MUSIC
Hartiamon
DJ and producer Hartiamon combines his passion of Nordic and European folk music with electronic genres such as hyperpop, techno, trance and house. He remixes Finnish folk tunes, creates unexpected mashups of folk and electronic, as well as plays crate-digged folktronica cuts in his DJ sets. The warm-hearted, sincere and playful spirit of folk is invited to make a manifold, colourful rave even more euphoric.
Hartiamon debuted with Taklax 958 – Hartiamon Kaustisflip, which took Lapua-Uusi-Guinea’s recording of a trad fiddle tune and reimagined it to a turbocharged miniature rhapsody about folk festival euphoria and emotional rollercoaster. His latest release is a remix of “Iltavilli” by the Finnish folk band Huippu.
Hartiamon’s DJ sets, mixtapes and remixes on Soundcloud
Hartiamon’s Instagram
LAPUA-UUSI-GUINEA
The contemporary folk sextet Lapua-Uusi-Guinea sings and plays original compositions as well as trad arrangements, both firmly rooted in traditional Finnish and Scandinavian dance rhythms spiced up with flavours from pop music, European classical tradition, jazz, West African & British isles’ musics. Lapua-Uusi-Guinea is prepared to offer its audience an experience full of beauty, energy, introspection, longing and joy of dancing.
Lapua-Uusi-Guinea’s sophomore album Taklax/Remix was released in October 2023. It consists fully of the band’s reimagined arrangements of fiddle tunes played by the legendary Finnish-Swedish fiddler Johan Erik Taklax (1856–1948). The arrangements collide Ostrobothnian spelman tradition with influences from western and southern Africa, Baroque music, Celtic and Iberian traditions, Scandinavian jazz, tango nuevo, rock and Erik Satie. Four of the tunes were later literally remixed by electronic music artists Junna, Taui, Hartiamon and Lukas Kristo on the EP release Taklaxremixremix (2024)
Debut album “Virittää” was released in 2021 through the label Eclipse Music. The first print was sold out, the album peaked at #14 in Roots Music Report’s world music list, and the tracks received radio airplay around Europe as well as in the United States.
The band’s third album will be released in autumn 2026.
- Anna Kinnunen – fiddle, lead vocals
- Oona Yliperttula – fiddle, backing vocals
- Santeri Kaipiainen – piano, backing vocals
- Viivi Maria Saarenkylä – accordion, backing vocals
- Jiipee Jyväsjärvi – guitar, cittern
- Veli-Matti Silanterä – double bass
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TERRANOVA
Terranova is Latin for “new land” and refers here to Uusimaa/Nyland region of Finland. Santeri Kaipiainen has been researching the archives to find folk tunes from each municipality and is in an ongoing process of arranging them for solo piano. The first Terranova concerts saw daylight in 2025, and an album will be recorded in 2026 with the support of Svenska Kulturfonden.
Choir, Orchestra and Chamber works
unspeakable glow (2022) for mixed choir
A Little Called Pauline (2021) for female choir
Kauas (2021) for folk singer, female voices and folk ensemble, fp. 2021
turning into gold (2020) for horn and two speakers, fp. 2022
Winter Heavens (2020) for mixed choir, commissioned by Ruamjai, fp. 2023
Hehku (2020) for singer, keyboard soloist and 18-piece orchestra, fp. 2020
Two Late-Spring Hymns (2020) for voice, carillon and brass quintet, commissioned by Jyväskylä Evangelical Lutheran Parish, fp. 2022
Wedding March (2017) for organ, fp. 2017
Factum est autem / Jouluna Jumala syntyi (2016/2018) for double mixed choir, fp. 2017
Kanssasi (2015) for symphonic band, fp. 2016
Lux aeterna (2015) for voice and organ, fp. 2015
Main Street Rhapsody (2012) for symphonic band, fp. 2013
Colour Miniatures (2011) for piano, fp. 2023
Kehtolaulu (2011) for mixed choir, fp. 2011
O magnum mysterium (2009/2010), fp. 2010
LIVE DATES
17.7. & 18.7.2026
Hartiamon: Hyperfolk, Kaustinen Folk Music Festival, Kaustinen, FInland
16.5.2026
Hartiamon DJ set, Yläkaupungin yö, Jyväskylä, Finland
9.5.2026
Private event, Ilomantsi, Finland
26.4.2026
Siuntio church, Siuntio, Finland
25.4.2026
Private event, Siuntio, Finland
10.4.2026
Hartiamon goes Karelia, Arbis, Helsinki, Finland
4.4.2026
Hartiamon DJ set, Helsinki Decompression, Espoo, Finland
28.2.2026
Hartiamon DJ set, Extinction rebellion community day, Helsinki, Finland
28.2.2026
Terranova (excerpts), Kauklahti chapel, Espoo, Finland
10.1.2026
Hartiamon: Hyperfolk, Folklandia, M/S Baltic Princess, FInland/Sweden
12.12.2025
Hartiamon DJ set, Private event, Helsinki, Finland
27.11.2025
Private event, Helsinki, Finland
1.11.2025
Ruamjai 25 years, Kulttuurisuoja, Jyväskylä, Finland
31.10.2025
Helsinki Improvisers Orchestra, Merihaan Kylätupa, Helsinki, FINLAND
11.10.2025
Hartiamon DJ set, PRIVATE EVENT, Kärkölä, FINLAND
26.9.2025
Helsinki Improvisers Orchestra, Merihaan Kylätupa, Helsinki, FINLAND
31.7.2025
Kaekuu festival, Lohilammen Taidenavetta, Karjalohja, FINLAND
8.7.2025
Terranova, Kaustinen Folk Music Festival, Kaustinen, FINLAND
28.6.2025
Rekola church, Vantaa, FInland
9.6.2025
Private event, Helsinki, FInland
15.5.2025
Lapua-Uusi-Guinea, cruise ship P&O Aurora
9.5.2025
Private event, Helsinki, Finland
25.4.2025
Helsinki Improvisers Orchestra, Vihti church, Vihti
19.4.2025
Henkipuu, Helsinki Decompression, Espoo, FINLAND
28.3.2025
Helsinki Improvisers Orchestra, Merihaan Kylätupa, Helsinki, FINLAND
23.3.2025
Laponia Improvisations, Rahina club, Helsinki, FINLAND
28.2.2025
Helsinki Improvisers Orchestra, Merihaan Kylätupa, Helsinki, FINLAND
5.1.2025
Laponia Improvisations, Rahina club, Helsinki, FINLAND
5.1.2025
Munkkivuori church, Helsinki, Finland
1.1.2025
Munkkivuori church, Helsinki, Finland
29.12.2024
Munkkivuori church, Helsinki, Finland
23.11.2024
Munkkivuori mall, Helsinki, Finland
26.10.2024
Private event, Helsinki, Finland
25.10.2024
Helsinki Improvisers Orchestra, Merihaan Kylätupa, Helsinki, FINLAND
22.9.2024
Munkkiniemi church, Helsinki, FInland
22.9.2024
Munkkivuori church, Helsinki, Finland
