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SUMMER MMXVIII MAGAZINEFLOW FLOW MAGAZINE 2 3 FLOW MAGAZINE WELCOME

THE PROBLEM WITH DRESSING UP AS AN OVERTONED 90'S CYBER PUNK MERMAID IS, AT SOME POINT YOU GET BORED SHOUTING ONE-LINERS ALL BY YOURSELF AND TAKE A BUS HOME.

NOT THIS TIME. FLOW MAGAZINE IS A PUBLICATION HAILING FROM HELSINKI – THE CITY OF LOUD MUSIC, FREE ART, HONEST CUISINE AND WEIRD FASHION – AND THE OFFICIAL BULLHORN OF FLOW FESTIVAL.

WE ENCOURAGE YOU TO GATHER YOUR QUIRKY SQUAD FOR THE SAKE OF ECCENTRIC UNITY AND SOUNDS NEVER EXPERIENCED BEFORE.

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FLOW MAGAZINE IS A PUBLICATION OF FLOW p. 6–9 p. 36–38 FESTIVAL. MADE IN In Short Beyond Rational KALLIO, HELSINKI. The Hottest Dogs p. 10–11 Reste avec moi, s'il te plaît* p. 40–41 EDITOR: TERO KARTASTENPÄÄ p. 42–43 SUB-EDITOR: "I Think I Remember Time To Fiddle AURORA RÄMÖ p. 16–17 COOPERATION: Green Color" HANNA ANONEN, KEIKU BORGSTRÖM, ULLA DONNER, KAARLE HURTIG, SAMULI HÄRKÖNEN, INES KALLIALA, SAMULI KNUUTI, IDA KUKKAPURO, DAVID LEWIS, ANTON VANHA- MAJAMAA, JONATHAN CONT ENTS MANDER, KRISTIINA MARKKANEN, MARTIN p. 22–25 MARTONEN, SOFIA Mo' West Kendrick's OKKONEN, JUHO PIHLAJAOJA, VIIVI PROKOFJEV, JEAN Festivities For Literary RAMSAY, MIKKO RIKALA, LIINA AALTO- p. 26–27 p. 44–45 SETÄLÄ, MARI SUONTO, Sustainability Genius NICK TULINEN, ANTTI p. 29–35 p. 46–47 UOTILA, HANNA Dreamy Power Hear, Hear RISTÖME PÄ RK VALJAKKA, VALTTERI M K Y I VÄKEVÄ, KASPER VÄHÄ-

M T OJALA, MARKO YLITALO. ILJÖMÄRK 4041 0955 Painotuote FLOW MAGAZINE 6 7 FLOW MAGAZINE IN SHORT TEXT: MARKO YLITALO IN SHORT CALLING TROUBLE EVERY DAY WHAT SOUND AND VACUUM CLEANING IS ONE. SINGER- SUSANNE SUNDFØR HAS LOADS OF PROBLEMS EXCITES YOU RIGHT NOW, MURA MASA? TEXT: MARKO YLITALO

How are you, Mura Masa? "Definitely. It feels like I getting "I’m good. I’m just in the car headed to more in touch with the real world." North London." What will be your next step then? Is there any particular sound or instrument that "I’ve been playing a lot of shows recent- has excited you recently? ly and I continue doing that but mostly I’m "Ummm... I’ve really been into harpsi- going to work on new music. There might About three years ago Norwegian sing- chord. I think it sounds very interesting and be one or two new things in August at Flow er-songwriter Susanne Sundfør sank. Things it’s very traditional. I’ve been using that a Festival." fell apart and her life turned dark. lot lately." Would you go to see Mura Masa on stage if you Afterwards she has said that she went What is the most horrible sound in the world? weren’t Mura Masa yourself? a insane after the self-produced "Ignorance." "Yeah, I like to think I would. Maybe. I , which was an interna- How did it make you feel when your debut album don’t know. I don’t really go to lot of shows tional breakthrough for the artist who has was nominated for two Grammy awards? but I think that I would. It’s a good show. I been number one in Norway for years. "It made me very confused but I was proud think." ”I care about all the details of what I and happy about it." You’re doing lots of festivals all over Europe this do so I take a lot of responsibility myself. How was it for you when you moved to London from summer but Finland is the most northern coun- Writing and making the album and then the remote island of Guernsey? try on your tour. Did you know that Helsinki is the touring with it took a lot of creative energy "I grew up on my own really on the island. Caribbean of the North? so it made me very tired in the end.” When I moved to London it felt like kinda "No, I didn’t know that." She smoked and drank, went through getting in touch with people a much more Me neither. heartbreaks and dealt with long-time per- and kinda growing." "It’s probably going to be the coldest sonal issues. It led to a nervous breakdown. Do you see any similarities between those two ma- place where I play." ”I needed a little break but I wasn’t com- jor moves in your life – from Soundcloud artist to pletely worn out because I started to write Grammy-nominated and from Guernsey to London? Mura Masa at Flow 10th Aug a new album soon after that,” she says now. like everybody else but otherwise I don’t Writing songs helped her to cope with know. My biggest trouble at the moment I depression. Sundfør denies she recorded have to say is...ummm, moving. But it’s not any kind of therapy, though. The fifth stu- very dramatic.” INSPIRATIONAL QUOTE STIMULATING QUOTE dio album Music for People in Trouble was Sundfør lived in London but moved back released last fall and it addresses both to after a while. She is in the middle of very intimate themes and universal topics. preparing her current apartment for sale. There are songs about destructive personal ”It’s the most boring thing. It’s funny be- "I LIKE KEEPING "MY SUNGLASSES relationships as well as songs about envi- cause I think at least fifty percent of your ronmental damage. life is doing boring stuff like that. Or may- Even though Sundfør feels much better be even more.” ARE LIKE MY nowadays – and her album recently won the There’s one thing in her life she dislikes MYSELF TO Nordic Music Prize award – everybody has the most. their issues. ”Vacuum cleaning is just a nightmare. I GUITAR." So when was the last time she was in hate it so much. It's very stressful for me – trouble? every time.” MYSELF" ”Well, I guess...aaaahhhh. I’m not sure... I – AT FLOW 12TH AUG AT FLOW 10TH AUG don’t know. I have small troubles every day Susanne Sundfør at Flow 12th Aug FLOW MAGAZINE 8 9 FLOW MAGAZINE IN SHORT IMG: MIKKO RIKALA IN SHORT SHINE AND SHAPE- MAXIMISE THE COMFORT AND ATTENTION FOR YOURSELF WITH 1. Ash stash. Be a SURVIVE SHIFTERS smart smoker and WELL-THOUGHT stump cigarettes in your pocket. FESTIVAL KIT.

