lackluster

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Performed live at Tikkurilan Kirjasto (Library of Tikkurila), Vantaa, Finland, 25th of February 2023 HLER is Heikki Lindgren & Esa Ruoho http://hler.bandcamp.com/ http://facebook.com/hlermusic

Lackluster warmup set in preparation for a gig

http://soundcloud.com/lackluster/sets/hler

HLER is Heikki Lindgren & Esa Ruoho http://facebook.com/hlermusic http://hler.bandcamp.com/ Picture by Guillermo Cimadevilla

HLER Live concert, performed at Tampere Biennale on the 6th of April 2022. Photo by Maarit Kytöharju HLER is: Heikki Lindgren: Synthesizer + Pedal effects Esa Ruoho: Sampling/Looping/Processing (Pure Data, Ableton Live) http://facebook.com/hlermusic http://hler.bandcamp.com/ https://www.instagram.com/hlerdrone/

Performed live at Maunula-Talo in Helsinki 12.11.2020. Excerpts from a 6 hour gig, with Heikki Lindgren on guitar + pedals, and Esa Ruoho on Ableton Live and Pure Data. Image from Desert pavement Myrdalssandur.JPG taken by Laurent Deschodt https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Desert_pavement_Myrdalssandur.JPG

HLER are Heikki Lindgren & Esa Ruoho. This is an extra special podcast episode created exclusively for Music For Programming - http://musicforprogramming.net/?fiftyfour Enjoy! http://hler.bandcamp.com http://facebook.com/hlermusic http://instagram.com/hlerdrone http://soundcloud.com/lackluster/sets/hler http://musicforprogramming.net/?fiftyfour p.s. book us!

Made with Soundbox, a HTML5 based tracker, for the Zebrain 4Kb intro - the first ever demo made with Matlab. 1st place at Demosplash 2019 Modern demo competition. Check the intro out at https://youtu.be/gI6j0lZlytM https://www.pouet.net/prod.php?which=83691 https://demozoo.org/productions/270162 Code by Pestis/bC!, Ascii by Apollo/bC!, music by Distance/TPOLM (Lackluster)

Here's a blast from the past - a set I played at the Legal Eagle in Dublin on the 30th of September 2005. [email protected]

For sale at https://lackluster.bandcamp.com/album/vistas

Hi, I'm March 2000 in Norway, taking part in a fast music competition at a demoparty. Well, there it is. Now you know what SHK2X was "second part" of. https://lackluster.bandcamp.com/track/shk

HLER Live at Kuulolla, Laterna Magica, Helsinki, Finland, 26-02-2019 by lackluster

HLER Live at Sähkötyyny, Bassoradio, 10-02-2019 by lackluster

Performed live at Rikhardinkadun kirjasto, Helsinki, Finland on the 13th of January 2019. Booking: [email protected] facebook.com/hlermusic hler.bandcamp.com www.instagram.com/hlerdrone HLER combines the initials of Heikki Lindgren and Esa Ruoho. It also describes the improvisational creative process of this ambient drone duo from Finland. A couple of years ago, Heikki came across a second-hand Peruvian synthesiser. The machine quickly revealed its potential for endless sonic creativity, mainly because Heikki found it almost impossible to recreate the exact same sound twice. He soon introduced the machine to Esa, and together they decided to explore the machine's inherent sonic instability in a live setting. Each performance follows the same creative process, but with wildly different results every time. Digging in to the Mochika XL's front panel, Heikki begins mining for sound. Esa then processes Heikki's discoveries through his laptop, revealing hitherto undiscovered facets to Heikki's freshly unearthed sonic gems. Then, with the twist of a dial, Heikki introduces something new to Esa, and the whole process continues onwards and upwards. "We are always surprised by the spaces we find ourselves in, and the directions the sounds take during a performance. We cannot repeat anything in exactly the same way, even if we wanted to! Just turning the Mochika XL synthesiser off and back on, keeping all of the knobs untouched in exactly the same position, leads to a changed sound." "It has been incredibly rewarding to work as a duo, as the unpredictability of the creative process is so refreshing. Thanks to the unstable nature of the Mochika XL synthesiser and the intuitiveness of Esa’s live processing, each performance is unique. The whole live situation is based on improvisation and the sonic discoveries extracted during the encounter." File under: organised improvised noise, clicks, hums, drone, "Hey, this sounds kind of like space music from the '70s!", a captured submarine humming in the hangar of a space station, "Are you sure you guys are alright and that the cables work?"

