OMVF x Elektorni

Elektorni lands in Berlin in association with Oulu Music Video Festival! First up is a double-billing screening of Sähkö (1995) and Leftfield and Obscure Finnish Music Videos 1994–2025 at Babylon, continued by a club night at OHM with a night of musical exploration from ambient and experimental beginnings to varied dancefloor oriented club music. -------- CLUB PROGRAMMING @ OHM 22–06 Line-up & timetable *** ILLYANA *** 22:00 Illyana is one of the key figures in the music scene of Oulu, Northern Finland. They have been organising clubs and events as well as performing and deejaying since the 2000s. You can also catch Illyana uncompromisitng deejaying at this year’s edition of the much-hyped Solstice Festival. *** ILPO VÄISÄNEN*** 23:00 One half of pioneering Finnish electronic music duo Pan Sonic. Even as a veteran artist, Ilpo Väisänen keeps on pushing musical boundaries and exploring new sonic ground. *** ROLANDO SIMMONS *** 00:00 Supreme level acid, and freaky, well-crafted rhythms. Rolando Simmons' production is emotionally undeniable and musically irresistible. On top of Elektorni, the prolific artist has releases out on labels like 030303, Furthur Electronix and Analogical Force. *** JUHANI OIVO *** 01:00 Elektorni label head Oivo is musically omnivorous and happiest deejaying with various musical styles, on vinyl. His underlying hip-hop background haunts his electronic music sets and affinity for dub music is present in the abundance of low-end, percussion and reverberated soundscapes. *** MESAK *** 02:30 Mesak (one half of pioneering electro duo Mr Velcro Fastener) brings his top-level, mind-melting club music machine live set to OHM. Mesak has evolved his sound across the decades. His newest musical amalgamation defies categorisation, key words electro, d&b, IDM and dub come close to orbit. A new Elektorni 12” of this new material on Elektorni Records is out in May. *** PICTURE + MANDEE *** 03:30 Fresh off their release on Short Span (also don’t forget to check last year’s Elektorni release!), Århus legend Picture steps in the arena with a b2b of off-kilter techno, with another key name from the Safe-crew, Manmade Deejay aka Mandee. Live visuals for the night by VJ Tenetz (Random Doctors) ------------------------------ MOVIE PROGRAMMING @ BABYLON 18–21 - The night kicks off with a special curation of rare Finnish music videos 1994–2025. The screening leans towards Finnish electronic music videos, but you will also see Finnish tango, dub, early hip-hop and more, interpreted to an audiovisual medium by visionary directors. Many of these videos cannot be found on Youtube, and this might well be your once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to see them! - Next is a a screening of cult documentary Sähkö (1995). A unique snapshot in time of the Finnish record label Sähkö Recordings' activities in the mid 90's. Rare and inspiring footage of artists like Mika Vainio, Ilpo Väisänen, Tommi Grönlund and Mono Junk keep the audience captivated for the 45min running time. After the screening there is a Q&A session with Ilpo Väisänen, one of the main characters of the movie. The screenings are organised by Oulu Music Video Festival to mark the occasion of launching the OMVF European Music Video Competition at filmfreeway .com/OMVF, open for submissions until June 8! ----------------------------------- These events are made possible by funding from the Finnland Institute and Visit Finland! <3