2. Orange vision. Shades for the OF ROCK true fans of Flow's graphic design.

3. Attention sheet. 5. Carry your own blanket to radiate ROCK BANDS ARE NOT hotness. DEAD BUT CHANGING.

4. Ear buddies. Mix JUST LIKE THE ARCTIC the noise levels. 7. MONKEYS WHO REPLACED 5. Chewie's bubble. TRADEMARK RIFFS WITH Spend some quality time with yourself SARDONIC LOUNGE – chew gum. QUIRKS.

6. Thick shield. Sun- screen stick for an easy UV protection. IMG: ULLA DONNER IMG: ULLA TXT: SAMULI KNUUTI "That rock’n’roll, eh? That rock’n’roll, it just die rock of Whatever People Say I Am, That’s 7. H2Oooohh! Empty 4. won’t go away." What I’m Not (2006). After making it in Eu- non-deposit water In the age of ever ascending EDM, hip hop rope they went to America, and in America bottles for refills and r'n'b, it has become an accepted truth they got as far as the desert, as rock bands – allowed if distin- 6. to claim that rock is on its way out. Bye bye, tend to do. With the help of the founder of guished from the 2. scruffy white boys with guitars. Hence in The Queens of the Stone Age, Josh Homme they ones used at the 1. 2014 Alex Turner made a stand for rock'n'roll transformed themselves into a monster of festival, prefer- while accepting a Brit award for their al- rock. ably camping or 8. bum AM: he made a passionate speech for That’s at least how the slightly conde- outdoor bottles. rock and then did something he'll never do scending legend goes. In truth the Monkeys on stage: he dropped the mic. Cue enormous have always followed their own path – in the 8. Perfect matches. applause. Then Turner exited the stage and world of directionless bands they have al- Pair up by giving soon Arctic Monkeys went on a hiatus. ways had a navigator in their back pocket. light with rainbow But now they are back. Oh boy, are they Their sixth album Tranquility Base Hotel & matchsticks. back. Just like rock'n'roll. But both have Casino breaks a five-year silence and re- changed. places their trademark riffs with sardonic 3. In the tepid goldfish bowl of the Brit- lounge quirks and piano twinkles – the only Shades: Beam, Gosha ish rock, Arctic Monkeys are the great constant remains Turner’s lyrics that veer Rubchinskiy x Retro­ white shark. In that bowl there are no other from observational to surreal. superfuture Iggy great guitar bands at the time, white or any In 2018 Arctic Monkeys are ready to end Orange. Sunscreen: Shideido, Clear Stick colour. an Olympiad of silence, so we should be pre- UV Protector SPF 50+. Alex Turner and his cohorts started as pared to be blown away. Just like in the good Ash stash: AllParty.fi. if they weren’t meaning to continue: at an old times, when bands could do that and of- Matches: Tulva.fi. Arctic Monkeys obscenely young age with the charming in- ten did. at Flow 11th Aug FLOW MAGAZINE 10 11 FLOW MAGAZINE IMG: MIKKO RIKALA TXT: TERO KARTASTENPÄÄ

THE HOTTEST

MICHELIN-STARRED RESTAURANT GRÖN DOGS IS DEVELOPING SOMETHING SALTY AND FRESH FOR THE FESTIVAL BUZZ.

Plant-based restaurant Grön has been get- ting a lot of media attention lately. Alber- tinkatu's relaxed experimentalists have been praised since they opened in 2015, but after the restaurant was given a Michelin star this spring, as being the only Finnish newcomer on the list, the weekends have been fully booked. One Michelin star stands for high qual- ity cooking, worth a stop. In the review the guide writes: "Cooking has a satisfying earthiness and clever use is made of both fresh and fermented ingredients, with veg- etables given equal billing as meat or fish." Grön is part of Flow's restaurant selec- tion for a second year in a row. Co-founder Toni Kostian says that the chefs have been pondering what they would like to eat them- and meat pies (lihis in Finnish) with a dif- selves during the festival buzz. He’s also ferent touch. A bit prettier and a bit tastier the Chef of Chefs 2017 (chosen by the Swedish than regular ones", Kostian says. magazine Restaurant Världen) and the win- He noticed a nice way of eating at last ner of the Finnish competition Chef of The Flow: one customer bought a dish from Grön, Year 2016. another from a neighbouring restaurant All the awards and glamour don’t make and the group of friends tasted everything that much difference, though. together. "What is Michelin-level food? We do the Grön might have something worth a stop things the way we've always done them." for the foodies. For this year’s Flow the chefs believe the "Yesterday we tested a hot dog with bri- dishes should be combinations of something oche buns and a good sausage, our own cu- salty, sweet and fresh. cumber salad and grated parmesan. It was "We've been developing ideas of hot dogs extremely tough!"

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“FOR THE CONCEPT WE CREATED THIS STORY OF MEETING OF THE TRIBES AND HAD DIFFERENT FIFTEEN YEARS ILLUSTRATIONS SYMBOLISING THAT” OF FLUIDITY TXT: IDA KUKKAPURO 2011 2004 “For the concept we created this story of The very first visual identity of Flow was meeting of the tribes and had different il- made by Pablo Steffa – the founder of artist lustrations symbolising that,” says Antti representation agency Agent Pekka – with Uotila, Tsto founder and graphic designer. Jani Tolin. Graphic designer and other founder of Tsto Matti Kunttu continues: “It was then refined, and the font was added and repetition of that 2005 created a mantra-like thing.” We ­designed the custom font in-house and the illustra- tions were made by Santtu Mustonen. Tsto After the first years group work, there was did the visuals for four years. one guy in charge. The event was held in the former VR warehouses and Jukka Mannila was looking for an idea from urban environ- ments. Mannila who now works as the lead creative at Hasan & Partners, says: “It was a period piece: vector elements and fluid 2015 wave shapes, that represent the festivals essence, the flow.” The tarps at the festival area have always been recycled, for the environments' sake and because they are expensive, too. In that way the former identities have always been visible at the venue. “In 2015 there was an idea that the site is an urban milieu, where the old identities also belong”, explains graphic designer Jesper Bange from Bond creative agency. The concept leaned on the pastel coloured illustrations done by Milla FLOW FESTIVAL 2017 Selkimäki. HAS LOOKED RETRO, 2008 2010

SYMPATHETIC AND Aeroplane (), Air ( ), Arch of Neo (), Awesome Tapes from Africa (), Ballaké Sissoko (), Beach House (), Big Boi (), Bongo Rock (), Broken Bells (), Caribou (ƒ „), Circle (), Clouds (), Darya & Månskenorkester (‹), Dead-O (), Didier’s Sound Spectrum ’“ set (), Dinosauruxia (), (), ’“ Harvey (–), ’“ Lil Tony (), ’“ Tane Lee (), Four Tet This year Flow is back at Tsto’s table. “The (–), Girls (), Hannulelauri (), Husky Rescue (), Jaakko & Jay (), Jimi Tenor & Tony Allen: 2018 Inspiration/Information (/„Ÿ), Joker (–), Jónsi of Sigur Rós (), Jori Hulkkonen is Drum VERY DRAMATIC Man (), Junip feat. José González (‹), Kalle Kalima Pentasonic (), Kap Kap (), Kemmuru (), Kiki Pau (), Konono Nº § (ƒ¨„), –-©-ª (), ƒ’ Soundsystem (), .. . (/–), Major identity has to work with the artist imag- Lazer (), Magnetic Man (–), Maria Gasolina (), Marina And ®e Diamonds (–), (‹), Misf*ts (), Omar Souleyman (°), (ƒ „), Ricardo Villalobos (ƒ²), Ricky-Tick Big Band (), (‹), RotFront (Ÿ), Rye Rye (), Sintti Silmusuu (), Sleigh Bells (), Surfer Blood (), Tes La Rok (), ®e Chemical Brothers (–), ®e Drums (), ®e es, their role has grown a lot since the time Radio Dept. (‹), ®e xx (–), Timo Lassy Orchestra with José James (/), Ulver („¨), Uusi SINCE 2004. THIS Fantasia (), Vallilan Tango (), Villa Nah (), Ville Leinonen & Majakan Soittokunta (), Vladislav Delay (), We Love Helsinki ’“s (), Yona & Orkesteri Liikkuvat Pilvet () and more. we last worked on this. Yet we want to keep YEAR DINGBATS it democratic, so the names are on the same F OW CREATE A SECRET Flow grew up and moved to the Kallio dis- font size. The idea is that Flow is an entity, trict. There was a need for a coherent visu- that Kendrick Lamar isn’t the protagonist,” F STIV L LANGUAGE. al identity. Graphic designer Juuso Koponen explains Uotila. ”Once the identity stemmed was hired, since he was also in charge of originally from typography it felt only nat- HE SINKI 2006 the designs and communications of the club ural to continue on that together with the Kuudes Linja. Koponen was in charge of the font designers Lauri Toikka and Florian Schick,” 0.– 2.8. visual identity until 2010. “My work had a says Kunttu. ”For an ordinary festival guest homemade or sympathetic look, Koponen this might not look so different, but we have says. done a lot of new things, like four new fonts." 20 8 CONNECTING ARTISTS TO FANS Our job is to put artists in front of fans – and fans in front of artists. Our experience and understanding of live music and entertainment is second to none. Pure energy Low emissions As the worlds 2nd most sustainable company*, we are proud to power Flow in a renewable way. Neste MY Renewable Diesel is made out of nothing but waste and residues, reducing greenhouse gas emissions by up to 90%. Cut your carbon footprint with us. See you at the booth.

*Global 100 – Corporate Knights FLOW MAGAZINE 22 23 FLOW MAGAZINE IMG: SAMULI HÄRKÖNEN TXT: KARTASTENPÄÄ & RÄMÖ

MO' WEST THE OFFICIAL HOST OF FINLAND, KAARLE HURTIG, TAKES YOU TO A TOUR TO THE NEWLY METROED ESPOO, FROM STATION TO STATION.

KOIVUSAARI (BJÖRKHOLMEN) Zero citizens live in Koivusaari, the home of the cutest of the new western metro stations. So take a walk over the Espoo border to Hana- saari island, a gift from Finland to . Safe haven holds a HQ for four Nordic cultur- al foundations and a conference hotel built to celebrate our dear neighbour. Feel the fresh breeze of 1975 (even if the brown com- plex was nicely renovated 2017), sea views and eat in tranquility with no-one around. Host Kaarle Hurtig: “Oh hello everybody! Koivusaari is a window to a world that once was. This is a place for shady business deals and mistresses. It’s peaceful.” FLOW MAGAZINE 24 25 FLOW MAGAZINE

NIITTYKUMPU (ÄNGSKULLA) Not easy to find but there at the end of the parking lot, Gallow’s Bird, a traditional real ale bar with a full-length beer menu. Hurtig: “I've never felt this much stared URHEILUPUISTO (IDROTTSPARKEN) upon than here. Breathe Finland.” Since there is not too much arts in sport arenas rising next to the Urheilupuisto metro station, take a one-kilometer walk to AALTO-YLIOPISTO (AALTO-UNIVERSITETET) the cultural corner of the green field com- The tech university area was finally intro- plex. An old book printing shop turned into duced to concepts like craft beer and brunch a modern art museum, WeeGee center flies when bar-restaurant Fat Lizard opened its you to the future of immediate past. Possi- doors a little while ago. bly Finland’s most recognizable futuristic Hurtig: “It’s kind of like an escape room. utopia, a yellow ufo-like Futuro house is Art students and start -up dudes – your task parked behind the concrete beauty. is to figure out who’s who.” Hurtig: “I took my kid to WeeGee some time ago, she didn’t like it. I did.” KEILANIEMI (KÄGELUDDEN) Wakeboarding, kiteboarding, douche-bag- ging, flyboarding, whatever happens in wa- ter you can come up with, Laguuni waterpark has it. Hurtig: “Wake me up after you’ve gone wakeboarding.”

LAUTTASAARI (DRUMSÖ) “IT’S KIND OF Kone Foundation has renovated the mansion of Lauttasaari and its gated garden. Visit LIKE AN ESCAPE to take part in cultural conversations or ROOM. THERE ARE obscure grand-funded art happenings. Hurtig: “LOCALS ONLY.” ART STUDENTS AND START UP DUDES AND YOU HAVE TO FIGURE OUT WHO’S WHO.”

“TAPIOLA IS MATINKYLÄ (MATTBY) FUTURISTIC AND TAPIOLA (HAGALUND) Exit through the dimming lights of commer- OUTDATED AT THE Be quick. The botanical terrace of Espoo, cialism – that is, forget about The Big Apple, Tapiola, is waiting to get cleaned up by the shopping center – to the abandoned part SAME TIME, AND gentrification. Walk through the worn-out of Matinkylä. There are hidden fountains of USUALLY EMPTY. shopping blocks, pass the outdoor pool and art moving in pace of the nature. The most aim for the housing area of the Garden City. significant Finnish sculptor Laila Pullinen IT’S A PLACE After sixty years of isolation and nu- (1933–2015) makes you climb and observe FOR BEING, NOT merous renovation battles Kino Tapiola is bronze having dialog with a rock. still in its original functionalistic form. Hurtig: “This is obscure. Sculpture Nei- DOING.” Ask for cinema verité and bring your own don lähde stands on a rock in a non-place at glass of Pinot Noir. a non-crossroad. A good site for forgetting Hurtig: “Tapiola is futuristic and outdat- things.” ed at the same time. And usually empty. It’s a place for being, not doing.” FLOW MAGAZINE 26 27 FLOW MAGAZINE

3) GREEN ELECTRICITY – FESTIVITIES FOR POWER FROM FOOD WASTE AND WIND Did you know that the amplifiers and light- ing at your favourite Flow gigs could be powered by recycled food fat? Most of Flow’s electricity is generated from renewable biodiesel, and the rest comes from certi- SUSTAINABILITY fied carbon neutral eco-energy produced by wind turbines.

Renewable diesel Neste MY, made from sus- tainable feedstocks like waste and resi- dues, helps Flow reduce its greenhouse gas CAN YOU ENJOY A WEEKEND OF HEDONISM GUILT-FREE? FROM emissions by up to 90% compared to tra- ditional diesel fuel. And it also means the ELECTRICITY GENERATED BY FOOD WASTE AND VEGAN CHOICES AT air at the festival site is cleaner for you to EACH FOOD STALL, HERE ARE FIVE WAYS FLOW ENSURES THAT YOUR breathe. FESTIVAL EXPERIENCE WON’T SCREW OVER THE PLANET.

4) SMART TRANSPORTATION – 1) GOOD FOOD ONLY – BIKES AND TRAMS OVER CARS

FOOD VENDORS OFFER SUSTAINABLE MEALS Riding to Flow by bike? So are thousands of others. With an urban festival site right Are you one of those Flow-goers for whom by the Helsinki city centre, Flow is easily food is the true headliner of the weekend? accessible by bike, public transportation Then you’ll be happy to hear that all Flow or by foot. In fact, it’s super easy to leave food vendors have been trained by Sustain- your bike in the free bicycle parking area, able Meal, a group that helps restaurants but bringing your own car is discouraged, to plan and use seasonal ingredients and as there are no car parks nearby. In addi- sustainable cooking in their dishes. Each tion, Flow favours locally-sourced suppli- restaurant also offers a vegan choice, and ers, which further cuts down the footprint locally-produced and organic ingredients of transportation. are favoured. No matter the flavour, it’s good food only.

2) NO WASTE – 100% OF MATERIALS REUSED 5) CARBON NEUTRAL FLOW –

Ever wonder what happens to all the festi- REMAINING FOOTPRINT COMPENSATED val structures, food packages, bottles and IMG: MARTIN MARTONEN TXT: MARI SUONTO other waste after Flow Sunday? Worry not, So what about all the emissions that Flow because nothing you leave behind at Flow still produces? Since 2009, Flow has com- ends up in a garbage dump. Waste generated pensated its remaining carbon footprint during the festival is 100% reused: either by investing in carbon neutrality projects. recycled like bottles, reused like biowaste Thus, Flow is a completely carbon neutral or incinerated to produce energy. festival. In 2017, emissions were offset through the Kariba REDD Community devel-

opment project that protects Zimbabwe’s forests. 2018’s compensation project will be chosen after the festival. D R E

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Whoosh goes the emancipation along with Adikia, Sofa, AK, Yeboyah, F and the rest of the dream team of Spread 2: Bleached boilersuits by superpowers. Valter Tornberg. Spread 3: Taika & Lina wear Ojala-Ukura. Spread 4: Bleached boilersuits by Valter Tornberg, Bodysuits D.R.E.A.M.G.I.R.L.S. by Mönkkönen-Peltoniemi-Vartiainen.­ At Flow 11th Aug FLOW MAGAZINE 36 37 FLOW MAGAZINE

BEYOND Linda Lazarov RATIONAL

IT MAKES NO DIFFERENCE WHETHER YOU FORGOT TO SEND THAT IMPORTANT EMAIL YESTERDAY, OR IF YOU'RE MOVING ON THE FORCE OF DRY SHAMPOO. PEOPLE ARE OUT THERE CHASING A FEELING, AND THOUGH YOU MAY NOT REALISE IT YET, SO ARE YOU. THE HELSINKI CLUB SCENE AWAITS THE RESPECTFUL PEOPLE.

The feeling you get, whether you’re behind gy might feel like the most natural thing Joni Lindroos the deck or on the floor, is both escaping and but it's been carefully constructed. A de- belonging. You can simultaneously interact cade ago the masses were swarming around and stay completely isolated, concentrat- Punavuori where clubs and bars like Kerma ing on the music. and We Got Beef reigned. Whenever DJ Linda Lazarov is playing at a It came down to two guys basically. Tim party or attending one, she aims to create a Uskali and Toni Rantanen, known as DJ Lil’ microworld that only exists for a night. Tony, got into clubbing in Ibiza in the 80’s is known by locals as Kompleksi, and consti- be published, but the word is out: there’s a Lazarov says that playing a set is all and started to develop the scene in their tutes of three clubs, Kuudes Linja, Siltanen new club opening soon. about exchanging energies. hometown. and Kaiku, all of them by Toni Rantanen. In “A few years ago I noticed that Helsinki “Just being there feels like you know ev- The underground already existed, of 2014 listed Kaiku as one of the was hosting so many different interesting eryone even though you’ve never met them course. Spots and crews like MK54, Loukku, best 25 clubs in Europe. events practically every weekend that it be- before. At best I feel like I’m at one with the Hytky and Entropy have given a lot to Helsin- “In Helsinki, we have excellent, well- came hard to choose where to go. People will people and the music, and I lose myself.” ki’s current nightlife. built clubs with great sound systems, inter- keep asking for more in the future.”

Lazarov has been playing sets in Helsinki “Rantanen and DJ, artist and promoter IMG: LIINA AALTO-SETÄLÄ TXT: KRISTIINA MARKKANEN esting acts and enthusiastic crowds,” Joni hotspots since 2013, after being introduced Lauri Soini have played a huge part in putting Lindroos says. Having fun is a serious thing. When you at- to the art of DJing in Berlin as an exchange Helsinki on the map,” DJ and promoter Joni During the last few years Lindroos has tend a party you have a responsibility to student. When she started, Helsinki already Lindroos says. become an integral player in the devel- respect the culture, the event and others, had its own club culture, deeper than one “Generally in Helsinki the entertainment opment of the scene. In addition to being Lazarov says. She emphasises that it makes might expect for a small northern capital. matches the environment. The standards an active DJ, he is one of the masterminds all the difference whether you consider “Helsinki doesn’t settle for mediocre. are rising all the time, and as a DJ you need behind Dept., a dance music collective and yourself a client or a contributor. The people I’ve met through these circles to earn your slot.” event organiser, and Retriitti, a party that “Clients make demands, contributors are curious, talented and willing to stick Now Iso-Roobertinkatu in Punavuori is takes place at the medieval Raseborg Cas- bring something to the table. They partici- their necks out”, Lazarov says. bookended with two Espresso Houses: the tle. Lindroos also promotes and books acts pate in creating the community that is born hordes of partygoers have migrated to Kal- for Kaiku’s Wednesday and Stidilä’s during the event,” she explains. Although This Helsinki clubbing feeling or ener- lio. The home base of Helsinki’s club scene after hours club. His latest project is yet to she’s happy more people are discovering 38 39 FLOW MAGAZINE Kun uteliaisuus on rajaton, voi tehdä mitä TERVEISIÄFLOW MAGAZINE vaan. Etsiä, kokeilla, innostua ja löytää lisää kysymyksiä. Ja joskus jopa vastauksia. TULEVAISUUDESTA. Aalto-yliopisto Junior on taidetta, tiedettä, HYVÄLTÄ teknologiaa ja taloutta lapsille ja nuorille. Meille tiedonjanoisille. NÄYTTÄÄ.

Kristiina Männikkö Olemme mukana Flow Festivalin Perhesunnuntaissa.

