AMOC & PYMATHON

Finnish artists at SKIF Festival
Organizer: SKIF Festival

Mikkal Morottaja, also known as Amoc, is a young rap artist from Inari. His songs are in the original language of saami-people. There are only three to four hundred people who speak this language so the language is under threat of extinction. Amoc gives inspiration to youngsters in his region to learn more about their native culture. In the process of making his lyrics, Amoc faces the problem of missing words for many contemporary phenomena. The vocabulary of the language describes nature in rich and detailed way (there are more than 100 words for snow), but a street-savvy youthful vocabulary is missing, so he invents the missing words. Energetic, even aggressive songs by Amoc are a unique phenomenon of contemporary mass culture.

Pymathon

Pymathon is a heavy metal duo consisting of Topias Tiheasalo (1978) and Jaakko Tolvi (1982). With a background in free improvisation, the duo approaches the traditions of classic speed and thrash metal in a charmingly warped manner but retains the devilish energy that drives the genres. Tolvi has played as the percussionist in groups such as Rauhanorkesteri and Lauhkeat lampaat, while Tiheasalo, a graduate of the Turku Conservatory, is known for his austere but intensive solo guitar improvisations.

Venue address: Contemporary Art Centre Vasilyevski Ostrov, Sredni Prospekt 93. Metro "Primorskaya"