Matias Harju

Sound Designer, Musician

Projects

A participant holding a picture frame in the Valtakunnan liitto (The Reign Union) AAR experience
Valtakunnan liitto (2025)
Interactive audio augmented reality (AAR) story experience

PROJECT LEAD, SOUND DESIGN, ETC.
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The book 'Audio Augmented Reality: Concepts, Technologies and Narratives' on table
Audio Augmented Reality (2025)
A pioneering book on audio augmented reality (AAR) and its creative potential

AUTHOR
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Full-AAR
Full-AAR (2021−2025)
Developing audio augmented reality (AAR) as a storytelling medium at WHS, Helsinki, through artistic and technical experiments

PROJECT LEAD, SOUND DESIGN, ETC.
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Jumpbound (2025)
Indie platformer game for PC with challenging multi-jumps and dashes.

MUSIC, ADDITIONAL SOUND DESIGN
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Sadekatto installation at Forum Box, Helsinki'
Sadekatto (2024)
Interactive installation by Taneli Rautiainen with patter of rain following visitor under a tin roof.
Helsinki Art Museum collection

SOUND DESIGN, PROGRAMMING, ELECTRONICS

Forum Box website
(OH)3SD (2024−)
Live performance with ham radios misused as musical instruments by transmitting Morse code, radio chatter, and digital modes between transceivers on stage. First gig at data leap, Helsinki, March 1, 2024.

MUSIC
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Love Simulation EVE at Espoo City Theatre ready for 'customers'
Love Simulation EVE (2023)
A virtual reality spectacle exploring the concept of love and encounters between people. Premiered at Espoo City Theatre in March 2023.

Winner of Best New Media award at NMFF 2024, Los Angeles, USA.
Winner of Best VR Film award at TINFF 2023, Toronto, CA.

SOUND DESIGN, MUSIC, AUDIO PROGRAMMING
State of Darkness 2.0
State of Darkness 2.0 (2022−)
A biosensor-driven VR installation and research project in which human and non-human lives coexist. BFM Tallinn / Aalto University.

SOUND DESIGN, MUSIC, AUDIO PROGRAMMING
Sky Beneath (2019−)
Sci-fi adventure video game by Mindhaven Games where player can manipulate gravity. Currently in production.

SOUND DESIGN, MUSIC, AUDIO PROGRAMMING
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Freud, la dernière hypnose (2018−2025)
Experimental 360° film and research project with adaptive music reacting to spectator's EEG response

SOUND EDITING, SOUND DESIGN, ADAPTIVE MUSIC, PROGRAMMING
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HS Musta laatikko (2019−2021)
Live journalism shows organised by Helsingin Sanomat (HS) newspaper

MUSIC, SOUND DESIGN
for selected performances
HS Koronavuosi - photo Mika Ranta
HS Koronavuosi (2020)
Podcast series with journalists of Helsingin Sanomat (HS) newspaper telling about their work during the year of coronavirus pandemic

SOUND DESIGN, MUSIC
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Photo: Mika Ranta / HS
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Toivoisin että asuisin kuussa (2018)
Poetry performance with live electronics and surround sound with audience participation

SOUND DESIGN, MUSIC, PROGRAMMING
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Bad Reception (2018)
Audio-based mini game about Finland's first broadcast radio station. Made at Museo Game Jam, Tampere

SOUND DESIGN, CONCEPT, AUDIO PROGRAMMING
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Brainstorm (2018)
Interactive multichannel sound installation for Aalto University season opening

SOUND DESIGN, PROGRAMMING, CONCEPT
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Aalto Day One ceremony music (2018)
Commissioned ceremony music for Aalto University season opening

MUSIC
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FOLD (2018)
Virtual reality exploration game inside three-dimensional fractals

SOUND DESIGN, MUSIC, AUDIO PROGRAMMING
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Invisible Voices
Invisible Voices (2017)
Audio augmented reality (AAR) installation using headtracking headphones and position tracking

SOUND DESIGN, PROGRAMMING, CONCEPT
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Unison (2017)
Music game made for an Aalto University student exhibition with the theme "love"

SOUND DESIGN, MUSIC
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Caruna luonto (2017)
Three-part recruiting video campaign for Caruna, a Finnish electricity distribution company

SOUND DESIGN, MUSIC
Words Never Forgotten (2017)
Interactive surround sound installation

SOUND DESIGN, PROGRAMMING, CONCEPT
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Lento
Lento (2017)
Musical created and performed by Kallio Upper Secondary School of Performing Arts

COMPOSER COACH, BAND LEADER, ARRANGER, POST-PRODUCTION SOUND MIXER
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WYC Radio students 2014-15
WYC Radio (2014−15)
Radio training programme at Westbury Youth Centre, Johannesburg, South Africa

CO-FOUNDER, TEACHER
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The Plastic Explosives (2005−)
Long hairs and classic heavy rock

KEYBOARDS, VOCALS, SONGWRITING
Evergreen (2012)
Short animation film with award-winning music

SOUND DESIGN, MUSIC