“I LOVE GOING TO KAIKU BECAUSE I KNOW I’LL BUMP INTO FRIENDS. Tavataan siellä! EVERYONE STICKS TOGETHER. I DON’T FEEL LIKE THERE’S ANY COMPETITION BETWEEN RESIDENT DJS OR OTHER VISITING ARTISTS” junior.aalto.fi

and embracing the club scene, Lazarov has Kristiina Männikkö agrees. Photographer noticed some negative tendencies. by day and Kaiku’s resident DJ by night, she “Sometimes people don’t understand has performed at both smaller underground the context and the communality of these events and massive after parties since events. If you shove others around on the 2011. Climbing the stairs up to Kaiku feels dancefloor and make drunken passes at peo- like entering her own living room, she says. ple, you’re not acting respectfully. That The wooden floor brings softness to the kind of behavior takes a lot out of the expe- sound and the sound system is optimized for rience,” she says. vinyl, which is perfect for a friend of vinyl Regardless of the club or party there is like Männikkö. always someone who tries to ruin everyone’s “I love going to Kaiku because I know I’ll fun by being a complete pain in the ass, bump into friends. Everyone sticks togeth- though. Luckily most of the people running er. I don’t feel like there’s any competition junior.aalto.fi the club scene have taken measures to de- between resident DJs or other visiting art- crease douchebaggery. Flash photography ists,” she says. is forbidden at for example Kaiku and Ääni- The local club scene personified by Lin- walli, and most clubs declare themselves droos, Männikkö and Lazarov is about some- safe spaces and free of discrimination. thing much bigger and more meaningful than just a night out. It’s about creating and Although the club scene in Helsinki has a contributing to a certain feeling. certain small town flair, it’s not homemade. The moment Kristiina Männikkö puts On the contrary: for several years Helsin- on those massive headphones and starts ki has attracted a steady flow of leading playing, she’s completely immersed in the artists and enthusiastic partygoers from moment. aaltouniversity_junior aaltojunior around the world. The level of professional- “The music gives you so much that it ism is “sick”, as Joni Lindroos puts it. transcends everything rational.” FLOW MAGAZINE 40 41 FLOW MAGAZINE RESTE AVEC MOI, S'IL TE PLAÎT*

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HAS ANYONE EVER Let’s start with her background, because we lyrics are mostly her own. The end result have to. made her record- is a beguiling mix of electro-pop, chan- BRIDGED THE GAP ing debut at the age of 12. It was a duet with son, and even tender . With her her father, titled . Naturally. breathy, intimate and exceedingly French BETWEEN TWO POP Gainsbourg, now 46, is a daughter of En- vocals Gainsbourg sings both in English and GENERATIONS AND glish actress and French singer in French, sounding like she’s letting the and songwriter . Birkin is a listener into her private worlds. The plural TWO DIFFERENT respected actress while Serge Gainsbourg is intended; on different songs she reveals POP CULTURES, did everything he could to gain contempt. different facets of her imagination, dreams Together they recorded an album titled and personality. ENGLISH AND Jane Birkin / Serge Gainsbourg. It contains ’s Joe Tangari put it perfectly in FRENCH, BETTER the notorious song Je t'aime... moi non plus 2011: Charlotte Gainsbourg doesn't project which took the sound of a female orgasm to a huge personality on her records, but she THAN CHARLOTTE the pop charts. sounds at home in the paleofuturistic musi- Charlotte Gainsbourg, as an artist, is cal worlds of her , calmly detailing GAINSBOURG? much more than just the offspring of two airplane crashes, medical procedures, and glamorous celebrities. Over the last three a long catalog of ruminations on mortality. decades she has built herself a formida- But how will she present herself on ble filmography: , I’m Not There, stage, especially after SebastiAn, the mu- to name a few, and no less than three films sical mastermind behind Rest, is unable to with the Danish provocateur . tour at the moment. For someone who has Gainsbourg played the leading role in Anti- made a living of appearing in movies, she christ, Melancholia and Nymphomaniac. The remains in the throes of constant stage parallels between the works of von Trier and fright. She told Vanity Fair recently: "I’m Serge Gainsbourg can’t be overlooked. terrified. I don’t know who I’m supposed Gainsbourg’s discography might not be to be on the stage. I don’t feel I’m a singer, as extensive as her filmography but there’s which doesn’t mean I can’t do an album—I more than enough to chew on on her five al- can. But I have to push myself onstage. I bums. On her proper adult debut 5.55 (2006) have to find some force that will be stron- she collaborated with both the cream of the ger than my fears. This time I’m trying to English fops (Divine Comedy's , care less. . . The only way for me to do it is ) and the celebrated French elec- to do it in a relaxed way." tronic mainstays and Jean-Benoït Still, according to available concert re- Dunckel­,­ better known as Air. To distinguish views, Gainsbourg succeeds magnificently. herself from her father, she sung all the On stage she both juggles masterfully and songs except for one in English. accentuates the different aspects of her Her next album IRM (2009) was almost music: the disco parts will be even more completely written and produced by , disco, while the intimate songs – like Kate, after which Gainsbourg decided to take her about her half-sister who passed away in

IMG: ANTTI UOTILA TXT: SAMULI KNUUTI career into her own hands. She said in an in- 2013 – are almost too much to hear, almost terview later on that IRM was Beck’s inter- too much to bear. Seeing Charlotte Gains- pretation of what she had gone through, not bourg live is a chance not to be taken light- her own. ly, because you never know when the next op- Thus, her most recent album Rest (2017), portunity rises. So go ahead. Make her feel which once again is full of household names welcome and relaxed in Suvilahti. She will like Owen Pallett, French electronic musician definitely reward you for that. SebastiAn, Guy Manuel de Homem-Christo (Daft Punk) and Paul McCartney, but this time the Charlotte Gainsbourg at Flow 11th Aug FLOW MAGAZINE 42 43 FLOW MAGAZINE TIME TO FIDDLE

