Atte Elias Kantonen

Atte Elias Kantonen is a Helsinki, Finland-based sound designer, sonic artist, and composer working mostly in the fields of experimental music and contemporary performing arts. The aim of his sounding practice is to sculpt sound into bright and delicate forms – ranging from glassy to organismic, earthly to ethereal. For his recent work, Kantonen has been interested in the potential of elastic synthesis and extremely processed sound in abstract, phantasmagorical storytelling. He builds auditory dioramas of ephemeral scenarios and sceneries through an assortment of synthetic glugs, tings, whirls, plunks, squeaks, and croaks, “expressing a world of emotion through gloopy sonic textures”.

His album Pop 6 Susurrus – released by the Slovakian record label mappa in 2022 – will be followed by an LP to be released by the US-based Soda Gong in 2023. Other recent works include Nom Occasions EP on Superpang (2021) and Frankille EP on {Active Listeners Club* (2020).