~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.

RAY TRACING

Erik Mettävainio is also a part of the ensemble Ray Tracing.

In their joint project Ray Tracing, electro-acoustic composer Erik Mettävainio has teamed up with Trondheim-based jazz vocalist Agnes Ivéus Wenglert. Using two-part singing, stream-of-consciousness ramble, electronics and found sounds, Ray Tracing aims to explore ideas of projection and refraction. Built on both free improvisation and composed material, miniature sets of traditional and novel vocal devices meet to form an intuitive and playful combinatorial live-set based on light interpreted in the most human of projections: the voice.