2025-03-29 HLER Live at Signature Dark x WHS Teatteri Union, Helsinki, Finland

From slowly evolving sound textures to esoteric rhythms, say hello to minimal richness.

Melancholic. Dark. Cinematic.

Signature Dark is a novel musical concept which runs the gamut of vivid and atmospheric soundscapes from ambient to drone, doom jazz and experimental music. The visual consept supports the audio narration, which is another key part of the piece.

29.3.2025 sat Signature Dark X WHS Teatteri Union
17:30-18 DJ Mihut
18-18:45 LIVE: [ówt kri] / VJ Folded Visuals
18:45-19:30 DJ A. Myllykoski
19:30-20:15 LIVE: HLER / VJ Yu-Hsuan Yao
20:15-21 DJ Mihut
21-21:45 LIVE Veli-Matti O Äijälä / VJ Suvi Suvereeni
21:45-22:30 DJ A. Myllykoski
22:30-23:15 LIVE: Aleksi Perälä & Melissa Speirs / VJ Random Doctors
23:15-24 DJ Mihut

ARTISTS:
LIVE: [ówt kri]
[ówt krì] is a dark ambient project from Helsinki, Finland, weaving abstract soundscapes and dark sound textures that explore the darkest corners of humanity and the mind. The soundscapes are organic compositions that are created with sound looping, effects and DIY instruments of his own making.
http://www.owtkri.org

LIVE: HLER
HLER is a combination of the initials of Heikki Lindgren (Vongoiva) and Esa Ruoho (Lackluster), both ambient/electronic music producers from Helsinki, Finland. They have been composing and releasing their music since the 1990s and playing live solo since the early 2000s. In 2017, they started a fruitful collaboration, teaming up to explore a minimal approach to sound, preferring to shape each session into an event of sonic mining and discovery over premeditated structures. Starting with a self-produced tape, they were quickly signed to Luola Records in Jyväskylä for the Realignment -tape. They also ventured further abroad, and released the spacious LGM-1 on the Italian label Zero K, an offshoot of the Unexplained Sounds network. The year 2025 starts well with the upcoming album release on the Signature Dark label. HLER has also actively performed in Finland and in Estonia.

LIVE: Veli-Matti O Äijälä
a self-taught musician, comic artist and animal-loving recluse. Well known for Musta Toteemi and Terveet kädet bands.

LIVE: Aleksi Perälä & Melissa Speirs
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VJ Random Doctors
Random Doctors is a Helsinki-based VJ (Video Jockey) group formed in 2004. Mixing up live visuals they explore the depths of our cultural subconscious fearlessly challenging djs and musicians to push their limits. From festivals to smallest underground clubs and art events Random Doctors stay true to their mission, to seek the magical moment where music, visuals and audience become one.
http://www.randomdoctors.com

VJ Folded Visuals
Folded Visuals takes the viewer to a secret garden after dark. Visions of lakes, ferns and soft moss blend into mysterious signals and a splash of circuit. Whispers and faraway wanders, restless dreams of a long lost drone.
She is a regular VJ and event producer in the Helsinki underground and club scene and organises the VJ festival Aavistus.
https://www.instagram.com/merlemoi/

VJ Suvi Suvereeni
Suvi Suvereeni is best known for her stunning video installations in public spaces and music events. Her aesthetic is characterized by immersive psychedelic images, sensory hyperstimulation and a profound connection with nature.
http://suvisuvereeni.weebly.com

VJ Yu-Hsuan Yao
Yu-Hsuan Yao is a Finland-based Taiwanese visual artist. The vj performance is based on the live action video materials visual manipulations.
https://www.instagram.com/yuhsuan.yao

DJ Mihut
Mihut hails from Romania, a country known for its rich musical heritage, with his journey in Helsinki that began in 2015, starting at Bassoradio and nowadays on Radio Helsinki. He founded The Sound Collective, a record label, bringing Helsinki and Bucharest musically closer together, and co-founded among Melak the project H2B. In this SD event he will be playing ambient set.

DJ A. Myllykoski
Aleksi Myllykoski is an audio artist, composer, producer, and a well-respected DJ from Helsinki, Finland (under the name A. Myllykoski). He is also part of the widely known electronic music group RinneRadio. His latest solo album Silent Chaos was released on Signature Dark label in 2023.
http://www.aleksimyllykoski.fi/

Signature Dark vinyls for sell on site.

Tickets:
15€
https://teatteriunion.fi/elokuva/sd293/

Location:
WHS Teatteri Union Helsinki
Siltavuorenranta 18
00170 Helsinki
In collaboration with:
Signature Dark
http://signaturedark.fi/
WHS Teatteri Union Helsinki
https://teatteriunion.fi/