Released on the Dusk Transmission compilation, out now on the Lawrence, Kansas label Moody Drones! https://moodydrones.bandcamp.com/album/dusk-transmission HLER is Heikki Lindgren & Esa Ruoho - an improvised ambient drone duo from Finland. booking: [email protected] to find out what we sound like at gigs: http://soundcloud.com/lackluster/sets/hler http://hler.bandcamp.com/ HLER combines the initials of Heikki Lindgren and Esa Ruoho. It also describes the improvisational creative process of this ambient drone duo from Finland. A couple of years ago, Heikki came across a second-hand Peruvian synthesiser. The machine quickly revealed its potential for endless sonic creativity, mainly because Heikki found it almost impossible to recreate the exact same sound twice. He soon introduced the machine to Esa, and together they decided to explore the machine's inherent sonic instability in a live setting. Each performance follows the same creative process, but with wildly different results every time. Digging in to the Mochika XL's front panel, Heikki begins mining for sound. Esa then processes Heikki's discoveries through his laptop, revealing hitherto undiscovered facets to Heikki's freshly unearthed sonic gems. Then, with the twist of a dial, Heikki introduces something new to Esa, and the whole process continues onwards and upwards. "We are always surprised by the spaces we find ourselves in, and the directions the sounds take during a performance. We cannot repeat anything in exactly the same way, even if we wanted to! Just turning the Mochika XL synthesiser off and back on, keeping all of the knobs untouched in exactly the same position, leads to a changed sound." "It has been incredibly rewarding to work as a duo, as the unpredictability of the creative process is so refreshing. Thanks to the unstable nature of the Mochika XL synthesiser and the intuitiveness of Esa’s live processing, each performance is unique. The whole live situation is based on improvisation and the sonic discoveries extracted during the encounter." File under: organised improvised noise, clicks, hums, drone, "Hey, this sounds kind of like space music from the '70s!", a captured submarine humming in the hangar of a space station, "Are you sure you guys are alright and that the cables work?"

Released on the wonderful compilation called V/A: 100 by Cold Fiction Music: https://cfmlabel.bandcamp.com/album/100 HLER is Heikki Lindgren & Esa Ruoho - an improvised ambient drone duo from Finland. booking: [email protected] to find out what we sound like at gigs: http://soundcloud.com/lackluster/sets/hler http://hler.bandcamp.com/ HLER combines the initials of Heikki Lindgren and Esa Ruoho. It also describes the improvisational creative process of this ambient drone duo from Finland. A couple of years ago, Heikki came across a second-hand Peruvian synthesiser. The machine quickly revealed its potential for endless sonic creativity, mainly because Heikki found it almost impossible to recreate the exact same sound twice. He soon introduced the machine to Esa, and together they decided to explore the machine's inherent sonic instability in a live setting. Each performance follows the same creative process, but with wildly different results every time. Digging in to the Mochika XL's front panel, Heikki begins mining for sound. Esa then processes Heikki's discoveries through his laptop, revealing hitherto undiscovered facets to Heikki's freshly unearthed sonic gems. Then, with the twist of a dial, Heikki introduces something new to Esa, and the whole process continues onwards and upwards. "We are always surprised by the spaces we find ourselves in, and the directions the sounds take during a performance. We cannot repeat anything in exactly the same way, even if we wanted to! Just turning the Mochika XL synthesiser off and back on, keeping all of the knobs untouched in exactly the same position, leads to a changed sound." "It has been incredibly rewarding to work as a duo, as the unpredictability of the creative process is so refreshing. Thanks to the unstable nature of the Mochika XL synthesiser and the intuitiveness of Esa’s live processing, each performance is unique. The whole live situation is based on improvisation and the sonic discoveries extracted during the encounter." File under: organised improvised noise, clicks, hums, drone, "Hey, this sounds kind of like space music from the '70s!", a captured submarine humming in the hangar of a space station, "Are you sure you guys are alright and that the cables work?"

