General info :
Tommi Keränen is a Finnish noise/experimental electronics producer, performer, sound engineer and software designer, based in Helsinki and active since the late nineties. Working both with hardware tools (modular synthesizers, DIY-electronics, etc) and custom-built software, Tommi is interested in primitive and junk instruments, non-standard digital synthesis, and chaotic feedback systems. Keränen performs solo and with various other musicians and bands, such as noise duos Testicle Hazard (with Lasse Marhaug) and Gentle Evil (Janne Tuomi on drums), Large Unit, Numinosum and Sefahat, The Truckfuckers, Les Manures, and Köttskogen. In 2005-07, he was also performing under Rulla alias, and produced a few releases, including a collaborative CD album with Koji Takagi on Monotype, and Trash Ritual tape in 2007.