THE CREATORS OF BFFs Antti Hannula and Antti Rantamäki wanted gested that the gates could form a triangle to compete. The architects had one hundred shape – a solution for a solid structure with THE NEW VENUE hours to design a wood pavilion for 150 peo- no need for aesthetic glazing. AIKA-LAVA REVEAL ple. For the first 24 hours they talked and "Ransu came to question 'what have you drank coffee. After a good night’s sleep they boys tried to think of – or have you'," Hannula WHAT IT TAKES TO designed a miniature of a beautiful stage. says and laughs. CREATE A WOODEN Aika-lava won the Aalto University's Wood Studio's competition last spring. This Antti & Antti got to know each other as teen- EXTRAVAGANZA. August it serves Flow visitors with a quest agers in confirmation school, and both end- for knowledge. ed up in architectural studies after years KIDS TO UNI Aika-lava – Time Stage in English – has in engineer studies and work life. Being Every child can start their academic ca- 100 gates, one for each year of the one a solid team kept them sane – no divorces reer in the workshops of Flow's Family century old Finland. The back wall is for were filed during the months full of work. Sunday. The new Aalto University Junior screenings, "a view to the future". Sounds After several different versions, jumps teaches technology, art and business. Co- poetic but the design approach was dry and and experiments, they drove to Loviisa. The ordinator Veli-Matti Ikävalko explains. rational. Hannula and Rantamäki jumped parts were cut with the biggest CNC cutter "Our main task is to help people to learn on the LVL boards and crawled between the in Northern Europe, the machine normally what is happening in research and design structures. Aalto's motto is: If you don't used to create parts for wooden apartment world at the moment. It is Aalto University have a chance to fiddle with the material, buildings. in junior size. We arrange courses, study your ideas will die in uncertainty. The hands-on approach, actually screw- visits, competitions, trainings, camps, ing screws in yourself, is unusual for archi- clubs and all other recreational activ- "The problem with contemporary architec- tects. The demi-gods have to get used to the ities for kids and youth. We have people IMG: AALTO UNIVERSITY TXT: TERO KARTASTENPÄÄ ture is the will to create experiential spac- sour feeling of plans never being realised. from all the Schools of Aalto. Ideas from es, while structural issues and material When Aika-lava rose, Rantanen felt what he real and imaginary world are on the table. properties are not well understood.” Ransu describes as "pollea", the Finnish word for We arrange hands-on study visits for Helenius says. being proud. school groups to Aalto, educate teachers He's the project manager of the Puustu- In Flow, Aika-lava is a place for Aalto for new pedagogical innovations, orga- dio at The Department of Architecture at University's workshops and art shows, a ven- nize family festivals and be part of vari- Aalto. The program challenges students ue just behind the main stage for enlight- ous informal venues. Parents and teachers to explore properties of wood, and create ening oneself. Sunbeams change the atmo- are eager to learn more." something you wouldn't believe possible. sphere during the day. Visitors can finger Helenius joined the pavilion team and sug- the wooden extravaganza. Txt: David Lewis FLOW MAGAZINE 44 45 FLOW MAGAZINE KENDRICK'S LITERARY GENIUS

YOU SHOULD TAKE A CLOSER LOOK AT THE LYRICS ON DAMN BY TXT: ANTON VANHA-MAJAMAA PULITZER PRIZE-WINNING KENDRICK LAMAR. IMG: ERIK SOLIN

When Kendrick Lamar won the prestigious writer’s award, president. He links these events with the narrative of the Pulitzer Prize for Music, this past April, the ju- history, where power always creates its own opposition, ry-member, violinist Regina Carter, explained. and we return to our daily routines. "We felt his delivery of the work, his writing, was re- ally powerful in the messages he had. You have to really “This is how it is when you’re in the Matrix/ Dodgin’ bul- sit with them, and they have heavier meaning than when lets, reapin’ what you sow/ And stackin’ up the footage, you hear them the first time." livin’ on the go/ And sleepin’ in a villa/ Sippin’ from a Lamar is the first musician outside of the fields of Grammy and walkin’ in the buildin’/ Diamond in the ceil- classical music and jazz to receive the award. He has in’, marble on the floors/ Beach inside the window, peekin’ risen to the position of the most significant American out the window.” – DNA rapper of the new millennium. To Pimp a Butterfly (2015) was in itself already a mas- Even if Lamar is technically completely beyond com- terful album, but its role as the soundtrack to the #Black- pare, his rhymes still do not feel like showing off. In LivesMatter movement has turned it into a bona fide clas- the song DNA he sounds like a tapestry knitter on speed: sic. The compared it to Picasso’s Guernica, he fits an astounding amount of syllables into a small one of the most important anti-war works of art. space, yet still manages to paint wide vistas. And Last year’s Damn pulled off a seemingly impossible throws in a classic Matrix motif to boot! magic trick. It discarded the mercurial and free- flow- ing free jazz of its predecessor and replaced it with "I been stomped out in front of my momma/ My daddy straightforward beats, which would have felt equally at commissary made it to commas/ Bitch, all my grandmas home in 1993 and 2017. dead/ So ain't nobody prayin' for me, I'm on your head, The trick was this: Damn sounds more like a hit re- ayy." – ELEMENT cord than its predecessor, yet the commentary is dens- er than ever. Lamar slaps slogans onto the beat, but you Lamar paints his own family background and roots can’t ignore them. Some of them are direct and clear, with a few sparse lines. His mother ran a tight ship and whereas most are cryptic. And the pace is ferocious. wouldn’t let her son comply with the wishes of his bul- lies. His father did time in jail and made money he’d "Hail Mary, Jesus and Joseph/ The great American flag is spend in the canteen through work (and possibly through wrapped and dragged with explosives." – XXX reaping his son’s benefits). The death of both his grand- mothers tore the family apart. Kendrick Lamar sure loves his Biblical allusions. The first line refers to the prayer Ave Maria, in which the "You take two strangers and put 'em in random predica- Virgin Mary is asked to pray for sinners. The second ments/ Give 'em a soul so they can make their own choices reveals who this mercy should be aimed at. Damn was and live with it/ Twenty years later, them same strangers, released on the very same day that the US dropped “The you make 'em meet again/ Inside recording studios where Mother of All Bombs”, i.e. the largest non-nuclear mili- they reapin' their benefits." – DUCKWORTH tary explosive ever used in combat, in Afghanistan. The closing track of Damn, tells the unbelievable true "All of us worried, all of us buried, and our feelings deep/ story of how Lamar’s father Ducky and his future record None of us married to his proposal, make us feel cheap/ company boss Top Dawg met some twenty years ago. Dad Still and sad, distraught and mad, tell the neighbor 'bout Ducky worked at the fast food restaurant KFC. Top Dawg it/ Bet they agree, parade with your voice was his regular customer, and would always get extra proudly/ Time passin', things change/ Revertin' back to pieces of chicken. When Top Dawg and his homies heisted our daily programs, stuck in our ways." – LUST the place, he spared Ducky’s life. Kendrick recounts the events in great detail and skillfully illustrates why Lamar verbalizes the shock of the morning following Ducky and Top Dawg ended up behaving the way they did. election night in the US and refuses to name the new This one verse alone is worth the Pulitzer Prize. Kendrick Lamar at Flow 12th Aug TXT: MARKO YLITALO IMG: NICK JUHO PIHLAJAOJA TULINEN STYLE: FLOW MAGAZINE 46 47 FLOW MAGAZINE HEAR, HEAR