if you listen very carefully, you'll hear the Zoom H1 recording device emitting clicks and beeps every once in a while. I plugged it into a USB-Hub, thinking, hey presto, solution.. Well, anyway, the "really low volume clicking + beeping" not supposed to be there. If you don't recognize it, then i faded the gig in, and faded the recording out, at the exact right time. Anyway, this was performed live at the Polyphonic 2019 Ambient music festival, and the concept was "Plugged into nothing" - so the only sound-source was a set of unplugged cables, which I either grabbed and touched together or separately, or connected together. All sampling, effecting, processing made with a custom-built Pure Data script, Renoise, and Ableton Live. Thanks Petri Kuljuntausta for letting me play at Vuotalo!

Created exclusively for Avaruusromua, a legendary radioshow hosted by Jukka Mikkola. Booking: [email protected] Bandcamp: http://hler.bandcamp.com Instagram: http://instagram.com/hlerdrone Facebook: http://facebook.com/hlermusic Check the article for the broadcast, written in Finnish. https://yle.fi/aihe/artikkeli/2018/10/04/avaruusromua-se-on-todella-olemassa HLER combines the initials of Heikki Lindgren and Esa Ruoho. It also describes the improvisational creative process of this ambient drone duo from Finland.  A couple of years ago, Heikki came across a second-hand Peruvian synthesiser. The machine quickly revealed its potential for endless sonic creativity, mainly because Heikki found it almost impossible to recreate the exact same sound twice. He soon introduced the machine to Esa, and together they decided to explore the machine's inherent sonic instability in a live setting. Each performance follows the same creative process, but with wildly different results every time. Digging in to the Mochika XL's front panel, Heikki begins mining for sound. Esa then processes Heikki's discoveries through his laptop, revealing hitherto undiscovered facets to Heikki's freshly unearthed sonic gems. Then, with the twist of a dial, Heikki introduces something new to Esa, and the whole process continues onwards and upwards. "We are always surprised by the spaces we find ourselves in, and the directions the sounds take during a performance. We cannot repeat anything in exactly the same way, even if we wanted to! Just turning the Mochika XL synthesiser off and back on, keeping all of the knobs untouched in exactly the same position, leads to a changed sound." "It has been incredibly rewarding to work as a duo, as the unpredictability of the creative process is so refreshing. Thanks to the unstable nature of the Mochika XL synthesiser and the intuitiveness of Esa’s live processing, each performance is unique. The whole live situation is based on improvisation and the sonic discoveries extracted during the encounter." File under: organised improvised noise, clicks, hums, drone, "Hey, this sounds kind of like space music from the '70s!", a captured submarine humming in the hangar of a space station, "Are you sure you guys are alright and that the cables work?"

Performed live at Third Space, Helsinki, Finland, on the 28th of October 2018. Booking: [email protected] http://facebook.com/hlermusic http://hler.bandcamp.com http://www.instagram.com/hlerdrone HLER combines the initials of Heikki Lindgren and Esa Ruoho. It also describes the improvisational creative process of this ambient drone duo from Finland.  A couple of years ago, Heikki came across a second-hand Peruvian synthesiser. The machine quickly revealed its potential for endless sonic creativity, mainly because Heikki found it almost impossible to recreate the exact same sound twice. He soon introduced the machine to Esa, and together they decided to explore the machine's inherent sonic instability in a live setting. Each performance follows the same creative process, but with wildly different results every time. Digging in to the Mochika XL's front panel, Heikki begins mining for sound. Esa then processes Heikki's discoveries through his laptop, revealing hitherto undiscovered facets to Heikki's freshly unearthed sonic gems. Then, with the twist of a dial, Heikki introduces something new to Esa, and the whole process continues onwards and upwards. "We are always surprised by the spaces we find ourselves in, and the directions the sounds take during a performance. We cannot repeat anything in exactly the same way, even if we wanted to! Just turning the Mochika XL synthesiser off and back on, keeping all of the knobs untouched in exactly the same position, leads to a changed sound." "It has been incredibly rewarding to work as a duo, as the unpredictability of the creative process is so refreshing. Thanks to the unstable nature of the Mochika XL synthesiser and the intuitiveness of Esa’s live processing, each performance is unique. The whole live situation is based on improvisation and the sonic discoveries extracted during the encounter." File under: organised improvised noise, clicks, hums, drone, "Hey, this sounds kind of like space music from the '70s!", a captured submarine humming in the hangar of a space station, "Are you sure you guys are alright and that the cables work?"

