~About

ERIK METTÄVAINIO (b. 2004) works with recorded and synthesised materials to form organic and texturally diverse compositions, largely based on gesture and scale as a material itself. Initially trained as a jazz vocalist, he later turned toward electro-acoustic composition through an interest in timbre and dense harmony, often translating vocal phrasings into electronic contexts. His work exhibits themes of nature romanticism and urbanism, and particularly the constructing of identity within and between these contexts.

He is currently studying electro-acoustic composition at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm.