and layering techniques and other VST and FX’s dysfunctions. Within the mournful aural chaos, there is a potentiality for change." - Forces aka Joonas Siren Released March 22, 2020
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