HLER Live at Equinox Ambience 2018, Fiskars, Finland on the 22nd of September 2018. Fully improvised ambient drone music performed live by Heikki Lindgren and Esa Ruoho For booking: [email protected] http://soundcloud.com/lackluster/sets/hler http://facebook.com/hlermusic http://www.instagram.com/hlerdrone HLER combines the initials of Heikki Lindgren and Esa Ruoho. It also describes the improvisational creative process of this ambient drone duo from Finland.  A couple of years ago, Heikki came across a second-hand Peruvian synthesiser. The machine quickly revealed its potential for endless sonic creativity, mainly because Heikki found it almost impossible to recreate the exact same sound twice. He soon introduced the machine to Esa, and together they decided to explore the machine's inherent sonic instability in a live setting. Each performance follows the same creative process, but with wildly different results every time. Digging in to the Mochika XL's front panel, Heikki begins mining for sound. Esa then processes Heikki's discoveries through his laptop, revealing hitherto undiscovered facets to Heikki's freshly unearthed sonic gems. Then, with the twist of a dial, Heikki introduces something new to Esa, and the whole process continues onwards and upwards. "We are always surprised by the spaces we find ourselves in, and the directions the sounds take during a performance. We cannot repeat anything in exactly the same way, even if we wanted to! Just turning the Mochika XL synthesiser off and back on, keeping all of the knobs untouched in exactly the same position, leads to a changed sound." "It has been incredibly rewarding to work as a duo, as the unpredictability of the creative process is so refreshing. Thanks to the unstable nature of the Mochika XL synthesiser and the intuitiveness of Esa’s live processing, each performance is unique. The whole live situation is based on improvisation and the sonic discoveries extracted during the encounter." File under: organised improvised noise, clicks, hums, drone, "Hey, this sounds kind of like space music from the '70s!", a captured submarine humming in the hangar of a space station, "Are you sure you guys are alright and that the cables work?"

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HLER Booking: [email protected] http://hler.bandcamp.com/ https://www.facebook.com/hlermusic Fully improvised ambient drone music performed live at lovi Ambientklubi on the 20th of September 2018. HLER is Heikki Lindgren & Esa Ruoho HLER combines the initials of Heikki Lindgren and Esa Ruoho. It also describes the improvisational creative process of this ambient drone duo from Finland.  A couple of years ago, Heikki came across a second-hand Peruvian synthesiser. The machine quickly revealed its potential for endless sonic creativity, mainly because Heikki found it almost impossible to recreate the exact same sound twice. He soon introduced the machine to Esa, and together they decided to explore the machine's inherent sonic instability in a live setting. Each performance follows the same creative process, but with wildly different results every time. Digging in to the Mochika XL's front panel, Heikki begins mining for sound. Esa then processes Heikki's discoveries through his laptop, revealing hitherto undiscovered facets to Heikki's freshly unearthed sonic gems. Then, with the twist of a dial, Heikki introduces something new to Esa, and the whole process continues onwards and upwards. "We are always surprised by the spaces we find ourselves in, and the directions the sounds take during a performance. We cannot repeat anything in exactly the same way, even if we wanted to! Just turning the Mochika XL synthesiser off and back on, keeping all of the knobs untouched in exactly the same position, leads to a changed sound." "It has been incredibly rewarding to work as a duo, as the unpredictability of the creative process is so refreshing. Thanks to the unstable nature of the Mochika XL synthesiser and the intuitiveness of Esa’s live processing, each performance is unique. The whole live situation is based on improvisation and the sonic discoveries extracted during the encounter." File under: organised improvised noise, clicks, hums, drone, "Hey, this sounds kind of like space music from the '70s!", a captured submarine humming in the hangar of a space station, "Are you sure you guys are alright and that the cables work?"