31.8.2024
Lapua-Uusi-Guinea, cruise ship P&O Aurora
30.8.2024
Blind dates, Helsinki Experimental Series, Forum Box, Helsinki, Finland
30.8.2024
Helsinki Improvisers Orchestra, Merihaan Kylätupa, Helsinki, FINLAND
27.4.2024
Lapua-Uusi-Guinea, Skorpan, Jakobstad, Finland
11.–12.7.2024
Henkipuu, Kaustinen Folk Music Festival, Finland
6.7.2024
Soitellaan!, Private event, Pirkkala, Finland
30.6.2024
Lapua-Uusi-Guinea, cruise ship P&O Arcadia
7.6.2024
Extinction Rebellion: Myrskyvaroitus, Helsinki, Finland
28.5.2024
Lapua-Uusi-Guinea, Tietotalo, Jokioinen, Finland
23.5.2024
Lapua-Uusi-Guinea, cruise ship P&O Aurora
26.4.2024
Helsinki Improvisers Orchestra, Merihaan Kylätupa, Helsinki, FINLAND
23.3.2024
Solo piano, Villa Breidablick, Espoo
2.3.2024
Soitellaan!, Private event, Turku, Finland
26.1.2024
Helsinki Improvisers Orchestra, Merkki Museum, Helsinki, Finland
20.1.2024
Lapua-Uusi-Guinea, Perinnearkkuklubi, Helsinki, Finland
12.1.2024
Lapua-Uusi-Guinea, Folklandia, M/S Baltic Princess, FInland/Sweden
1.12.2023
Instaglamour, Private event, Helsinki, FInland
24.11.2023
Helsinki Improvisers Orchestra, Merihaan Kylätupa, Helsinki, FINLAND
6.11.2023
Lapua-Uusi-Guinea, Frans Henrikssonsalen, Närpes, Finland
5.11.2023
Lapua-Uusi-Guinea, Korsnäs library, Korsnäs, Finland
3.11.2023
Lapua-Uusi-Guinea, Doo-Bop Club, Vaasa, Finland
2.11.2023
Lapua-Uusi-GUinea, Pelimannitalo, Kaustinen, Finland
2.11.2023
Lapua-Uusi-Guinea, Virta-sali, Kalajoki, Finland
1.11.2023
Lapua-Uusi-GUinea, Conservatory hall, Kokkola, Finland
27.10.2023
Helsinki Improvisers Orchestra, Merihaan Kylätupa, Helsinki, FINLAND
8.10.2023
Laponia Improvisations, Helsinki Experimental Series, Forum Box, Helsinki, FInland
29.9.2023
Helsinki Improvisers Orchestra / Laponia Improvisations, Museum of Impossible Forms, Helsinki, Finland
3.9.2023
Solo, Private event, Helsinki, FInland
20.8.2023
Lapua-Uusi-Guinea, Culture center Aurora, Espoo, FInland
17.8.2023
Solo improvisation, Munkkivuori church, Helsinki, FInland
17.8.2023
Private event, Helsinki, FInland
16.8.2023
Summer Sing-along, Munkkiniemi church, Helsinki, Finland
13.8.2023
Munkkiniemi church, Helsinki, Finland
11.8.2023
Lapua-Uusi-Guinea, Lafo Folk Festival, Kristinestad, FInland
10.8.2023
Summer Sing-along, Munkkiniemi church, Helsinki, Finland
10.8.2023
Private event, Helsinki, FInland
9.8.2023
Munkkivuori church, Helsinki, Finland
9.8.2023
Summer Sing-along, Munkkiniemi church, Helsinki, Finland
6.8.2023
Private event, Helsinki, Finland
6.8.2023
Munkkivuori church, Helsinki, Finland
5.8.2023
Private event, Helsinki, FInland
3.8.2023
Duo with Veli-Matti Silanterä, Munkkiniemi church, Helsinki, Finland
2.8.2023
Summer Sing-along, Munkkiniemi church, Helsinki, Finland
28.7.2023
Private event, Helsinki, FInland
27.7.2023
Summer Sing-along, Munkkivuori church, Helsinki, Finland
26.7.2023
Summer Sing-along, Munkkiniemi church, Helsinki, Finland
23.7.2023
Munkkiniemi church, Helsinki, FInland
22.7.2023
Private event, Helsinki, Finland
21.7.2023
Private event, Helsinki, FInland
20.7.2023
Solo piano, Munkkiniemi church, Helsinki, Finland
