Flow Festival's experimental music program, The Other Sound, is moving to a new location in the Suvilahti area, Tiivistämö. The more intimate space allows the audience to immerse in the performances better than before. This year, The Other Sound's program will include audiovisual works, music by the late Finnish contemporary composer Kaija Saariaho, and sounds from field recordings to analogue synthesisers as well as traditional Finnish instruments from kantele to jouhikko.

In August, a diverse group of intriguing artists will take the stage at Flow's The Other Sound. The program will feature composer and producer Clarissa Connelly, whose recent album World of Work was released by the acclaimed label Warp. Connelly's music is fueled by visionary literature, dreams and meditative walks. In addition, the stage will feature the experimental musician, sound artist and inventor from San Francisco, Evicshen. In her performances, she uses analogue synthesisers, self-made electronics, invented instruments and acoustic objects. Japanese vibraphone and marimba player and composer Masayoshi Fujita, whose music is inspired by the silence and deepness of the fog, the mountains, and the gravity within, will also arrive to perform at The Other Sound.

The program also includes One Leg One Eye, a project by Ian Lynch, founding member of the Irish band Lankum. It explores the submerged leylines of music and song, drawing on the raw aesthetics of black metal, noise, and drone while deeply embedded in a sense of Irish history and myth. In addition, the versatile contemporary music performers clarinettist Heather Roche and accordionist Eva Zöllner, whose work is characterised by adventurous music-making, creative risk-taking, and innovation, will take the stage at The Other Sound.

Among the domestic performers, the program features internationally recognised composer Lau Nau and award-winning illustrator and visual artist Pauliina Mäkelä in their first joint performance in a decade, as well as the duo of kantele player and multi-instrumentalist Maija Kauhanen and musician-composer Hugh Sheehan. In addition, NYKY Ensemble will play a program of electro-acoustic works by the renowned late contemporary composer Kaija Saariaho, prepared for Flow under the direction of cellist Anssi Karttunen.

Furthermore, The Other Sound features accordionist Harri Kuusijärvi and media artist Arttu Nieminen presenting Sami Klemola's work Ground, composed for microtonal electric accordion, live electronics and tapes, as well as sound artist Heikki Lindgren and video artist Merle Karp with pieces from their album Untouched Realms. Saxtronauts, a group of four saxophone players, will also bring their otherworldly sounds to Flow.

Flow Talks will return to the festival as a comprehensive program of speeches and discussions, opening the program each day at Tiivistämö. The program for Flow Talks will be announced later.

The Other Sound lineup announced today:
Clarissa Connelly, Evicshen, Masayoshi Fujita, One Leg One Eye, Zöllner-Roche Duo, Heikki Lindgren & Merle Karp, Lau Nau & Pauliina Mäkelä, Maija Kauhanen & Hugh Sheehan, NYKY Ensemble plays Kaija Saariaho, Sami Klemola: Ground, and Saxtronauts.

Read more about all the artists here.