Mikael Saastamoinen & Mike McCormick
︎linktree - perussastamala ︎︎︎
Mikael Saastamoinen (1991) is a bass player, producer and composer living in Helsinki, Finland. Mikael is one of the most active and sought-after double bass players in Finland’s music scene. Mikael leads his own groups; Outomuru, Perussastamala, Iso Auto and is also a sideman for many other bands including OK:KO and Linda Fredriksson. He is known for his strong and expressive playing style which shows his knowledge and curiosity of tradition and modern music. At the moment he is working on his 4th album for his experimental electronic solo project ‘Perussastamala’.
︎ mccrmck.com ︎︎︎
Mike McCormick is an artist and programmer working with sound, text, and visual media. Equally inspired by the constrained writing techniques of the Oulipo and the technomaterialism espoused by Xenofeminism, his work combines custom algorithms with human performers and autobiographical material to explore human intimacy, male vulnerability, and our relationship with emerging technologies. He grew up in Canada’s subarctic, lived nomadically for a decade, and has been based in Oslo since 2017.
︎bandcamp ︎youtube
Though having known each other for a decade, this will be the first duo meeting between these two improvisors. Expect the intersection of acoustic/electric bass, hardware electronics, and tailor-made live-processing software to result in a delicious cocktail of squeaks, clicks, and alien noises…
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