THE EXPERIMENTAL MUSIC PROGRAM ON THE OTHER SOUND STAGE OFFERS SONIC EXPLORATIONS FROM CLASSICAL TO . ARTISTS ANNA PUU AND ONNI BOI TOOK A LISTEN, WITHOUT KNOWING TO WHAT, EXACTLY.

Suzo Sáiz: They Don't Love Each Other from the album Puu: By the way I’ve been watching the BBC’s Blue Planet Rainworks, 2017. Sáiz at Flow 12th Aug. lately. Experimental musical hypnosis from Spain that Boi: It’s funny that there’s always a timpanum playing sucks you into abyss if you just allow it to. when a lion attacks. Even though they film on the savan- nah they’re still playing classical European art music Onni Boi: It’s funny because I don’t have clue what this is. in the background. They should use local music in those Anna Puu: This could easily be one of Thom Yorke’s solo scenes. projects. (In the middle of the five minute tune.) Gigi Masin & Charles Hayward: Clouds from the album Les Boi: Are we going to listen to the whole song? Nouvelles musiques de chambre, Volume 2 (1989). Masin Puu: Does this ever really start? at Flow 12th Aug. Boi: Where’s the singing? The pioneer of the Italian underground electron- Puu: Where’s the beat? This is like a seven minute long ic scene, Gigi Masin has inspired artists like introduction to some song. Björk with his jazzy ambient tunes. Boi: This is a some sort of weave. It’s very cinematic and beautiful. I like it. Anna, do you like it? Boi: This is a third song in the row without any drums. Puu: I could listen to this kind of music in the evening... Puu: You have to be in a in a certain mindset when you lis- or maybe not. Sunday morning would be better for this. ten to this. Otherwise you get slightly restless. There’s I would gladly hear this kind of music in a vaguely sen- nothing happening here. timental mood while I’m drinking coffee and cooking Boi: I would love to go and play some piano by myself. breakfast. It’s like a beautiful sound carpet. Puu: You don’t really have to know how to play piano for a Boi: I probably would listen to this even in the middle of sound like this. the day when I’m on the move. Boi: That’s right. And that is the reason why I write all my Puu: One could stand by the ocean listening to this to songs in C major scale. You can’t fuck it up when you play cleanse one’s brain. a C major chord.

Jonny Nash & Suzanne Kraft: See Yourself Out of the Way from the album Passive Aggressive, 2017. Nash Kedr Livanskiy: Love & Cigarettes (любовь и сигареты) at Flow 12th Aug. from the album Ariadna (2017). Livanskiy at Flow 11th Amsterdam’s ambient experimentalists use Aug. their four hands to make music as quiet as Russian artist makes dreamlike but eccentric possible. for nightmares turning into ethereal dreams. Boi: This sounds like an intro too. Puu: I don’t have the slightest idea who this could be. Puu: This is . I think I could listen to this. Boi: Me neither. There’s a similar cinematic atmosphere Boi: A flat beat works better for me than electro beat here. It as to the previous one. doesn’t have the harmony I enjoy. But the track is well made. Puu: I’m still waiting for what’s going to happen next. I’m Puu: There are so many things going on at the same time. not sure if I would listen a whole album of this kind of It sounds like jamming with and drum music. machines. Boi: I like the . Boi: Straight forward minor have never really been my Puu: If I’d be an artist, I mean I am an artist, but if I’d be thing. this artist, this is the kind of song that I would use as Boi: I think I know who this is. I follow her on Instagram Onni's shoes: Acne - Beam. Acne shoes: Onni's an opening song. It creates a strong atmosphere. During if this is who I think it is. She has a cool thing going on. the song the audience and the band could gather around Puu: This kind of electro music could be done somewhere for the show. in the Middle East. It doesn’t sound very occidental. Boi: If I were to make a soundtrack for a film, I hope it Boi: I’m pretty sure that this comes from somewhere east. sounded like this. The productions sounds nice but it doesn’t tickle me Puu: What would be the genre of that movie? harmonically. Or maybe I only like very cheesy music. Boi: It doesn’t matter. I would love to make music for Maybe that’s it. Onni Boi at Flow 10th Aug nature documentaries. Puu: My hips are too oily for the electro beats. Anna Puu at Flow 11th Aug Apua! 1962 eräälle levy-yhtiölle koe-esiintyi kaksi bändiä. He valitsivat niistä ensimmäisen, jolla oli myyvä nimi ja muodikkaat kampaukset. Valitsematta jäi neljä nuorta Liverpoolista, jotka tulisivat myymään enemmän levyjä kuin yksikään bändi maailmanhistoriassa.

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