New Polar Sound

13/01/2025

vÄäristymä recently have collected many good words about their work...

« On n’est jamais aussi bien servi que par soi-même » (vieil adage popul aire iste ) La musique de v​Ä​ä​ristymä est à l’image des ...

09/01/2025

.bario.helsinki in collaboration with NPS

Presents: THE EGG

Live improvisation soundtrack featuring

LAURA MRLS .mrls
VERBI
ABARIS MOERAE

Saturday 25.01.2025
starting at 22:00
Traverssikuja 3
00510 Helsinki

02/01/2025

Last December 2024 edition of Blow Up Magazine featured a nice review of vÄäristymä 2014 - 2024 by Paolo Bertoni

Here the English translation of the review:

The Finnish brothers Janne Liimatainen and Jarko Hedenius had so far moved in obscurity, to the extent that they had not released anything in vinyl or CD format, despite beginning to experiment with computers in 1992. They later transitioned to analog synthesizers, which they eventually abandoned to focus on building their own synthesizers and sequencers. A collaboration between Unexplained Sounds Group and New Polar Sound has fittingly dedicated this collection to them, exploring Vääristymä’s productions over the last decade, most of which had been scattered in non-formats, including four live tracks, three from last year.

The pieces from the current decade are in the minority. Along with the live tracks, the collection includes only Tulppaveto, minimalistic and subtly sinister, with a shadowy tone, and Hullunarkku, resonant and dreamily spatial. The majority of the material comes from the previous decade, such as Radiopurkaus, icy yet hallucinatory, and Ennen muuta, with a distancing rhythmic component that seems unhesitant in taking up the mantle of Pan Sonic. Similarly, Valvoo features occasional melodic fragments that emerge with extended sporadicity; Äyriäissumu offers a rubbery texture with glitch distortions and a remote mechanical backdrop. Noteworthy is Kvanttiteleportaatio, which opens up to an emotional depth unmatched elsewhere in the compilation, while Epäluulo presents a disjointed abstraction accompanied by a material loop.

Rating: 7.5 – Paolo Bertoni

16/12/2024

Last Saturday was a success: at our Tischenko Gallery headquarters in Helsinki we again hosted the experimental duo vÄäristymä. They unveiled two new synthesizers they built, Stallone and Melkone, alongside exhibiting schematics. A documentary about the band was also shown during the event. Thanks to everyone who participated at this nice Pikkujoulu Electronic party!

26/10/2024

Thanks to The New Noise for the nice interview about our latest release in collaboration with Unexplained Sounds Group of vÄäristymä

Cosa sappiamo: Janne Liimatainen e Jarko Hedenius (Helsinki) hanno iniziato trent'anni fa e dopo aver fatto musica col pc, hanno cominciato a costruirsi da soli gli strumenti per produrre "elettronica analogica" (così ci capiamo) e hanno avviato il progetto vÄäristymä. Unexplained Sounds Group p...

15/10/2024

Check out vÄäristymä's electrifying live performance captured at Tischenko Gallery during The Night of the Arts Helsinki, now on YouTube! A few tracks from the live recording made it directly onto their new album releases by Unexplained Sounds Group and New Polar Sound

Listen and purchase the album here:

https://unexplainedsoundsgroup.bandcamp.com/album/v-ristym-2014-2024

or here:

https://newpolarsoundrecords.bandcamp.com/album/v-ristym-2014-2024

Check out vÄäristymä's electrifying live performance captured at Galleria Tischenko during The Night of the Arts Helsinki! A few tracks from the live recordi...

10/10/2024

Nice review by Avant Music News of v​Ä​ä​ristymä 2014 – 2024

v​Ä​ä​ristymä is a long-standing Finnish duo who make their own instruments and craft minimal electronic music therefrom. Running about an hour in length, this album compiles their efforts from the…

08/10/2024

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05/10/2024

A couple of days ago, we had the pleasure of welcoming the Italian delegation from the Polar Geographical Institute “Silvio Zavatti” to the New Polar Sound headquarters at the Tischenko Gallery in Helsinki. We had the opportunity to discuss various topics related to Arctic Peoples and Polar Explorers, particularly Umberto Nobile, the famous 20th-century Italian explorer known for his tragic story, which inspired the band Nona Et Decima in their release “Far Beyond The Pillars,” set to debut in 2021 on our label. A limited edition box set containing the cassette was gifted to the delegation and will be displayed at the Institute’s headquarters in Fermo, Italy.

https://istitutogeograficopolare.it/
https://newpolarsoundrecords.bandcamp.com/album/far-beyond-the-pillars

26/09/2024

Out now! Wide restrospective of Finnish duo v​Ä​ä​ristymä worthy heirs of Pansonic. Published by New Polar Sound in collaboration with Unexplained Sounds Group and vÄäristymä (digital + limit. ed 200 copies).

https://newpolarsoundrecords.bandcamp.com/album/v-ristym-2014-2024

vÄäristymä music ought to cause the radars of those much attuned to the sounds of the Revenant Sea to start tweaking incessantly, for somewhere out there this darkly shrouded leviathanic colossus stirs from the shadows, its echoing opines as old as time, its call sign chill dipped in brooding desolation, its space without end, containment or boundary. Here a mournful majesty unfurls amid the spectral detail of the sparsely set aching arcs, haunting yet hymnal in resonance and very much nodding to the work of Bebe and Louis Baron.

23/09/2024

Saturday September 28th from 4 to 7 PM,
Tischenko Gallery, Fredrikinkatu 64, Helsinki

vÄäristymä new album release party, film screening and exhibition.

Program:

vÄäristymä has described its activities by shooting a documentary film. The film is not intended to be shown in other contexts, so the opportunity to see the film is unique. The film is shown at 4:30–4:51 PM

The gallery also displays devices built by vÄäristymä and an exhibition of circuit diagrams.

https://www.facebook.com/vääristymä
https://www.facebook.com/groups/unexplainedsounds
https://www.facebook.com/newpolarsound

08/08/2024

We are very excited to present: SURSUM CORDA
Taiteiden yö / The Night of the Arts 2024

Join us for an unforgettable event in two unique parts across two locations in Helsinki on August 15th, 2024.

Part 1: Explore a contemporary twist on gothic aesthetics with works by Linda Kokkonen, Andrea Bonini, and Tekla Vály. This segment will be held from 15:00 to 18:30 at Tischenko Gallery, Fredrikinkatu 64, 00100, Helsinki.

Part 2: Experience live, resonating music and raw, creative performances by Laura MRLS, Outo Sisar, and Abaris Moerae from 18:45 to 21:00 at No Name Theatre, Hietaniemenkatu 7B, 00100, Helsinki.

(Tischenko Gallery and No Name Theatre are are just a 5-minute walk apart)

More info and contact form here:
https://we-are-art.info/2024/08/08/sursum-corda/

08/03/2024

Edward Quist's aka embryoroom first solo show in five years. "Typhonic" features a new film and photo print retrospective.
20.3 - 4.4.2024 Tischenko Gallery, Helsinki

07/01/2024

Tonight! Sunday, January 7th, 2024. H 9.30 P.M. CET (10.30 P.M. EET) Unexplained Sounds radio transmission, The Recognition Test # 333. Mixed by Raffaele Pezzella (a.k.a. Sonologyst).
Featuring Corrado Altieri and many more...

Sunday, January 7th, 2024. H 9.30 P.M. CET
Unexplained Sounds radio transmission, The Recognition Test # 333. Mixed by Raffaele Pezzella (a.k.a. Sonologyst).
Streaming:
https://unexplainedsounds.mixlr.com (Sunday, 9,30 p.m. CET)
https://extra.resonance.fm (Monday, 5.00 - 6.00 p.m. UK time).
radionekubi.mixlr.com (Tuesday 10.30 - 11.30 p.m. EET)
www.roughradio.live (Every last Wednesday of each month, 5.00 p.m. CET)
TRACKLIST
PLUHM, david lee myers & toshimaru nakamura, Marbury, MoCM & Schema Musicalis, Allan Segall, Mark Hjorthoy, insectarium, Rapoon, Corrado Altieri, ＴＲＡＭＰＥＬＦÂＤ, Sanctuary, N. A. Gjefle, Bjørn Hatterud, Matheus Souza .
Archive
https://therecognitiontest.bandcamp.com
IDIL Awards: https://www.patreon.com/posts/in-darkness-is-84602794
Music Productions:
https://unexplainedsoundsgroup.bandcamp.com
https://eighthtowerrecords.bandcamp.com
https://reversealignment.bandcamp.com
https://sonologyst.bandcamp.com
https://zerok.bandcamp.com
Eighth Tower Magazine of Music, Fiction, Modern Mythologies:
https://www.patreon.com/eighthtower
Mastering service:
https://sonologyst.com
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