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Tommi Keränen

Tommi Keränen is a Finnish noise/experimental electronics producer, performer, sound engineer and software designer, based in Helsinki and active since the late nineties. Working both with hardware tools (modular synthesizers, DIY-electronics, etc) and custom-built software, Tommi is interested in primitive and junk instruments, non-standard digital synthesis, and chaotic feedback systems. Keränen performs solo and with various other musicians and bands, such as noise duos [a=Testicle Hazard] (with [a=Lasse Marhaug]) and [a=Gentle Evil] ([a=Janne Tuomi] on drums), [url=https://www.discogs.com/artist/3724188]Large Unit[/url], [a=Numinosum] and [a=Sefahat], [a=The Truckfuckers], Les Manures, and Köttskogen. In 2005-07, he was also performing under [a=Rulla] alias, and produced a few releases, including a collaborative CD album with [a=Koji Takagi] on [l=Monotype], and [l=Trash Ritual] tape in 2007. His discography includes seven releases and numerous appearances with other bands. Keränen's debut full-length album [r=2525327] on [l=Pica Disk] became a critic's pick of the [l=Wire Magazine] in 2010. A follow-up [r=2877071] limited edition CD on Swedish label [l=Ljud & Bild Produktion] was recorded on Serge Modular and Buchla synthesizers at [l=Elektronmusikstudion] in Stockholm. Tommi also produced a few split tapes and 7-inch releases. Some of his collaborators include [a=Phill Niblock], [a=Jaakko Vanhala], [a=Umpio], [a=Vomir] ([a=Romain Perrot]), [a=Pink Twins], [a=Lauri Hyvärinen], [a=Lionel Marchetti], [a=Seijiro Murayama], [a=Kazuma Kubota], [a=Fumio Kosakai] and [a=Toshiji Mikawa] ([a=Incapacitants]), and [a=Kohei Gomi] ([a=Pain Jerk]). Keränen was a mastering and live recording engineer on numerous releases by [l=Avanto Recordings], [l=Anoema Recordings], [l=Tyyfus], [l=Harbinger Sound], [l=Marhaug Forlag] and other independent labels. Keränen co-designed and implemented a generative, neural network-controlled sound installation with [a=Hecker] and [a=Cerith Wyn Evans], permanently displayed in the Hijmans van der Bergh building of Utrecht University. He also designed and developed custom software for Lasse Marhaug, Florian Hecker, [a=Sunn O)))], [a=Peter Rehberg], [a=Kevin Drumm], and [a=The Hafler Trio]'s [b][i]'''''''[/b][/i] performance in Århus, Denmark.