HLER is Heikki Lindgren & Esa Ruoho - an improvised ambient drone duo from Finland. booking: [email protected] to find out what we sound like at gigs: http://soundcloud.com/lackluster/sets/hler HLER combines the initials of Heikki Lindgren and Esa Ruoho. It also describes the improvisational creative process of this ambient drone duo from Finland. A couple of years ago, Heikki came across a second-hand Peruvian synthesiser. The machine quickly revealed its potential for endless sonic creativity, mainly because Heikki found it almost impossible to recreate the exact same sound twice. He soon introduced the machine to Esa, and together they decided to explore the machine's inherent sonic instability in a live setting. Each performance follows the same creative process, but with wildly different results every time. Digging in to the Mochika XL's front panel, Heikki begins mining for sound. Esa then processes Heikki's discoveries through his laptop, revealing hitherto undiscovered facets to Heikki's freshly unearthed sonic gems. Then, with the twist of a dial, Heikki introduces something new to Esa, and the whole process continues onwards and upwards. "We are always surprised by the spaces we find ourselves in, and the directions the sounds take during a performance. We cannot repeat anything in exactly the same way, even if we wanted to! Just turning the Mochika XL synthesiser off and back on, keeping all of the knobs untouched in exactly the same position, leads to a changed sound." "It has been incredibly rewarding to work as a duo, as the unpredictability of the creative process is so refreshing. Thanks to the unstable nature of the Mochika XL synthesiser and the intuitiveness of Esa’s live processing, each performance is unique. The whole live situation is based on improvisation and the sonic discoveries extracted during the encounter." File under: organised improvised noise, clicks, hums, drone, "Hey, this sounds kind of like space music from the '70s!", a captured submarine humming in the hangar of a space station, "Are you sure you guys are alright and that the cables work?" https://hler.bandcamp.com/track/skathi-dusk

Was asked to play an ambient set as Lackluster at Jyväskylän Kesä. Here's what came out. [email protected] Thanks for letting me play! the end has some -30dB drops to get rid of mixer noise since someone was plugging other stuff into the mixer which caused spikes. Photo by Jyri Kiuru! 0:00:00-0:12:00 unreleased track (no name) 0:12:00-0:23:35 unreleased track (no name) 0:23:35-0:35:00 unreleased track (no name) 0:35:00-0:48:39 11/11/99 (Lackluster: Showcase) (heavy re-edit) 0:48:48-0:56:59 unreleased track (no name) 0:57:07 KCL1 (Lackluster: Wrapping) (heavy re-edit) 1:07:03 Easy Does It (V/A: Prox) (heavy re-edit) 1:15:57 Catch22/In Passing/Close Enough medley (Container/Wrapping) (heavy-re-edit) end

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Avaruuden Taajuudet is Kenneth Kovasin, Fredrik Willberg, Tuomo Väänänen, Andrea Camporotondo and Esa Ruoho. Kun viisi kokeellista ja ambientmusiikkia luovaa muusikkoa laitetaan yhteiseen tilaan, mitä syntyy? Avaruuden taajuudet tuo yhteen Kenneth Kovasinin, Fredrik Willbergin, Tuomo Väänäsen, Esa Ruohon sekä Andrea Camporotondon. Heistä neljä ensimmäistä on tunnettuja kotimaisen kokeellisen musiikin parissa taitavina äänimaailmojen luojina ja viimeinen, Italiasta Suomeen tullut Andrea Camporotondo ambientia tuottavana kitaristina. Yhdessä nämä viisi muusikkoa luovat improvisaationa Tikkurilan kirjaston musiikkiosastolla vuorovaikutteisen täysin uniikin taideteoksen, jota ei ole koskaan ennen kuultu. Huom! Tapahtuma alkaa jo klo 13 ja kestää kaksi tuntia. Sukella mukaan avaruuden taajuuksille. Kenneth Kovasin luo Iimprovisoitua äänimaailmaa, DIY instrumenteillaan ja yllättää aina erilaisilla live-esityksillään. Herkkä leijunta muuttuu rosoiseksi rituaaliksi, häipyy holvien kaikuihin ja syntyy uudelleen aiempaa kulmikkaampana. Kovasin tunnetaan sooloprojekteistaan [owt:kri] sekä aluminium:foil. https://soundcloud.com/owtkri Fredrik Willberg on helsinkiläinen äänitaiteilija, joka toimii kokeellisen ambientin parissa. Hän luo epätoivon inspiroimia konseptuaalisia ja elokuvallisia ääniä. WIllberg tunnetaan parhaiten sooloprojektistaan Captain Heroin. https://soundcloud.com/captainheroin Tuomo Väänänen luo äänimaisemia sekä elektronisin että akustisin keinoin. Joskus lopputulos on järjestelmällinen rakenne, toisinaan ääni virtaa vapaasti ja sulkee kuulijan avaruudelliseen syleilyyn. Väänänen on osa kotimaista arvostettua ambient levymerkkiä, Ljudverketiä, joka on huomattu myös ulkomailla. https://soundcloud.com/tvaa Andrea Camporotondo on Italiasta kotoisin oleva helsinkiläistynyt ambient kitaristi joka punoo yhteen analogisia ja digitaalisia äänimaisemia. 90-luvulla useissa kansainvälisissäkin garage/punk/trash ja metallikokoonpanoissa kunnes aloitti omat kokeilunsa vapaan musiikin parissa. https://soundcloud.com/andreacamporotondo https://www.facebook.com/events/2142073666117361/

