Metal Meditation: A hypnotic evening of two works – Eiskonen – Heikinheimo – Rinne – Majamäki

Feb 5, 2025 | 6:00 pm

Klaneettitie 5, 00420 Helsinki

An amazing celebration of ambient music! First we experience Eiskonen and Heikinheimo’s vibrant Pulsance, followed by a minimalist meditation journey with Rinne and Majamäki.

Eiskonen and Heikinheimo: Pulsance
Pulsance is a dance concert where the dance of Jonna Eiskonen and the vibrating resonance of Ilmari Heikinheimo’s metal percussion instruments create an enchanting combination.

Pulsance toys with a line between wild freedom and subtle sensitivity. The rhythm and sound of the movement in this piece springs from a primordial force, leading to a variety of shared and personal emotional states.
The first performance will premiere at Kanneltalo.

Rinne – Majamäki
Tapani Rinne and Teho Majamäki have explored spaces and atmospheres in Indian temples, caves, and a hollowed-out railway tunnel at home in Finland. On their latest album (2022), they took to the studio, an environment free of random variables, to create a minimalist ambience from their experienced sensations, where the pauses and space around the heard signals are as essential as the sounds played.

Rinne’s woodwinds and Majamäki’s metal percussion instruments form a fascinating duality of sound. For example, the organic, warm buzz of the bass clarinet and the bright clanging of the singing bowl engage in a subtle dialogue that conveys the intense presence of the musicians. The minimalist approach reveals the duo’s musical zen.

Visuals: Random Doctors

Duration: 2 hours, including an intermission