20.7.2023
Private event, Helsinki, Finland
19.7.2023
Summer sing-along, Munkkiniemi church, helsinki, finland
19.7.2023
Private event, Helsinki, Finland
16.7.2023
Munkkiniemi church, Helsinki, Finland
15.7.2023
Private event, Helsinki, Finland
14.7.2023
Private event, Helsinki, Finland
10.–11.7.2023
Suhmurit, Kaustinen Folk Music Festival, kaustinen, Finland
9.7.2023
Munkkiniemi church, Helsinki, FInland
8.7.2023
Private event, Helsinki, Finland
7.7.2023
Private event, Helsinki, Finland
6.7.2023
Solo Piano, Munkkivuori church, Helsinki, Finland
6.7.2023
Private event, Helsinki, FInland
5.7.2023
Summer Sing-Along, Munkkiniemi church, Helsinki, Finland
2.7.2023
Seurasaari open air museum, Helsinki, Finland
2.7.2023
Munkkiniemi church, Helsinki, FInland
1.7.2023
Private event, Helsinki, FInland
28.6.2023
Lapua-Uusi-Guinea, Tájház, Magyarpolány, Hungary
24.–25.6.2023
Munkkiniemi church, Helsinki, FInland
23.6.2023
Lapua-Uusi-Guinea, Seurasaari Midsummer, Helsinki, FInland
22.6.2023
Private event, Helsinki, Finland
21.6.2023
Summer Sing-Along, Munkkiniemi church, Helsinki, Finland
26.5.2023
Helsinki Improvisers Orchestra, Museum of Impossible Forms, Helsinki, FInland
13.5.2023
Private event, Lahti, Finland
6.5.2023
Soitellaan!, PRivate event, Helsinki, FInland
28.4.2023
Helsinki Improvisers Orchestra, Museum of Impossible Forms, Helsinki, FInland
11.3.2023
Solo piano, Kauklahti chapel, Espoo, Finland
25.12.2022
Vartiokylä church, Helsinki, Finland
24.–25.12.2022
Puotila chapel, Helsinki, FInland
21.12.2022
Christmas sing-along, Puotila chapel, Helsinki, FInland
21.12.2022
Private event, Helsinki, Finland
29.10.2022
Private event, Helsinki, Finland
1.10.2022
Soitellaan!, Private event, TUrku, Finland
24.9.2022
Soitellaan!, Private event, Turku, FInland
5.8.2022
Odd Brew, Blueberry Hill Festival, Ilomantsi, Finland
30.7.2022
Soitellaan!, Private event, Lieto, Finland
29.7.2022
Lieksa Brass Week, Lieksa, Finland
26.7.2022
Odd Brew, Jazz-Espa, Helsinki, Finland
25.7.2022
Odd Brew, Private event, Espoo, FInland
23.7.2022
Soitellaan!, Private event, Kaarina, Finland
14.–15.7.2022
Lapua-Uusi-Guinea, Kaustinen Folk Music Festival, Kaustinen, Finland
11.–12.7.2022
Suhmurit, Kaustinen Folk Music Festival, KAustinen, Finland
9.7.2022
Soitellaan!, Private event, Teisko, Finland
6.7.2022
Lapua-Uusi-Guinea, Siilifolk, Siilinjärvi, Finland
2.7.2022
Soitellaan!, private event, Porvoo, FInland
18.6.2022
Extinction Rebellion dance evening, Helsinki, FInland
17.6.2022
Lapua-Uusi-Guinea, Pispalan Sottiisi, Tampere, Finland
25.5.2022
Private event, Espoo, Finland
21.5.2022
Soitellaan!, Private event, Turku, FInland
20.5.2022
Odd Brew, Yläkaupungin yö, Jyväskylä, Finland
1.4.2022
Lapua-Uusi-Guinea, Vapaan taiteen tila, Helsinki, Finland
25.3.2022
Lapua-Uusi-Guinea, Kipinäsali, Hyvinkää, Finland
5.3.2022
Extinction rebellion performance, Helsinki, FInland
4.3.2022
Lapua-Uusi-Guinea, Kulttuurikellari, Savonlinna, Finland
13.2.2022
Vartiokylä church, Helsinki, Finland
30.1.2022
Hailuoto church, Hailuoto, Finland
CONTACT
santeri.kaipiainen@gmail.com
+358 40 825 1882