Drum & Bell.
Echosophy.
Post-ambient.
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A New Year’s Echo
A few days before the year turned, A Theory of Love quietly crossed 18 million streams. On the first day of 2026, I pause to say thank you — and to reflect on music, numbers, and meaning in an attention-hungry world, where a solitary creative act can still find its way into countless lives.
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Long tones & a new label
I’m opening a new sonic chapter with Ocean in A, my first album as Atonauer — a meditative exploration of sustained tones, spatial textures, and minimalist depth. Born from a dream and mastered by Taylor Deupree, it also launches my new label, Future Sonant, dedicated to experimental and exploratory sound.
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Concert at Hvalfjörður
On June 29, 2025, I performed an acoustic concert at Hallgrímskirkjan í Saurbæ, a small church by a fjord in Iceland. This text, written for the concert handout, reflects on emptiness, space, and the healing presence of landscape — themes that continue to shape my music and being.
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XLI (birthday reflection)
Turning 41 — a quiet, prime-numbered milestone between 40 and 42 — led me to reflect on existence, music, and becoming. In this birthday meditation, I write about joy, gratitude, and the inevitability of change — from childhood dreams to echoes of echoes — and the endless process of becoming.
About me
I’m a musician and artist specializing in spatial experience.
I release post-ambient music as Atonauer and drum-and-bell music as Kumea Sound, and I also compose for film and other creative media. My work is shaped by echoes, reverb, and immersive listening. For me, sound is something that surrounds, locates, and transforms the listener.
I studied time- and space-related arts at the Finnish Academy of Fine Arts and philosophy of religion at the University of Helsinki. I’ve taught at Uniarts Helsinki (Finnish Academy of Fine Arts, Sibelius Academy) and worked as a spatial experience specialist at Haaga-Helia University of Applied Sciences. I live and work as an independent artist in Sipoo, Finland.