Performed live at Syntikoiden Yö at Soundtools, Helsinki, Finland on the 5th of July 2018. Fully improvised ambient drone music. Origin of all sounds: Atomosynth Mochika XL. Processing before sampling: pedal effects Sampling services: Ableton Live & Renoise + plugins. HLER is Heikki Lindgren & Esa Ruoho. Booking: [email protected] More sound at http://hler.bandcamp.com Facebook https://www.facebook.com/hlermusic HLER Bio: HLER combines the initials of Heikki Lindgren and Esa Ruoho. It also describes the improvisational creative process of this ambient drone duo from Finland.  A couple of years ago, Heikki came across a second-hand Peruvian synthesiser. The machine quickly revealed its potential for endless sonic creativity, mainly because Heikki found it almost impossible to recreate the exact same sound twice. He soon introduced the machine to Esa, and together they decided to explore the machine's inherent sonic instability in a live setting. Each performance follows the same creative process, but with wildly different results every time. Digging in to the Mochika XL's front panel, Heikki begins mining for sound. Esa then processes Heikki's discoveries through his laptop, revealing hitherto undiscovered facets to Heikki's freshly unearthed sonic gems. Then, with the twist of a dial, Heikki introduces something new to Esa, and the whole process continues onwards and upwards. "We are always surprised by the spaces we find ourselves in, and the directions the sounds take during a performance. We cannot repeat anything in exactly the same way, even if we wanted to! Just turning the Mochika XL synthesiser off and back on, keeping all of the knobs untouched in exactly the same position, leads to a changed sound." "It has been incredibly rewarding to work as a duo, as the unpredictability of the creative process is so refreshing. Thanks to the unstable nature of the Mochika XL synthesiser and the intuitiveness of Esa’s live processing, each performance is unique. The whole live situation is based on improvisation and the sonic discoveries extracted during the encounter." File under: organised improvised noise, clicks, hums, drone, "Hey, this sounds kind of like space music from the '70s!", a captured submarine humming in the hangar of a space station, "Are you sure you guys are alright and that the cables work?"

booking: [email protected] Performed live at Noise Space, Kalasataman Vapaakaupunki, Helsinki, Finland on the 5th of July 2018. http://lackluster.bandcamp.com/

HLER Booking: [email protected] Performed by Heikki Lindgren & Esa Ruoho at Roihuvuoren Rio, Helsinki, Finland, on the 17th of June 2018. http://hler.bandcamp.com https://instagram.com/hlerdrone https://facebook.com/hlermusic HLER combines the initials of Heikki Lindgren and Esa Ruoho. It also describes the improvisational creative process of this ambient drone duo from Finland.  A couple of years ago, Heikki came across a second-hand Peruvian synthesiser. The machine quickly revealed its potential for endless sonic creativity, mainly because Heikki found it almost impossible to recreate the exact same sound twice. He soon introduced the machine to Esa, and together they decided to exploit the machine's inherent sonic instability in a live setting. Each performance follows the same creative process, but with wildly different results every time. Digging in to the Mochika XL's front panel, Heikki begins mining for sound. Esa then processes Heikki's discoveries through his laptop, revealing hitherto undiscovered facets to Heikki's freshly unearthed sonic gems. Then, with the twist of a dial, Heikki introduces something new to Esa, and the whole process continues onwards and upwards. "We are always surprised by the spaces we find ourselves in, and the directions the sounds take during a performance. We cannot repeat anything in exactly the same way, even if we wanted to! Just turning the Mochika XL synthesiser off and back on, keeping all of the knobs untouched in exactly the same position, leads to a changed sound." "It has been incredibly rewarding to work as a duo, as the unpredictability of the creative process is so refreshing. Thanks to the unstable nature of the Mochika XL synthesiser and the intuitiveness of Esa’s live processing, each performance is unique. The whole live situation is based on improvisation and the sonic discoveries extracted during the encounter." File under: organised improvised noise, clicks, hums, drone, "Hey, this sounds kind of like space music from the '70s!", a captured submarine humming in the hangar of a space station, "Are you sure you guys are alright and that the cables work?"

[email protected] Played an hour's worth of ambient drones at Swäg Festival 2018 in Kuivaamo, Tampere, Finland on the 15th of June 2018. The end portion of the set was recorded by organisers, so here it is. thanks!! :) (managed to distort&clip my own recording)

Booking: [email protected] Atomosynth Mochika XL -> Strymon Blue Sky -> Mixer -> Renoise/Ableton Live sampling/looping setup Performed by Heikki Lindgren & Esa Ruoho at Reverb Time, Konepajan Bruno, Helsinki, Finland, on the 26th of May 2018

Booking: [email protected] Atomosynth Mochika XL -> Strymon Blue Sky -> Mixer -> Renoise/Ableton Live sampling/looping setup Find out more at http://hler.bandcamp.com/ Performed live at Mimstuudio, Tallinn, Finland on the 12th of May 2018 by Heikki Lindgren & Esa Ruoho

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Esa Ruoho Live at Tanssit 2.0 excerpt 05-05-2018 by lackluster

Booking: [email protected] Atomosynth Mochika XL -> Strymon Blue Sky -> Mixer -> Renoise/Ableton Live sampling/looping setup Find out more at http://hler.bandcamp.com/ Performed live at Rikhardinkadun Kirjasto, Helsinki, Finland on the 14th of April 2018 by Heikki Lindgren & Esa Ruoho

Booking: [email protected] Atomosynth Mochika XL -> Strymon Blue Sky -> Mixer -> Renoise/Ableton Live sampling/looping setup Recorded via Sound Devices mixpre-D -> Apogee MetaRecorder iPhone app Performed live at Ampeeriklubi, Laboratory of Electric Music, Music Academy of Tampere, Finland on the 18th of February 2018 by Heikki Lindgren & Esa Ruoho https://www.facebook.com/events/400128690413011/ http://tampereenmusiikkiakatemia.fi/tapahtumat/ampeeriklubi-vi/

Booking: [email protected] Atomosynth Mochika XL with Strymon Blue Sky -> mixer -> Ableton Live & Renoise Performed on the 20th of January 2018 at Harjun Nuorisotalo, Helsinki, Finland by Heikki Lindgren & Esa Ruoho

just some noise i found i had made before my vaio gave up the ghost

This is what the sound engineer recorded - not the whole set for some reason but about half of the set. At least it was the end half.

here's the second remix I did for Korpi Ensemble's Rely. It, like the original remix, was never released.

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Esa Ruoho Live at Akusmata Sound Gallery, Helsinki, Finland, 17-03-2017 by lackluster

Set delivered at Sähköklubi, Pato-klubi, Kuusankoski, Finland on the 5th of March 2017. Pure Data, Ableton Live, Nord Micromodular, Faderfox UC4, Akai LPD8. If you'd like something like this, get in touch via [email protected]!

Esa Ruoho / Lackluster can be booked via [email protected]

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Esa Ruoho live at Suuri Aika, 29-11-2008, Kaapelitehdas